Biografisk notat

Kleanthes K. Grohmann is Associate Professor of Biolinguistics in the Department of English Studies at the University of Cyprus and founding Director of the Cyprus Acquisition Team. His research deals with biolinguistic investigations of the language faculty, with emphasis on the nature of grammar, syntactic theory, and (a)typical language development. He is the (co-) author and editor of more than a dozen volumes and over 100 scholarly publications in theoretical linguistics, comparative syntax, and language acquisition. Kleanthes is also the founding co-editor of the open access journal Biolinguistics and the John Benjamins book series Language Faculty and Beyond.Aljona Shelkovaya is a PhD Candidate in Linguistics in the Department of English Studies at the University of Cyprus with an MA in Applied Linguistics from the same department. Her PhD focuses on the phonological development of normally developing children. Specifically, Aljona examines the patterns of the syllable margins in Cypriot Greek-speaking children and has presented her work at a number of international conferences.Dionysios Zoumpalidis is a PhD Candidate in Linguistics in the Department of English Studies at the University of Cyprus with an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Essex. His doctoral research deals with the processes of language shift/language maintenance within the multilingual community of Pontic Greeks in Cyprus. Dionysios has (co-)presented his work on such sociolinguistic topics as language identity, language contact, and language attitudes at international conferences, some of which have already been published.