Dr Andri Kanikli

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN LINGUISTICS AND COURSE LEADER OF BA (HONS) ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

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Qualifications

PhD in Linguistics (University of York, 2011)

BA (Hons) in Philology (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2007)

PGCert of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2017

Specialization

Theoretical Linguistics, Generative Grammar, Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition.

Employment Track

Assistant Professor, UCLan Cyprus (2021-present)

Lecturer, UCLan Cyprus (2012-2021)

Memberships (Academic/Professional)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in UK
Member of the CyLing (Cyprus Linguistics Society)
Member of the A.G. Leventis Foundation Scholars Association

Research Interests

Theoretical Syntax, Syntax interfaces to Phonology and Semantics, Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition, Language Delay, Multilingualism.

Roles and Responsibilities (including past roles and responsibilities)

Teaching and Course Leadership

Course Leader, BA (Hons) English Language Studies (2014-present)
Deputy Course Leader, MA TESOL with Applied Linguistics (2012-2013)
Acting Course Leader, MA TESOL with Applied Linguistics (2019-2021)
Modules taught: Studies in Language and Linguistics, Introduction to English Syntax and Phonology, English Structure, Academic Writing, Elementary Syntax, English Language and Linguistics Dissertation, Language Analysis (MA TESOL), Second Language Acquisition (MA TESOL), MA TESOL Dissertation.

Administrative Roles

Member of the UCLan Cyprus Senate (since 2022)
Member of the MIDEX Research Centre Steering Committee, UCLan UK, (2021-present)
Member of the Research and Innovation Committee, School of Business and Management Research Lead (2017-2020).
Member of the Academic Standards and Quality Assurance Committee (ASQAC) (2014-2015)

Selective Publications

Kanikli, A. and Tsoulas, G. (2019). ‘Embu’ Wh- questions in Cypriot Greek: A comparative study. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics 4(1): 95. 1–24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.788 (Impact factor: 1.318). Open access publication was funded by the Open Library for Humanities.
Kanikli, A. (2016). “The distribution of quantifiers in clefts.” Lingua, Vol. 171, pp. 24-36. (4*, UCLan UK 2016 Annual Research Assessment, 5-Year Impact Factor: 0.969, CiteScore: 0.89)
Grohmann K., Theodorou E. & Kanikli, A. (2013). Comprehension and Production Issues in the Acquisition of Relative Clauses in Cypriot Greek. In Advances in Language Acquisition, eds. S. Stavrakaki, P. Konstantinopoulou & M. Lalioti, 90-99, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Kanikli, A. (2011). “Sluicing and asymmetries in the Cypriot-Greek wh-question formation”. Proceedings of the 19^th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, held on April 3-5, 2009 in Thessaloniki.
Kanikli, A. (2011). “Wh-variants in Cypriot Greek”. Proceedings of the 19^th GeSuS Conference, held on March 2-4, 2010 in Freiburg.

Research project outputs/booklets

Kanikli, A. and Spanoudis, G. (forthcoming). The Screening Scale of Language Development Stimulus Book: a Greek screening tool for use in pre-primary care settings.
Kanikli, A. and Spanoudis, G. (forthcoming). The Screening Scale of Language Development Manual for professionals.
Barth, I., Civetta, P., De Smedt, H., Deutman, C., Kanikli, A., Martowicz, A. & Van Mil, M. (2021). More than one language? A reflection booklet for parents. Output of the Erasmus+ project Planting Languages 2019-1-BE02-KA204-060211.
Barth, I., Civetta, P., De Smedt, H., Deutman, C., Kanikli, A., Martowicz, A. & Van Mil, M. (2021). More than one language? Manual for professionals working with the Reflection Booklet for parents. Output of the Erasmus+ project Planting Languages 2019-1-BE02-KA204-060211.
Barth, I., Civetta, P., De Smedt, H., Deutman, C., Kanikli, A., Martowicz, A. & Van Mil, M. (2021). Reminders. Output of the Erasmus+ project Planting Languages 2019-1-BE02-KA204-060211.
Barth, I., Civetta, P., De Smedt, H., Deutman, C., Kanikli, A., Martowicz, A. & Van Mil, M. (2021). Language Portraits. Output of the Erasmus+ project Planting Languages 2019-1-BE02-KA204-060211.
Barth, I., Civetta, P., De Smedt, H., Deutman, C., Kanikli, A., Martowicz, A. & Van Mil, M. (2021). Reflections for policymakers. Output of the Erasmus+ project Planting Languages 2019-1-BE02-KA204-060211.

