Prof Eva Schultze-Berndt
Professor of Linguistics

Biography
since April 2007: Professor of Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and English Language, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester
2004–2007: Professor of Linguistics at the University of Graz, Austria
2003–2004: Lecturer in Language Documentation and Description; Linguistics; School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, UK
2002–2003: Postdoctoral Fellow in Linguistics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
1999–2001: Postdoctoral Fellow in Linguistics at the University of Bochum, Germany
2000: PhD in Linguistics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands (Distinction)
1999: Grantee of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Studies (AIATSIS), 3 months
1995–1998: PhD Fellowship with the Language and Cognition group at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1992–1994: Research Associate, University of Bielefeld, Germany
1992: MA in Linguistics, Phonetics and Musicology, University of Cologne, Germany (Distinction)
Between 1993 and present, I have spent approximately 40 months doing fieldwork on Jaminjung, Ngaliwurru, Ngarinyman and Kriol in Northern Australia.
I am a member of the editorial boards of the journals Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung (STUF) and of the book series "Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory" (Oxford University Press).
Areas of expertise
- PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania - Australian languages
- P Philology. Linguistics - Typology, Semantics, Language Contact, Information Structure
Education / academic qualifications
- 2000 - Doctor of Philosophy, Simple and Complex Verbs in Jaminjung. A study of event categorisation in an Australian language, Radboud University Nijmegen
Related information
Publications
Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Activities
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Activity: External visiting positions or secondments › Visiting an external academic institution
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Student Theses
UoM administered thesis: Phd
UoM administered thesis: Phd
UoM administered thesis: Phd