Anna Fenyvesi

Curriculum Vitae

(May 2008)

NAME: Anna FENYVESI

EDUCATION:

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Ph.D. in Linguistics, December 1998.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. MA in Linguistics, December 1994.
József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary. Graduated summa cum laude 1988. Degree: MA equivalent teacher's diploma, major: Russian language and literature.
József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary. Graduated cum laude 1987. Degree: MA equivalent teacher's diploma, major: English language and literature, minor: American studies.
Summer Course of British Culture and the English Language, Keble College, Oxford, Summer 1986.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Associate Professor (since July 2001), Department of English, Institute of English and American Studies, University of Szeged (formerly József Attila University), Szeged, Hungary, since September 1996.
Courses taught:
- Linguistic Analysis (PhD level)
- Sociolinguistics (PhD level)
- Introduction to Linguistics (undergraduate)
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics (undergraduate)
- Advanced Sociolinguistics (MA level)
- Language contact (MA level)
- Multilingualism in the United States (MA level)
- Bilingualism (MA level)
- American Dialects (MA level)
- Aspects of English Linguistics (undergraduate)
- Academic Writing (undergraduate)
Visiting Erasmus Exchange Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Joensuu, Finland, January–February 2005.
Course taught:
- Multilingualism in the United States
Visiting Erasmus Exchange Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Joensuu, Finland, October 2003.
Course taught:
- Language Contact
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 1999/2000.
Courses taught:
- LING 415/515 Phonetics
- LING 407/507 Topic: Language variation
- LING 412/512 Phonology
- LING 432/532 Sociolinguistics
- LING 290 Introduction to Language
- LING 407/507 Topic: Language contact
Instructor of Hungarian, Language Acquisition Institute, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA. 1995/1996.
Courses taught:
- Beginning Hungarian 1
- Beginning Hungarian 2
Instructor of Hungarian, Hungarian Summer Institute, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA. June-July 1992, 1994, and 1995.
Course taught:
- Beginning Intensive Hungarian
Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA:
Courses taught:
- Ling 1950 Introduction to linguistics, Summer 1996, for Alan Juffs
- Ling 1267 Aspects of sociolinguistics, Spring 1995, for Christina Bratt Paulston
- Ling 1578/2578 Phonetics and phonemics, Fall 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995, for Sarah Grey Thomason.
- Ling 1860/2860 Introduction to historical linguistics, Spring 1994, for Sarah Grey Thomason.
Instructor of English, English Language Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. July-August 1993.
Course taught:
- TOEFL grammar preparation course
Teaching Assistant: Instructor of Hungarian, Language Acquisition Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 1991/1992.
Courses taught:
- Intermediate Hungarian 1
- Intermediate Hungarian 2
Assistant lecturer, Department of English and American Studies, József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, 1988-1996 (on leave between September 1991 and July 1996).
Courses taught:
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Introduction to Applied Linguistics
- American Civilization
- Communicative Grammar of English
- Descriptive Grammar of English
- English Transformational Syntax
Assistant lecturer (part-time), Hungarian Studies Program, József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, 1990/91, and Fall 1996, 1998/1999.
Courses taught:
- Beginning Grammar of Hungarian
- Intermediate Grammar of Hungarian
- Intermediate Writing and Reading in Hungarian
- Reading and Conference (Intermediate Hungarian)
Assistant lecturer (part-time), English Department, József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, 1987/88.
Courses taught:
- Descriptive Grammar of English
- English Transformational Syntax
Instructor of English and Russian, Foreign Languages Department, Szent-Györgyi Albert Medical University, Szeged, Hungary, 1987/88.
Courses taught:
- Elementary English
- Intermediate English
- Advanced English
- Advanced English: Medical Translation

