Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathilde Evelien Keizer
Professur für Englische Sprachwissenschaft: Variation und Kognition an der Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät
Curriculum Vitae:
born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1987 MA in English language and literature, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1987 Adjoint researcher in the research programme "Functional language research: grammar and pragmatics" Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1987-1988 Teacher of English, Maastricht School of Translation
1992 PhD in English Linguistics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Title of dissertation: "Reference, predication and (in)definiteness in Functional Grammar"
1991-1994 Lecturer in English, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1993-1998 Teacher of English, Alkwin Kollege, Uithoorn
1998-2000 Postdoctoral researcher in the research programme "A Modern Grammar of Dutch", Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands
2001-2003 Principal researcher in the AHRB research programme "The English Noun Phrase; an empirical study", Survey of English Usage, University College London
2003-2011 Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, University of Amsterdam; Senior Researcher at the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
since February 2011 Professor of English Linguistics: Cognition and Variation, Department of English, University of Vienna
Research Areas:
* The Noun Phrase in English and Dutch (structure, meaning, use)
* Reference and predication, definiteness and specificity
* Possessive constructions (in English, German and Dutch)
* English pronouns
* Apposition in English
* Information structure
* Linguistic categorization
* Theoretical framework: Functional Discourse Grammar