Pavel Iosad

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Here is my page in FRIDA, the Norwegian research database.

And here is my profile on the CASTL website.

Contact details

Postal address

CASTL
HSL-fakultetet
Universitetet i Tromsø
NO-9037 Tromsø
Norway

Phone

+47 776 45079 (work)
+47 979 54926 (mobile)

pavel.iosad@uit.no

Positions held

2007–present

Pre-doctoral research fellow, Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL), University of Tromsø, Norway
PhD project supervisor: Dr Bruce Morén-Duolljá
Provisional project title: Representation and variation in substance-free phonology: a case study in Celtic

Education

2002–2007

Specialist (MA equivalent) with distinction in theoretical and applied linguistics
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Faculty of Philology, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Thesis: Initial consonant mutations in the world’s languages: typology, theory, diachrony
Supervisor: Dr Vladimir Plungian
Thesis reader: Dr Sergei Knyazev

Publications and presentations

Journal articles

2008

Teorija optimal’nosti: obzor osnovnoj literatury. In Russian: “Optimality Theory. A survey of the basic literature”. In Voprosy jazykoznanija, vol. 4/2008, pp. 104–121

Articles in edited volumes

to appear

Right at the left edge: initial consonant mutations in the languages of the world. In Michael Cysouw and Jan Wohlgemuth (eds.) Rethinking universals: How rarities affect linguistic theory. To appear as vol. 45 of Empirical approaches to linguistic typology. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter

Book reviews

2009

Zaliznjak, A. A. 2008. Drevnerusskie ènklitiki [Enclitics in Old Russian]. Moscow: Jazyki slavyanskoj kul’tury. Voprosy jazykoznanija, vol. 5/2009, pp. 132–136 (in Russian)

2005

Mattissen, Johanna, 2003. Dependent-Head Synthesis in Nivkh: A Contribution to a Typology of Polysynthesis. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Voprosy jazykoznanija, vol. 1/2005, pp. 135–140 (in Russian)

Encyclopedic articles

Various years

Articles for Bol’šaja rossijskaja ènciklopedija:
Vakaškije jazyki (Wakashan languages), Irlandskij jazyk (Irish [Gaelic]), Idoma, Yoruba, Idžoidnyje jazyki (Ijoid languages), Irokezskije jazyki (Iroquois languages), Kel’tskije jazyki (Celtic languages), Kornskij jazyk (Cornish)

Presentations

2009

(with Bruce Morén-Duolljá) Russian (morpho)phonological palatalization: a holistic approach. Formal Description of Slavic Languages 8, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany [pdf slides]
Cuique suum: vowel reduction in Russian. Formal Description of Slavic Languages 8, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany [pdf slides]
Tre problemer i russisk fonologi: vokaler, palatalisering og nivåer. Novemberseminaret i russisk, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Russian palatalization in substance-free phonology. CASTL Colloquium series, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Sandhi, mutation, and contrast: laryngeal phonology in Plougrescant Breton. Toronto – Tromsø Phonology Workshop, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada [pdf handout] (the handout is slightly messy, email for presentation where the diagrams come out better)
Russian vowel reduction without functional motivation. Third Scandinavian PhD Conference in Linguistics and Philology. University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Cuique suum: vowel reduction in Russian. Laboratory Phonology course workshop. University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

2008

Fonetikk versus fonologi: den ubehagelige sannheten om vokalreduksjon i russisk. Novemberseminaret i russisk, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway [pdf handout]
Too many levels, too few solutions: mutations and postlexical phonology in Breton. Manchester Phonology Meeting 16, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK [pdf handout]
All that glistens is not gold: against autosegmental approaches to initial consonant mutation. GLOW 31 Colloquium, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK [pdf handout]
Liquids and spirants: a phonological perspective. GLOW workshop on “Categorical phonology and gradient facts”, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK [pdf handout]
Against autosegmental approaches to initial consonant mutation. CASTL Colloquium series, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Initial consonant mutation and information flow in Mende. Old World Conference in Phonology 5, University of Toulouse II – Le Mirail, Toulouse, France [pdf handout] [pdf slides]

2007

Leksikalizovannyje vershiny v vallijskom sintaksise. In Russian: “Lexicalized heads in Welsh syntax”. Syntactic Structures 1, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia [pdf slides] (Russian)
Phonological processes as lexical insertion: more evidence from Welsh and elsewhere. Old World Conference in Phonology 4, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece [pdf handout] (rather obsolete, partly superseded by GLOW 31 and mfm16)

