Viveka Velupillai: Curriculum Vitae
publications
presentations
| Name: |
Viveka Velupillai |
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| E-mail: |
viveka(dot)velupillai(at)anglistik(dot)uni-giessen(dot)de |
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Degrees:
| February 2002: |
PhD Linguistics, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology & Nijmegen University. |
| June 1997: |
MA in Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, Uppsala University. |
Teaching:
| SS 2015: |
Statistics for linguistics: A gentle introduction. Institut für Anglistik, Giessen. |
| SS 2014: |
An Introduction to pidgins and creoles. Institut für Anglistik, Giessen. |
| WS 2013/2014: |
An Introduction to pidgins and creoles. Institut für Anglistik, Giessen. |
| SS 2013: |
English-lexified pidgin and creole languages. Institut für Anglistik, Giessen. |
| WS 2012/2013: |
English-lexified pidgin and creole languages. Institut für Anglistik, Giessen. |
| WS 2012/2013: |
English in a Global Perspective: An Introduction to Linguistic Typology. Institut für Anglistik, Giessen. |
| WS 2009/2010: |
English in a Global Perspective: An Introduction to Linguistic Typology. Institut für Anglistik, Giessen. |
| WS 2007/2008: |
English in a Global Perspective: An Introduction to Linguistic Typology. Institut für Anglistik, Giessen. |
| WS 2005/2006: |
Introduction to Linguistics. Institut für Anglistik, Giessen. |
| WS 2004/2005: |
Introduction to Linguistics. Institut für Anglistik and Amerikanistik, Regensburg. |
| SS 2004: |
Introduction to Linguistics. Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Regensburg. |
| WS 2003/2004: |
Schwedisch. SprachenInsel Unterricht & Übersetzungen, Regensburg. |
| WS 2001/2002: |
The English Language in a Global Perspective. Institut für Linguistik: Anglistik, Stuttgart. |
| WS 2001/2002: |
Introduction to Linguistics. Institut für Linguistik: Anglistik, Stuttgart. |
Education:
| 1998-10-01 - 2001-09-30: |
Max-Planck-Institut für evolurionäre Anthropologie, Leipzig. Ph.D. student in linguistics: The TMA system of Hawai'i Creole English |
| 1993 - 1998: |
Uppsala University. Studies in languages (Comparative Indo-European Linguistics A-D, Scandinavian Languages A-B, Modern Greek A, Ancient Greek I-II(grammar + text), Scots Gaelic, Old Swedish, The Study of Runes, Runology, Avesta, Occitan. Assyriology A, Tamil A, Armenian, German A. |
Scholarships:
| 1998-10-01 - 2001-09-30: |
Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie: Promotionsstipendium. |
| Autumn 1997: |
Smiths stipendium (SEK 70.000). |
| Autumn 1996: |
Smiths stipendium (SEK 20.000). |
| Autumn 1995: |
Smiths stipendium (SEK 16.000). |
Fieldwork:
| 2000-05-24 - 2000-07-14: |
Fieldwork in Hawai'i on Hawai'i Creole English. |
| 2000-01-24 - 2000-02-23: |
Fieldwork in Hawai'i on Hawai'i Creole English. |
| 1999-06-18 - 1999-08-19: |
Fieldwork in Hawai'i on Hawai'i Creole English. |
| Summer 1993: |
Six-week course in Archaeology in Lund, Historiska Museet, University of Lund, Sweden. |
Other work experience:
| 2015-: |
Project manager for DEPiCT (Database of Early Pidgin and Creole Texts). |
| 2009: |
Native speaker proofreader for TELL (Textbooks in English Language and Linguistics). |
| Oct 2002 – Dec 2004: |
Co-editor for ABES (Annotated Bibliography for English Studies), Chapter 5: World Englishes. |
| December 1997 - present: |
Freelance cinema operator. Certificate obtained December 10th 1997. |
| March - December 1997: |
Freelance proofreader of Swedish texts for a Finnish translation bureau; Nouveau Koulutus Oy, Åbo, Finland. |
| Summer 1994 - present: |
Assistant Editor: Bokförlaget Poesi & Kultur [‘Poesi & Kultur Publishing’]. |
Unpublished papers:
| December 1997: |
Fornoccitanska stickprov, guldkorn ur trubadurernas skatter (Samples of Old Occitan, Pearls from the Treasures of the Troubadours); some samples of studies in Old Occitan. |
| May 1997: |
Glimpses of the Picts; a survey of the Picts. |
| January - June 1996: |
Master's degree dissertation: Vad döljer sig i namnet? (What's in a Name?); a study of the names of some Old Norse gods from a comparative Indo-European perspective: what relation the etymology of the names might have with the function of the god. |
| June 1995: |
Den indo-ariska språkgruppen och dess lån från dravidiskan (The Indo-Aryan Language Group and Its Borrowings from Dravidian); a survey of the Indo-Aryan languages and their relation with Dravidian. |
| July 1993: |
Sex veckors arkeologi - Studiet av en "destruktiv" vetenskap (Six weeks of archaeology - The study of a "destructive" science); a report serving as the final assignment in an Archaeology course in Lund. |
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