1997-2000:      University of Cambridge, U.K., Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics     

Ph.D. in Cognitive Linguistics: ‘English, Croatian and Italian Preposition from a Cognitive Perspective. When ‘at' is ‘on' and ‘on' is ‘in'.

Holder of:

*Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholarship and Grant; *Cambridge Board of Graduate Studies Award in Social Studies & Humanities; *Darwin College Grant;  *Alan, Meek and Read Award; *British Federation of Women Graduates Grant ...

1996-97:          University of Cambridge, U.K.,  Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics

M.Phil. in Applied Linguistics

1989-93:         Faculty for Translators and Interpreters (SSLMIT), University of Trieste, Italy.

BA in Translation  - English, Italian, Croatian

1988-89:         Faculty of Economics, University of Vienna, Austria - International B.A. Student Course in German Language for Economists

1987-88:         James Lick High School, San Jose, California, U.S.A. Graduate of 1988 class

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

- The language-space relationship, focusing on prepositions

- The culture-language-identity relationship, focusing on pedagogical implications

  RESEARCH PROJECTS:

- Cognitive linguistics in the EFL / ESL classroom: Prepositions and articles. Project supported by the Ministry of Education, Republic of Croatia.

- Spatial language in bilingual children. Project with Dr. Ewa Haman, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Poland. Project supported by the Ministry of Education of Poland.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Sept. 2001-pres.: Dept of English, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Rijeka. Lecturership. Courses taught: Introduction into the linguistic study of the English language, Semantics, Translation CRO-ENG. Oct. 2005 - Jan. 2009: Head of the Department of English. Duties: Managing the Department; Coordinating the successful implementation of the Bologna process; Developing the curriculum

Sept. 2004-Sept. 2005: Faculty for Translators and Interpreters, University of Trieste, Italy (Masters programme).  Lecturer - External collaborator. Curses taught: Simultaneous interpreting: CRO-ENG, ENG-CRO.

Sept. 2002-Sept. 2005.: Faculty for Translators and Interpreters, University of Trieste, Italy (B.A. programme). Lecturer - External collaborator. Curses taught: Consecutive interpreting: CRO-ITA, simultaneous interpreting: ENG-CRO.

Summer 1998: Max Plank Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the  Netherlands.  Visiting Scholar. Worked with Dr. Melissa Bowerman.

1995-present: Freelance translator / interpreter.

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS:

- ‘Applied Linguistics'. Member of the Board of Reviewers

- ‘V&V. Inquiries into the English Language and Linguistics'. Editor (linguistics) 

- HDPL - Croatian society for applied linguistics. Member

- Proceedings of the Croatian society for applied linguistics. Member of the Board of Reviewers

- Cambridge Alumni Society. Member

  PUBLICATIONS:

(2009) 'The story of 'o'. Force dynamics in the semantics of (Croatian) prepositions'. In Brala - Vukanović, M. & Gruić-Grmuša, L. (Eds.) Space and Time in Language and Literature. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp.61-86.

(2008c) 'Meaning, Discourse and Culture in the EFL Classroom. Integrating Cognitive Lingusitics and ELT'. In Delanoy, W. & Volkmann, L. (Eds.) Future Perspectives for English Teaching. Heidelberg: Universitaerverlag Winter. pp. 71-84.

(2008b) 'Language and identity. PErceptions and expectations of (non)anglicized language on the Web. The case of Croatian blogs. In Perrin, D. &  Wyss, E. L. (Eds.) 'Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquée 2008'. VALS-ASLA No. 87, Université de Neuchâtel. pp. 73-94.

(2008a) 'Applying Cognitive Linguistics to Pedagogical grammar: The Croatian Prepositions of Verticality’. In Golubović, B. & Raecke, J. (Eds.) ‘Bosnisch, Kroatisch und Serbisch als Fremdsprachen an den Universitaten der Welt’. Muenchen: Verlag Otto Sagner. pp-19-29.

