prof. UAM dr hab.Piotr Gąsiorowski

Piotr Gąsiorowski
University professor

Websites / Profiles

Degrees

  • M.Sc. in electronic engineering, Warsaw, 1984
  • M.A. in English, Poznań, 1987
  • Ph.D. in English, Poznań, 1994
  • D.Litt. in English linguistics, Poznań, 1998

Research interests

  • Phonology
  • Theories of language change
  • History of English
  • Indo-European and Germanic linguistics
  • Evolutionary approach to language variation and change

Teaching experience

  • History of English
  • English phonetics and phonology
  • Metrical theory
  • Etymology and linguistic reconstruction
  • TEFL at university level

Scholarships

  • Oxford University, 1989-1990
  • University of California, Los Angeles, 1997

Guest lectures

  • Bamberg University, 1998
  • University of Munich, 2005

Guest professorship

  • University of Vienna, 2007-2008 (winter semester)

Professional organisations

  • Societas Linguistica Europaea (member)

Reviewing, editorial activity

  • Advisory board member and referee: Folia Linguistica Historica, Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, Anglica: An International Journal of English Studies
  • Occasional peer reviewing for Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, Studia Celtica Posnaniensia
  • Member of the National Science Centre (NCN) panel of experts (OPUS), 2014-2015

Conference organisation

  • 32nd East Coast Indo-European Conference (ECIEC), Poznań, 2013 (co-organiser)

Papers read at international conferences and congresses

  • International Conference on Language Contact and Linguistic Change, Rydzyna, 1991
  • International Conference on Typology and Linguistic Reconstruction, Rydzyna, 1993
  • 1st International Conference on Middle English, Rydzyna, 1994
  • International Conference on Historical Phonology, Ślesin, 1996
  • 9th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Poznań, 1996
  • International Conference on Indo-European Linguistics, Los Angeles, 1997
  • 10th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Manchester, 1998
  • Research Meeting of the Polish Phonetic Society on "Linguistic, medical and technical phonetics", Rydzyna, Poland, 1998
  • 32nd Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 1999
  • SLE Conference, Poznań, 2000
  • 11th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2000
  • 33rd Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 2001
  • Margaret Schlauch Symposium, Poznań, 2002
  • 34th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 2003
  • 13th Annual Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English (PASE), Tarnowo Podgórne, 2004
  • 4th Medieval English Studies Symposium, Poznań, 2005
  • 3rd Late Modern English Conference, Leiden, 2007
  • 39th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Gniezno, 2008
  • The Sound of Indo-European 1: Phonetics, Phonemics and Morphophonemics, Copenhagen, 2009
  • 40th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Gniezno, 2009
  • Languages in Contact, Wrocław, 2010 (plenary paper)
  • The Sound of Indo-European 2: Phonetics, Phonemics and Morphophonemics, Opava 2010
  • 42nd Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2011
  • 43rd Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2012 (plenary paper)
  • Etymology and the European Lexicon (14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft), Copenhagen, 2012
  • 11th Medieval English Studies Symposium, Poznań, 2012 (plenary paper)
  • "The Lengthgened Grade in Indo-European" Thematic Conference, Leiden, 2013
  • 46th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2016
  • 48th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2018 (two papers)
  • International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, 2019
  • 49th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2019
  • 94th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, New Orleans 2020
  • XLIX Simposio Internacional de la Societad Española de Lingüística, Tarragona 2020

Research projects

  • NCN OPUS11 2016/21/B/HS2/00616 - "Wielostopniowy model akcentu w języku angielskim" (A multivalued model of stress in English), Principal Investigator, 2017-2020

Honours

  • Minister of National Education's Award for outstanding research results, 1998
  • Minister of National Education's Award for outstanding research results, 2004
  • Medal of the Commission of National Education (KEN), 2013