Wiesław Awedyk (em.)

Office: Collegium Novum, room 620A
Phone: (0-61) 829 3511
e-mail: wieslaw.awedyk@hih.no
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Degrees

  • M.A. in English, Łódź, 1962
  • Ph.D. in English, Poznań, 1969
  • D.Litt. in Germanic linguistics, Poznań, 1975

Research interests

  • Phonetics and phonology (English, general, contrastive, diachronic)
  • History of English
  • Dialectology

Teaching experience

  • English phonetics and phonology
  • English grammar
  • History of English

Professional organizations

  • Polskie Towarzystwo Fonetyczne (Polish Phonetic Association)
  • Polskie Towarzystwo Językoznawcze (Polish Linguistic Society)
  • Societas Linguistica Europaea
  • Polskie Towarzystwo Neofilologiczne (Modern Language Association of Poland)

Editorial

  • Co-editor, Studia Phonetica Posnaniensia, 1987-

Scholarships

  • Brown University, Providence, 1966-67
  • University of California, Los Angeles, 1978
  • University of Florida, Gainesville, 1981-1982

Visiting professor

  • Hogskolen i Harstad, Norway, 1993-1998

Papers read at international conferences and congresses

  • 1st International Conference on Historical English Linguistics, Durham, 1979
  • 15th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Boszkowo, 1978
  • 19th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Błażejewko, 1983
  • Annual Societas Linguistica Europaea Meeting, Salford/Manchester, 1984
  • Annual Societas Linguistica Europaea Meeting, Toledo, 1985
  • Annual Societas Linguistica Europaea Meeting, Ochrid, 1986
  • 8th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Lille, 1987
  • 6th International Phonology Meeting, Krems, 1988
  • 5th International Conference on the History of Linguistics, Galway, 1990
  • 10th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, 1991
  • Annual Societas Linguistica Europea Meeting, Galway, 1992
  • 26th International Conference on Contrastive Linguistics, Rydzyna, 1992
  • International Conference on Typology and Linguistic Reconstruction, Rydzyna, 1993
  • Sociolinguistic Symposium, Tromso, 1994
  • International Conference on Historical Phonology, Ślesin, 1996
  • 'Zabrocki Symposium', Poznań, 1996
  • 16th International Congress of Linguists, Paris, 1997

Decorations

  • Gold Cross of Merit, 1982

Publications