Dr. Marina Ivanova
Short Résumé
I have successfully completed my PhD in English Linguistics from the Chemnitz University of Technology. I am interested in bridging the fields of neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, phonology, second language acquisition, and corpus linguistics.
My PhD project used evidence from experiments with electroencephalography (EEG) to study the perception of word stress cues by speakers of Slavonic Englishes. My thesis also presented phonetic and phonological analyses on Czech English features and proposed a concept for a tool for training perception and production of segmentals and suprasegmentals following the High-Variability Perceptual Training method.
I studied English and American Studies at Chemnitz University of Technology from 2014 to 2019. During my Bachelor studies I had an ERASMUS semester abroad in Poitiers, France. During my Master studies I specialised in Linguistics and Literatures and worked as a scientific assistant for both professorships.
I was part of the 2019 DAAD project Conflicting Truths in Academic and Journalistic Writing with partners from South Eastern Europe, was in the organisation team of the 2020 continuation of this project From Uncertainty to Confidence and Trust, coordinated the 2021 project Constructing Confidence and Trust Online and the 2022 project Comparing Confidence and Trust Online and Offline. In 2020 I received a DAAD STIBET teaching assistance scholarship for a course on Empirical Methods in Linguistics.
My corpus-based Master's thesis on the functions of Concession in Open Peer Review was awarded the Marie-Pleißner-Prize in 2020. I have started working on a PhD project in psycho- and neurolinguistics which was granted a three-year scholarship from the State of Saxony in 2020. I will develop the project as an associated member of the CRC-1410 Hybrid Societies. My academic and extracurricular endeavours were also awarded with the 2020 DAAD Prize. From 2023 to 2025 I will be the TU Chemnitz Alumna ambassador for Bulgaria.
Publications
Monographs
Ivanova, M. (2024). Perception and production of word stress cues in Slavic English varieties [PhD thesis]. Chemnitz University of Technology. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa2-892831
Journal articles
Ivanova, M., Neubert, C. R., Schmied, J., & Bendixen, A. (2023). ERP evidence for Slavic and German word stress cue sensitivity in English. Frontiers in Psychology 14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1193822 (Preprint PsyArXiv doi: 10.31234/osf.io/hqr34)
Ivanova, M. & Schmied, J. (2023). From cues to features: Bridging psycho- and sociolinguistics in the development of non-native English stimuli. TESOL Communications 2(2), 1-17. doi: 10.58304/tc.20230201
Ivanova, M. (fc. 2023). German English-medium linguistics journal abstracts over the last 30 years: Quantitative and qualitative structural developments. TOKEN: A Journal of English Linguistics.
Schmied, J., & Ivanova, M. (fc. 2023). English MA Theses at a German University before and after the Bologna reform: Comparing global rhetorical structures and stance in Linguistics and Cultural Studies. TOKEN: A Journal of English Linguistics.
Edited volumes
Schmied, J., & Ivanova, M. (Eds.) (2023). Comparing confidence and trust online and offline. REAL19. Cuvillier.
Schmied, J., Dheskali, J., & Ivanova, M. (Eds.) (2022). From uncertainty to confidence and trust. Cuvillier.
Contributions to edited volumes
Ivanova, M. (2022). Uncertainty in postgraduate training and supervision: A needs analysis for online course development. In J. Schmied, J. Dheskali, & M. Ivanova (Eds.), From uncertainty to confidence and trust (pp. 131-146). Cuvillier.
Ivanova, M. (2020). Semantic and pragmatic truth implications of concession in single- and double-blind open peer reviews. In J. Schmied & J. Dheskali (Eds.), Conflicting truths in academic and journalistic writing (pp. 141-156). Cuvillier.
Petrovska, I., & Ivanova, M. (2020). Teaching lexical patterns in English and Macedonian media discourse: Confronting issues of conflicting truths. In J. Schmied & J. Dheskali (Eds.), Conflicting truths in academic and journalistic writing (pp. 269-282). Cuvillier.
Book reviews
Ivanova, M. (2022). [Review of the book Scientific and Parascientific Communication edited by P. Mur-Dueñas and R. Lorés] Discourse and Interaction 15(2), 151-154. https://journals.muni.cz/discourse-and-interaction/article/view/32959/28429
Ivanova, M. (2021). [Review of the book Academic Writing with Corpora. A Resource Book for Data-Driven Learning, by T. Karpenko-Seccombe] Discourse and Interaction, 14(2), 126-130. https://journals.muni.cz/discourse-and-interaction/article/view/18670/14733
Media Articles
Posts on Campus TUschler.
Ivanova, M. 20.09.22. Creating Confidence and Trust in Southeast Europe. Uni aktuell.
27.07.22. “War”, “Conflict”, or “Special Operation”? Confidence and Trust in Digital Discourse. Uni aktuell.
