Elizabeth Tobyn, PhD

výzkumnice II – Ústav románských jazyků a literatur

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Curriculum Vitae

About

I am a postdoctoral researcher investigating adult language acquisition in migration contexts within the "LangInLife" project ("A lifetime with language: the nature and ontogeny of linguistic communication").
My doctoral research focused on the selection of perfect HAVE with typically BE-selecting verbs in Italian. Specifically, I examined the role of semantic class as a predictor of auxiliary selection, alongside age-related effects in language acquisition and the influence of non-standardised Italo-Romance languages (so-called "dialects") on Italian unaccusative morphosyntax.

Department

Employment - Position

Education and Academic Qualifications

2025: PhD in Linguistics; The University of Manchester; Thesis: "Non-standard bilingualism in Italy and the semantics of unaccusative verbs" (https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/non-standard-bilingualism-in-italy-and-the-semantics-of-unaccusat/)
2019: MA in Comparative Literatures and Cultures (English language and linguistics and Italian studies); University of Naples “L’Orientale”; 110 cum laude
2017: BA in Linguistic Mediation (Linguistic analysis and Translation, English and Portuguese); University of Naples “L’Orientale”; 110 cum laude

Research and Teaching Activities

2026: Teacher at the Eastern Generative Grammar (EGG) Summer School, Brno, Czechia. Course title: "The lexical semantics of unaccusative verbs"
2023: Research Assistant; Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2022/2023: Teaching Assistant; The University of Manchester, UK
2022: Research Associate; The University of Manchester, UK
2020: Teaching Assistant; The University of Manchester, UK
2019: Teaching Assistant; The University of Bristol, UK
2015: Teaching Assistant; The University of Bristol, UK

Research interests

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