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

Head, University of Szeged team in LINEE (Languages in a Network of European Excellence), a multinational sociolinguistics project funded by the European Union as part of the 6th Framework Programme, since November, 2006.
Acting Chair, English Department, Institute of English and American Studies, University of Szeged, March through May, 2006.
President of Linguistics Committee of the Szeged Chapter of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, since January 2006.
Committee Member for University of Szeged in Hungarian National Committee for the Developing of BA Curriculum in English under the Bologna Process, 2004/2005.
Acting Head, English Applied Linguistics PhD Program, Graduate School in Linguistics, University of Szeged, February through July, 2003.
Deputy Chair, English Department, Institute of English and American Studies, University of Szeged, since September 2000.
Co-ordinating committee on Bilingual Language Use, Study Centre On Language Contact, a trilateral research project for linguists from the Netherlands, Belgium, and Hungary, February 1998 through November 2000.
Co-organizer of 1st and 2nd conference of the Bilingual Theme Group (Study Center on Language Contact, a trilateral project for linguists from the Netherlands, Belgium, and Hungary), November 11-13, 1999, Szeged, Hungary, and March 30 to April 1, 2000, Domonyvölgy, Hungary, respectively.
Acting Director, Hungary and East European Programs, József Attila University, 1998/1999.
Grant administrator, Hungarian Ministry of Education PFP grant (#0342/98), 800,000 HUF ($4,000), "Development of the Applied Linguistics Specialization", Institute of English and American Studies, József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, 1998.
Editorial Assistant for Language, the journal of the Linguistic Society of America, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, September 1992 to April 1995.
Supervisor of foreign language teachers, Language Acquisition Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 1991/1992.
Language Interviewer in Hungarian for Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program, Pittsburgh, PA, December 1991.
Hungarian Language Examiner, Critical Languages Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, December 1991.
Coordinator of interpreters and administrative coordinator of the First Festival of the E.A.S.T. (European Association of Students of Theatre), Szeged, Hungary, September 1989.
Co-editor of Literary Quarterly Harmadkor ("Tertiary Period") of the József Attila University, February 1987 to June 1988.

REREFEERING EXPERIENCE:

Suvremena Lingvistika, 2008
Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2008.
Proceedings of the 7th International Pragmatics Conference, 2001
NovELTy, 2000
Multilingua, 1998.
Hungarian National Scientific Research Programs (OTKA), 1998, 1999, 2007.
Language, 1994.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