Selective Conference and Seminar Presentations

Kanikli, A. and Spanoudis, G. (2022). “SSLD: Screening Scale of Language Development.” Presentation at the “Screening Scales for the Early Identification and Diagnosis of Developmental Language Problems” Symposium of the 1st SLP Conference, July 7-8, Nicosia (externally funded).
Kanikli, A. (2022). “Barriers to Multilingualism.” Paper Presentation at the 12th Biennial MESEA International Conference, May 26-28, Larnaka (funded by MESEA).
Kanikli, A. (2021). “More than one languages? A reflection booklet for multilingual parents.” Presentation at the Planting Languages Final Conference, December 7, Brussels (funded by Erasmus+).
Kanikli, A. (2021). “The Planting Languages tools.” Presentation at the Colloquium on Multilingualism and Family Language Policy, November 24, Larnaka (funded by Erasmus+).
Kanikli, A. (2021). “Factors affecting parents’ initial language choices.” Paper presentation at the CLC 6 International Conference, September 4, Nicosia.
Kanikli, A. (2021). “Factors affecting multilingual parents’ initial language choices”. Paper presentation at the Planting Languages Online conference, January 25.
Kanikli, A. (2020). “How to support your child in multilingual acquisition.” Online seminar co-organised with the Youth Board of Cyprus, December 5.
Kanikli, A. (2020). “Multilingual parents’ booklet: a reflection tool that helps multilingual families design their family language policy.” Presentation at the Youth Board of Cyprus Centre, September 28, Limassol.
Kanikli, A. (2020). “Helping multilingual parents develop their own family specific language strategy.” Online workshop, August 11.
Kanikli, A. (2020). “Internal and External factors influencing language choice in multilingual families.” Presentation at the Foyer Institution, January 14, Brussels.
Kanikli, A. (2018). “The syntax of embu wh-questions in Cypriot Greek: Similarities to est-ce que in French and é que in Portuguese.” Paper presentation at the Recent Issues in the Syntax of Questions (RISQ) workshop, October 8-10, Konstanz. The RISQ workshop was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Research Group FOR-2111 ‘Questions at the interfaces’.
Kanikli, A. (2017). “Explaining language.” Invited Talk. A.G. Leventis Foundation, March 2.
Kanikli, A. and Tsoulas, G. (2016). “Accounting for Ellipsis in Cypriot Greek” with George Tsoulas, (accepted), 7th International Conference on Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory, October.
Kanikli, A. (2015). “Diagnosing Specific Language Impairment.” Invited Talk. The Cyprus Linguistics Society and Kypropaideia Foundation lecture series, November 5.
Grohmann, K., Theodorou, E. and Kanikli, A. (2011). “Comprehension and Production Issues in the Acquisition of Relative Clauses in Cypriot Greek.” Paper presentation at the Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition Conference, September 6-8, Thessaloniki.
Kanikli, A. (2011). “Early acquisition of Cypriot-Greek clitics: evidence from clitic misplacement.” Paper accepted for presentation at the Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition Conference, September 6-8, Thessaloniki.
Kanikli, A. (2011). “Sluicing and VP-ellipsis: evidence for a phase–by–phase derivation.” Paper presentation at the 20th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, April 1-3, Thessaloniki.
Kanikli, A. (2010). “Wh-variants in Cypriot-Greek.” Paper presentation at the 55th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association, April 15-17, New York.

Selective Research Funding/ Grant Capture

Erasmus+ project 2019-1-BE02-KA204-060211. “Planting Languages-Seeds of success.” UCLan Cyprus Partner Organisation Lead. Total amount: €214 480. 2019-2022.
“Documenting and reviving the Cypriot Maronite Arabic language”, research project funded by the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture. Leader of the syntactic analysis, Phases 6-8. Total amount for Phases 6-8: €67 800. Project Coordinator: Prof. Marilena Karyolemou, UCY. 2018-2021.
“Developing and validating a language screening tool for use in pre-primary care settings”. Funding Authority: Creative World Foundation. Principal Investigator with Prof. George Spanoudis, UCY. Total amount: €26 800. 2018-2020.
“Documenting and reviving the Cypriot Maronite Arabic language”, research project funded by the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture. Leader of the syntactic analysis, Phase 4. Total amount for Phase 4: €18 990. Project Coordinator: Prof. Marilena Karyolemou, UCY. 2016.

Scholarships/Awards

• Scholarship awarded by ‘The Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation’ for excellent academic record (€35000), 2008-2011.
• Best student in class at the University of Athens (Class Valedictorian), 2007.
• Research Bursary, the A.G. Leventis Foundation, 2007.
• Award from ‘The Greek State Scholarship Foundation’ for excellent academic results (for being one of the top ten students of the Faculty of Philology (out of a total of 700 students)) (€2000).
• Scholarship awarded by ‘The Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation’ for distinguished school record (€28000), 2002-2006.

Supervision of Projects/PhDs

PhD supervision:

Dimitra Dimitriou. “The L2 Perception and Production of English Vowels by L1 Greek-Cypriot Speakers.” 2019-2022.

Alexander Kakoullis. “Investigating Family Language Policy Strategies in Multilingual Families in Cyprus.” (2021-present).

MA dissertation supervision

Gender representation in Cypriot-Greek EFL textbooks. 2014-2015.

BA dissertation supervision

“Speakers’ attitudes towards the use of language by women and men.” 2019-2020.

“Are masculine generics denoting bias and sexism?” 2018-2019.

“The impact of Cypriot-Greek Speakers’ social characteristics on their attitude towards code-switching between English and Cypriot-Greek.” 2017-2018.

“Error Analysis of Greek ESL Learners in Essay Writing.” 2017-2018.

Other Scholarly and Outreach Activities

Reviewer. Lingua journal.

Conference/Colloquium/Workshop organisation

Organisation of the colloquium: “Multilingualism and Family Language Policy”, November 24, 2021, UCLan Cyprus.

Organisation of the CIELL research seminar series 2020-2021.

Organisation of the YBC seminar: “Multilingual parents’ booklet: a reflection tool that helps multilingual families design their family language policy”, at the Youth Board of Cyprus Centre in Limassol, September 28, 2020.

Organisation of the online Experts workshop: “Helping multilingual parents develop their own family specific language strategy”, August 8, 2020.

Organisation of the CIELL research seminar series 2019-2020.

Co-organisation of the 12th Biennial MESEA International Conference, with MIDEX Research Centre, UCLan UK (UCLAN Cyprus academics involved: Dr. Antri Kanikli, Dr. Athanasia Hadjigeorgiou and Dr. Katerina Antoniou). May 26-28, 2022, UCLan Cyprus.

Co-organisation of the EATS International Conference, with MIDEX Research Centre UCLan UK (UCLAN Cyprus academics involved: Dr. Antri Kanikli, Dr. Athanasia Hadjigeorgiou and Dr. Katerina Antoniou), April 6-8, 2022, UCLan Cyprus.

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