About Me
I am a researcher and educator interested in how individual, situational and cultural differences in how we experience language, shape the way in which we engage with our social, natural and technological environment.
From this perspective, I try to understand (the origin of) conventions in grammar, interactional processes in conversation, as well as extra-communicative forms of (inner) speech.
My approach draws on Functionalism, Indigenous Studies, Ecolinguistics and Mikhail Bakhtin's philosophy of dialogue.
Education
- BA Slavic languages and literatures (University of Amsterdam)
- BA Linguistics (University of Amsterdam)
- Research Master in Linguistics (University of Amsterdam)
- PhD in Linguistics (Australian National University, 2016)
- Habilitation (dosentti) in General Linguistics (University of Helsinki, 2021)
Academic employment
- (Postdoctoral) researcher KU Leuven (2014-2017)
- Postdoctoral researcher University of Helsinki (2017-2024)
- Lecturer in Language and Communication Utrecht University (2023-)
- Lecturer in Communication, Argumentation and Rhetoric at the University of Amsterdam (2025-)
Affiliations and research networks
- Research group FUNC KU Leuven
- Indigenous Studies and HELSUS University of Helsinki
- Language and Cognition in Argumentation (LANCAR) University of Amsterdam