“Are there borders in language contact? Outlining hypotheses for researching Canadian Hungarians”. Presented at the “Borders and Crossings” Inaugural Partnership Conference, University of Manitoba and University of Szeged, June 14-16, 2007, Szeged, Hungary.
“A ‘Lépésenként magyarul’ nyelvtani kézikönyvének angol fordításáról [On the English translation of the grammar handbook of the ‘Hungarian Step By Step’ series]. Presented at the Conference celebrating 25 years of Hungarian Studies at the University of Szeged, December 8-9, 2006, Szeged, Hungary.
“Az angol kölcsönszavak hangsúlytalan szókezdõ szótagjainak sorsa az amerikai magyarban: Mit mond a fonológus és mit a szociolingvista? [The fate of initial unstressed syllables of English loanwords in American Hungarian: What do the phonologist and the sociolinguist say?]. Joint presentation with Gyula Zsigri (University of Szeged, Hungary), presented at the 14th Élõnyelvi Konferencia [14th Language Use Conference], October 9-11, 2006, Bük, Hungary.
“The many faces of Hungarian: Sociolinguistic findings on contact varieties of Hungarian”. Invited lecture, presented at “The Hungarian language: Past and present” conference, May 5–6, 2006, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA.
“Loanword adaptation in American Hungarian and American Finnish: The fate of initial unstressed syllables”. Joint presentation with Gyula Zsigri (University of Szeged, Hungary), presented at the 12th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology (METHODS XII), August 1-5, 2005, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
"Az USA nyelvpolitikájának hatása az amerikai magyarok magyar nyelvhasználatára" [The effect of the language policy of the USA on the Hungarian language use of American Hungarians]. Presented at the 13. Élőnyelvi Konferencia [13th Language Use Conference], September 5-7, 2004, Cluj, Romania.
"Az angol kölcsönszavak kölcsönzésének mechanizmusai az amerikai magyarban" [The borrowing mechanisms of English loans in American Hungarian]. Presented at the VII. Nemzetközi Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kongresszus [7th International Congress of Hungarian Linguistics], August 29-31, 2004, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
"Loanword adaptation in American Hungarian: An Optimality Theory account of initial unstressed syllables". Joint poster presentation with Gyula Zsigri (University of Szeged, Hungary), presented at the 12th Manchester Phonology Meeting, May 20-22, 2004, Manchester, United Kingdom.
"A sociolinguistic and typological characterization of a contact dialect, Hungarian in the United States". Presented at the 48th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association, April 4-6, 2003, New York City.
"A toledoi magyarok nyelve: Nemstandard nyelvhasználat vagy a nyelvkontaktus hatása?" [The language of Toledo Hungarians: Nonstandard language use or the effect of language contact?] Presented at the "Magyarok a nagyvilágban: Diaszpórakutatás az ezredfordulón" [Hungarians in the world: Research on the diaspora at the turn of the millenium] workshop, October 17-18, 2002, Institute of Minority Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
"Contact effects in Toledo Hungarian: Confirmation from a questionnaire". Presented at the Workshop on Finno-Ugrian Language in Contact with English, 11th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology (METHODS XI), August 4-9, 2002, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland.
"The effect of English on noun and verb inflection in immigrant languages in the US". Presented at the "Empirically based approaches in linguistic description" conference, June 21-22, 2001, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
"'Hungarian language contact outside Hungary': A book in preparation". Presented at the Plenary Meeting of the Study Center on Language Contact, November 10-11, 2000, Wassenaar, the Netherlands.
"The effect of language contact on noun and verb inflection in immigrant languages in the US". Presented at the 45th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association, April 7-9, 2000, Washington, D. C.
"Contact-induced change in the case systems of American Finnish and American Hungarian". Joint paper with Pekka Hirvonen (University of Joensuu, Finland) presented at the 45th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association, April 7-9, 2000, Washington, D. C.
"Verb calquing in American Hungarian". Presented at the Second Bilingual Language Use Theme Meeting of the Study Center on Language Contact, March 31 to April 2, 2000, Domonyvölgy, Hungary.
"The affectedness of the verbal complex in American Hungarian". Presented at the First Bilingual Language Use Theme Meeting of the Study Center on Language Contact, November 11-13, 1999, Szeged, Hungary.
"Transplanted case systems: Morphological change in immigrant languages in the US". Presented at the 10th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology (METHODS X), August 1 - 6, 1999, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
"The pragmatics of Hungarian/English bilingual speech". Presented at the conference "Verb clusters in a Language Contact Perspective", Study Center on Language Contact, February 20-23, 1999, Wassenaar, the Netherlands.
"Nyelvkontaktus és nyelvvesztés az emigráns nyelvek esetrendszereiben" [Language contact and language loss in the case systems of immigrant languages]. Presented at the "Nyelvi érintkezések a Kárpát-medencében" [Language contact in the Carpathian Basin] conference, November 4-5, 1996, Bratislava, Slovakia.
"Nyelvkontaktus és nyelvvesztés az amerikai magyarban: A hasonulások sorsa a mckeesporti beszélők nyelvében" [Language contact and language loss in American Hungarian: The fate of assimilations in the speech of McKeesport speakers]. Presented at the 9. Élőnyelvi Konferencia [9th Language Use Conference], August 22-24, 1996, Szeged, Hungary.
"Hungarian-American case: Morphological change in McKeesport, Pennsylvania". Presented at the 11th Conference of the Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada, May 28-29, 1996, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario.
"Patterns of borrowing and language attrition: American Hungarian in McKeesport, Pennsylvania". Presented at the Third International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian, January 10-13, 1996, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
"How assimilation affects assimilations: The loss of some phonological processes in American Hungarian". Presented at the Symposium on Language Loss and Public Policy, June 30-July 3, 1995, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.