Aikhenvald, Alexandra (Sacha)

Alexandra (Sacha) Aikhenvald
James Cook University
https://research.jcu.edu.au/researchatjcu/research/lcrc

Povos/línguas: Tariana, Baniwa do Içana, Warekena, Baré

Áreas: tipologia linguística, gramática, linguística histórica

Educated
• Department of Structural and Applied Linguistics, Philological Faculty, Moscow State University: BA in Linguistics 1978; MA in Linguistics 1979 (thesis topic: 'Relative Clause in Anatolian Languages')
• Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow: PhD in Linguistics, 1984 (thesis topic 'Structural and Typological Classification of Berber Languages')
• La Trobe University, 2006: Doctor of Letters by examination of four books and 14 papers.

Positions held
• Research Fellow, Department of Linguistics, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, January 1980 - September 1988
• Senior Research Fellow, ibidem, September 1988 - July 1989
• Visiting Professor, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil, August 1989 - December 1991
• Associate Professor, ibidem, December 1991 - December 1992
• Full Professor with tenure, ibidem, December 1992 - February 1994
• Visiting Professor, State University of Campinas, Brazil, April 1992 - June 1992
• Visiting Professor, University of São Paulo, Brazil, July 1992 - December 1992
• Visiting Fellow, Australian National University, January - February 1993
• ARC Senior Research Fellow (with rank of Professor), Australian National University, February 1994 - 1999, Second Term: February 1999 - 2004
• Professor of Linguistics, Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University, from 2004 - 2008
• Associate Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, Australian National University, 1996-1999
• Associate Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University, 2000-2008
• Professor and Research Leader (People and Societies of the Tropics), Cairns Institute, James Cook University, 2009-present.
• Distinguished Professor at JCU, 2010 -present
• Institute Professor, Australian Linguistic Institute, ANU, July 1996
• Institute Professor, Linguistic Institute of the Linguistic Society of America, University of California at Santa Barbara, June - July 2001
• Institute Professor, Australian Linguistic Institute, McQuarie University, July 2002
• First Professorship, University of Colorado, 2009.
• Australian Laureate Fellow, 2012-2017


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