Department of Linguistics
Subject: Variation in Yiddish zikh-verbs in areal perspective
Supervisor: Prof. Moshe Taube, Dr. Eitan Grossman
Abstract: The research lies in the field of microtypology, comparing languages of the same areal. One part of the dissertation is concerned with parallel corpora of Yiddish and Slavic and Germanic languages, while another studies variation within Yiddish dialects.
Bio: Elena Luchina is a PhD candidate, supervised by Prof. Moshe Taube and Dr. Eitan Grossman. Her research focuses on Yiddish zikh-verbs, i.e. verbs that occur with the particle zikh 'self' (sometimes called reflexive verbs), in areal context. Her research interests include Jewish languages, heritage languages and language change.
President Stipend 2018/19