Last updated by gpiotr on 2017-04-01. Originally submitted by admin on 2006-10-05.
University professor
Deputy Dean for Research and International Collaboration
Department of Older Germanic Languages
Office: Collegium Novum, room 104A
Phone: (0-61) 829 3509
e-mail: gpiotr@wa.amu.edu.pl (preferred); gpiotr2@amu.edu.pl
Websites:
BLOG: Language Evolution
Academia.edu
Adam Mickiewicz University Repository (AMUR)
ResearchGate
Wikipedia account
Duty hours: link
Degrees
- M.Sc. in electronic engineering, Warsaw, 1984
- M.A. in English, Poznań, 1987
- Ph.D. in English, Poznań, 1994
- D.Litt. in English linguistics, Poznań, 1998
Research interests
- Phonology
- Theories of language change
- History of English
- Indo-European and Germanic linguistics
- Evolutionary approach to language variation and change
Teaching experience
- History of English
- English phonetics and phonology
- Metrical theory
- Etymology and linguistic reconstruction
- TEFL at university level
Scholarships
- Oxford University, 1989-1990
- University of California, Los Angeles, 1997
Guest lectures
- Bamberg University, 1998
- University of Munich, 2005
Guest professorship
- University of Vienna, 2007-2008 (winter semester)
Professional organisations
- Societas Linguistica Europaea (member)
Reviewing, editorial activity
- Advisory board member and referee: Folia Linguistica Historica, Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, Anglica: An International Journal of English Studies
- Occasional peer reviewing for Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, Studia Celtica Posnaniensia
- Member of the National Science Centre (NCN) panel of experts (OPUS), 2014-2015
Conference organisation
- 32nd East Coast Indo-European Conference (ECIEC), Poznań, 2013 (co-organiser)
Papers read at international conferences and congresses
- International Conference on Language Contact and Linguistic Change, Rydzyna, 1991
- International Conference on Typology and Linguistic Reconstruction, Rydzyna, 1993
- 1st International Conference on Middle English, Rydzyna, 1994
- International Conference on Historical Phonology, Ślesin, 1996
- 9th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Poznań, 1996
- International Conference on Indo-European Linguistics, Los Angeles, 1997
- 10th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Manchester, 1998
- Research Meeting of the Polish Phonetic Society on "Linguistic, medical and technical phonetics", Rydzyna, Poland, 1998
- 32nd Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 1999
- SLE Conference, Poznań, 2000
- 11th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2000
- 33rd Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 2001
- Margaret Schlauch Symposium, Poznań, 2002
- 34th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 2003
- 13th Annual Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English (PASE), Tarnowo Podgórne, 2004
- 4th Medieval English Studies Symposium, Poznań, 2005
- 3rd Late Modern English Conference, Leiden, 2007
- 39th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Gniezno, 2008
- The Sound of Indo-European 1: Phonetics, Phonemics and Morphophonemics, Copenhagen, 2009
- 40th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Gniezno, 2009
- Languages in Contact, Wrocław, 2010 (plenary paper)
- The Sound of Indo-European 2: Phonetics, Phonemics and Morphophonemics, Opava 2010
- 42nd Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2011
- 43rd Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2012 (plenary paper)
- Etymology and the European Lexicon (14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft), Copenhagen, 2012
- 11th Medieval English Studies Symposium, Poznań, 2012 (plenary paper)
- "The Lengthgened Grade in Indo-European" Thematic Conference, Leiden, 2013
- 46th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2016
Research projects
Honours
- Minister of National Education's Award for outstanding research results, 1998
- Minister of National Education's Award for outstanding research results, 2004
- Medal of the Commission of National Education (KEN), 2013
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