(2007b) 'Crossing the gap between language and culture. New EFL dimensions in the Croatian context.' Co-authored with Irena Vodopija Krstanović. In ' New peaks, new shores, new crossings: English studies in flux'. Book series 'Buchscreibe zu Arbeiten aus Amerikanistik und Anglistik'. Graf, E. M. and James, A. (Eds). Gunter Narr Verlag, Tuebingen, Germany. pp. 161-174.

(2007a) ‘Spatial ‘on' - ‘in' categories and their prepositional codings across languages. Universal constraints on language specificity'. In: Ontolinguistics. How Ontological Status Shapes the Linguistic Coding of Concepts, Andrea Schalley and Dietmar Zaefferer (Eds). Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.  pp. 299 - 329.

(2006) ‘The American media and the (perception of the) war in Iraq'. In ‘Jezik i mediji. Jedan jezik, više svjetova' (Granić, J. Ed.), CALS 2005 Proceedings. Zagreb - Split.

(2005b) 'Crosslinguistic diversities and cognitive universals in the (semantic) domain of SUPERPOSITION'. In ‘Semantika prirodnog jezika i metajezik semantike'. CALS 2004 Proceedings. Zagreb - Split.

(2005a) ‘Reference to space in children's discourse. Bridging the crosslinguistic gap'. In ‘Jezik u društvenoj interakciji'. CALS 2003 Proceedings. Zagreb - Rijeka.

(2004) ‘Melissa Bowerman and Stephen C. Levinson (2001). Language Acquisition and Conceptual Development, Cambridge, CUP'. In Views & Voices. Inquiries into the English Language and Literature. University of Rijeka and Zagar publ. Vol. 1. No.3. pp. 69 - 77.

(2003c) 'NSM within the Cognitive Linguistic Movement. Bridging some gaps'. In Jezikoslovlje, 4.2. University of Osijek. pp.161-185.

(2003b). ‘Wor(l)ds lost, wor(l)ds regained. Translation (theory) through the glass of the Speech Act Theory'. In Views & Voices. Inquiries into the English Language and Literature. University of Rijeka and Zagar publ. Vol. 1. No.2. pp. 7-23.

(2003a) ‘The semantics and grammar of motion. Evidence from Croatian prefixes vs. prepositions'. In SKY Journal of Linguistics No. 15. The Linguistic Association of Finland Publ. pp.7-30.

(2002d) ‘Understanding language specificity - causes and consequences'. In Psychology of Language and Communication, Vol 6, No. 2. Warsaw: Matrix Publishers pp.33-46.

(2002c) ‘Prepositions in UK Monolingual Learners' Dictionaries: Expanding on Lindstromberg's Problems and Solutions. In Applied Linguistics, 23/1: pp. 134-140: Oxford: Oxford University Press.

(2002b) ‘Understanding and translating (spatial) prepositions. An exercise in cognitive semantics for lexicographic purposes'. In Working Papers in English and Applied Linguistics, Vol. 7. University of Cambridge Press. pp. 1 - 24.

(2002a) ‘Coincidence' vs. ‘Separation' as a lexical basis. A contribution to the theory of linguistic universality. In Views & Voices. Inquiries into the English Language and Literature. University of Rijeka and Zagar publ. Vol. 1. No.1. pp. 9 - 23.

(1999) ‘Paths and Boundaries in Croatian Prefixed Motion Verbs: Establishing Componential Relations between Form and Meaning. In King, T. & Sekerina, I. (eds.) Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics 8: The Philadelphia meeting. Michigan Slavic Publications. pp. 41 - 60.

(1999) ‘Lexicalisation patterns of Croatian prefixed motion verbs'. ‘TALN proceedings', Corsica, France.

BOOKS:

(2008). 'Understanding Language. Introduction to the Linguistic Study of the English Language'. Rijeka: University of Rijeka.