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Professor of Language Use & Cognition and English Linguistics
(Hoogleraar Taalgebruik & Cognitie en Engelse Taalkunde)
Personnel Manager, English Academic Language Programme
Part-time secondment [currently on hold]:
Multimodal Communication and Cognition Lab ("Polimod"),
Moscow State Linguistic University, Russian Federation
Research
Cognitive linguistics; semantics and conceptualization; gesture studies; multimodal communication; grammar of spoken language; metaphor studies; comparative/contrastive linguistics
Teaching
BA: English Language and Communication Studies track in the Communication and Information Studies major
https://vu.nl/en/education/bachelor/communication-and-information-studies/track/english-language-and-communication-studies/curriculum
MA: Multimodal Communication track within Communication and Information Studies https://vu.nl/en/education/master/multimodal-communication
Grants
Selection:
PhD candidates via China Scholarship Council (2012-present)
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (2009-10, 2024)
Russian Science Foundation (2014-16, 2017-18, 2019-21)
Cinepoetics, FU Berlin (2016)
Netherlands Science Foundation/NWO (2012-16)
German Academic Exchange Service/DAAD (2006)
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Academic qualification
PhD, Brown University
Award Date: 28 May 1988
Master, Slavic Languages, Brown University
Award Date: 3 Jun 1983
Bachelor, Russian Studies, Hamilton College
Award Date: 29 May 1982
Keywords
- P Philology. Linguistics
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Gesture Studies
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The Cambridge Handbook of Gesture Studies
Cienki, A. (ed.), 2024, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 710 p. (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics)Research output: Book / Report › Book › Academic › peer-review
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Speakers’ gestures and semantic analysis
Cienki, A., 2023, In: Cognitive Semantics. 9, 2, p. 167-191Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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The study of gesture in cognitive linguistics: How it could inform and inspire other research in cognitive science
Cienki, A., Nov 2022, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science. 13, 6, p. 1-17 e1623.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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Variable embodiment of stance-taking and footing in simultaneous interpreting
Cienki, A., 2024, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 15, 1429232.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A kinesiological approach to gesture analysis
Boutet, D. & Cienki, A., 2024, The Cambridge Handbook of Gesture Studies. Cienki, A. (ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 273-305 33 p. (Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics).Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Courses
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Master Thesis Communication and Information Studies: Multimodal Communication
Alan Cienki 1/09/24 → 31/08/25
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Projects
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Towards an integrative model of spoken language: Incorporating cognitive, functional, and multimodal aspects
Kok, K. & Cienki, A.
1/09/12 → 1/09/16
Project: Research
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Gesture from the perspective of quantum thinking: Insights from Boutet’s kinesiological approach
Alan Cienki (Keynote speaker)
14 Oct 2023Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Functions of gestures during disfluencies in simultaneous interpreting of speech
Alan Cienki (Speaker)
13 Jul 2023Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Metaphor use in aphasia
Alan Cienki (Examiner)
8 Dec 2023Activity: PhD thesis Examination › PhD thesis examination
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Gesture in spoken and signed-to-spoken language interpreting
Sílvia Gabarró-López (Organiser) & Alan Cienki (Organiser)
13 Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop › Academic
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