03.11.21. Confidence and Trust in Hybrid Communication. Uni aktuell.
29.01.21. Internationalisation from Home. Uni aktuell.
11.06.19. How to deal with conflicting truths. Uni aktuell.
25.10.17. Tapfere Helden eroberten das “Auditorium maximum”. Uni aktuell.
Talks and Workshops
Conferences
15.07.23. Albrecht, S., Isiaka, A., Ivanova, M. "Igbo and Yoruba English vowel spaces compared". Digital English World Wide in Chemnitz.
15-17.06.23. Albrecht, S., Schmied, J., Ivanova, M. "Comparing vowel spaces across three circles: A quantitative corpus-based approach" IAWE25.
15-17.06.23. Schmied, J., Albrecht, S., Ivanova, M. "Empirical perception studies on Italian English: Neglected, charming or unaccepted?" IAWE25.
17-25.05.23. Ivanova, M. "Competent but cold: Learning outcomes using a pedagogical agent speaking native and non-native varieties". Alexander-von-Humboldt Linguistic Marathon "Empirical English Studies: Discourse-, Corpus-, Psycho- & Computer-Linguistic Approaches" in Brno (CZ), Klagenfurt (AT), Padova, Ferrara, and Modena (IT).
30.08.22. Albrecht & Ivanova. "Talking about news articles related to the Covid Pandemic on Twitter. Global Discourse and Intertextuality". Talk at the European Society for the Study of English Conference 2022 Mainz. GitLab repository: https://mytuc.org/vkjk
07.06.22. "German English-medium linguistics journal abstracts over the last 30 years: Quantitative and qualitative structural developments.". Talk at the Summer School Digital Humanities at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) 06-10 June 2022.
26.05.22. "Open digital peer conference reviews: Towards a transparent constructive critical discourse to advance science". Talk at the online International Conference “Digital Genres and Open Science” at the University of Zaragoza (Spain) 26-27 May 2022.
02.09.21 Schmied and Ivanova. "Academic Writing Conventions in English MA Theses before and after Bologna: Global Rhetorical Structures and Stance in Sub-Disciplines at a German University" Seminar talk at the 2021 online ESSE conference.
10.08.20 Ivanova & Schmied. “Uncertainty in postgraduate training and supervision: A needs analysis for online course development..” Digital English World-Wide conference online.
06.07.19 “Semantic and pragmatic truth implications of concession in single- and double-blind open peer review.” Digital English World-Wide conference in Chemnitz.
Workshops
28-30.03.2022. Online Workshop Hands-on formatting with MS Word and reference management with Zotero. TEFL-ePal Dissemination.
23.11.2021. "Hands-on Corpus Linguistics workshop. The Corona Corpus (Davies 2019-) and AntConc (Anthony 2020)". Formatting workshop.
10.11.21 Hands-on introductory workshop with R. Faculty of Pedagogy, Masaryk University Brno.
12.10.21 "Interview preparation. Introduction to data processing with Praat (Boersma & Weenink 2021) " CASE PhD workshop
15.12.20 “What the APA 7 teaches us outside citation and formatting.” Workshop at the online Chemnitz Africa/Asia Symposium on English (CASE).
27.10.20 “Smart online research and discourse annotation.” Workshop at the online Summer School From Uncertainty to Confidence and Trust. Video tutorial on the UAM Corpus Tool on Campus Sachsen.
25.08.19 “Beyond the 6 WH: Preparing, conducting and presenting impactful interviews.” Workshop at the Summer School Conflicting Truths in Academic and Journalistic Writing in Ohrid, N. Macedonia.
Symposia
Ivanova, M. (22.11.22). “Considerations for psycholinguistic experiments: Preparing a study on English learners’ word stress perception”. Research Colloquium English and Digital Linguistics, TU Chemnitz.
Ivanova, M. & Neubert, C. (01.12.22). “EEG evidence for preferred cues in English word accentuation”. Forschungsseminar Auditive Sensorik und Kognition, TU Chemnitz.
Ivanova, M. (03.11.22). “Perceptions of English word stress. Behavioral and psychophysiological evidence from speakers of Slavonic Englishes”. PhD project report at the Masaryk University Brno, CZ.
Ivanova, M. (07.06.22). “German English-medium linguistics journal abstracts over the last 30 years: Quantitative and qualitative structural developments”. Summer School Digital Humanities at UNIMORE.
Ivanova, M. & Williams, C. (24.11.21). “Czech English Features. Recording experience in Brno and first insights ” CASE.
Ivanova, M. (08.07.21). “The role of multimodality in electroencephalographic (EEG) experiments on the perception of word stress cues by speakers of Slavonic Englishes” Online Summer School Digital Humanities at UNIMORE.
02.05.19 “Concession in single- and double-blind open peer review. A corpus-based analysis.” Modena-Chemnitz-Hanoi symposium in Modena, Italy.
Interviews
09.03.21. Interview for Freie Presse / Felix Heck. Studieren fern der Heimat - und ohne persönliche Treffen.
17.12.20. Interview for Uni Aktuell. "Chemnitz ist für mich neue Heimat und weite Welt zugleich".