2006

Vallijskij jazyk i tipologija čeredovanij načal’nyx soglasnyx. In Russian: “Welsh and the typology of initial consonant mutations”. Third Conference on Typology and Grammar for Young Researchers, Institute of Linguistic Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences), St. Petersburg, Russia [pdf handout] (Russian)
Brythonic “second lenition” revisited. Second Colloquium of Societas Celto-Slavica, Moscow State University & Institute of Linguistics (Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, Russia [pdf handout]
Grammatikalizacija načal’nyx čeredovanij v vallijskom jazyke: nekotoryje nablyudenija. In Russian: “Some observations on the grammaticalization of Welsh initial consonant mutations”. Moscow Student Conference in Linguistics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia [pdf handout] (actually a quick English translation of the original Russian; rather obsolete)
Right at the left edge: Initial consonant mutations in the world’s languages. Rara & Rarissima: Collecting and interpreting unusual characteristics of human languages, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

2005

K morfonologičeskoj tipologii: “reradikalizacija” v jazykax mira. In Russian: “On morphophonological typology: ‘reradicalization’ in the world’s languages”. Second Conference on Typology and Grammar for Young Researchers, Institute of Linguistic Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences), St. Petersburg, Russia
(with A. G. Pazel’skaya, M. A. Tsyurupa) Tipologičeski značimyje parametry glagol’noj leksiki: imperfektivirujuščije derivacii neneckogo jazyka. In Russian: “Typologically significant parameters in the verbal lexicon: the imperfectivising derivations in Nenets”. Given at the Fourth International School in Linguistic Typology and Anthropology, Yerevan, Armenia

Grants and awards

2006

Grant under the “Talented Youth Support” programme, National project “Education” (Education and Science Ministry of Russia)
“Some observations on the grammaticalization of initial consonant mutations in Welsh” recognized as “best talk in the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section”, “Lomonosov” International Scientific Olympiad (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation)

2002

Winner of the Nationwide Competition in Russian language, Pskov, Russian Federation (1^st place)
Winner of the Nationwide Competition in mathematical and computational linguistics, Ruse, Bulgaria (1^st place)

2001

Winner of the 32^nd Traditional Olympiad in linguistics and mathematics for high school students, Moscow State University & Russian State University for the Humanities (1^st place)

2000

Winner of the 31^st Traditional Olympiad in linguistics and mathematics for high school students, Moscow State University & Russian State University for the Humanities (1^st place)

Teaching

Fall 2009

(with Ove Lorentz) EXF-0720, EXF-0723 Examen facultatum for the Humanities (introductory linguistics course)

Spring 2009

(with Tore Nesset and Laura Janda) RUS-2040 Structures of Russian (intermediate Bachelor course)

Fall 2008

(with Tore Nesset and Laura Janda) RUS-3010 Language and Literature of Ancient Russia (Masters course)
(with Sylvia Blaho and Patrik Bye) L^AT_EX for Linguists

Spring 2008

(with Dragana Šurkalović) LIN-1030 Phonetics (introductory Bachelor course)
(with Tore Nesset and Laura Janda) RUS-2040 Structures of Russian (intermediate Bachelor course)

Fieldwork experience

2003–2004

Tundra Nenets (Nel’min Nos, Nenets Autonomous District, Russian Federation. Part of Moscow State University linguistic expedition, under the guidance of Sergei Tatevosov), 5 weeks total

Other professional service

Reviewing

Abstract reviewing for Moscow Student Conference in Linguistics, reviewing for proceedings of Formal Description of Slavic Languages conference

Publishing

Typesetting support for Oslo Studies in Language (OSLa) journal

Website management

Website management for Saami Documentation and Revitalization Network

Membership in professional organizations

2008–present

Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW)

2009–present

Societas Celtologica Europaea

Other professional experience

2007

Kommersant publishing house, copy editor
Copy editing, fact checking

2004–2007

Sekret Firmy publishing house, copy editor
Copy editing, fact checking

2004-2007

Freelance translator and editor
Translation (experience with English to Russian, Italian to Russian, Russian to English), copy editing and fact checking

Language skills

Russian

Native

English

Proficient

Norwegian

Advanced (Test i norsk—høyere nivå, bokmål: 650/700)

Swedish

Advanced (9 semesters at university level)

Italian

Intermediate to advanced (7 semesters at university level)

German

Reading knowledge

French

Reading knowledge

Welsh

Fair, extensive structural knowledge

Ukrainian

Fair

Irish

Elementary, good structural knowledge

Breton

Elementary

Modern Hebrew

Elementary

Mandarin Chinese

Elementary

Tundra Nenets

Fieldwork experience

Ancient

Latin (fair knowledge), Middle Welsh (fair knowledge), Old Russian (fair knowledge), Old Irish, Sanskrit, Old Church Slavic

Computer skills

General

GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, OpenOffice.org, L^AT_EX, HTML

Specialized

Praat, SIL Speech Analyzer, SIL Shoebox, Xerox finite-state software (xfst, lexc), DATR, PC-PATR, PC-KIMMO

Programming

Some knowledge of shell scripting (bash), Pascal, Common Lisp, Ruby, R

Personal

Address

Aldor Ingebrigtsens veg 1B, NO-9010, Tromsø, Norway

Nationality

Russian citizen, Norwegian work permit

Details

Born January 10^th, 1985 in Moscow, Russia
Married, one child

Referees

Available upon request