Florian Breit — Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

My research interests include but are not limited to:

Phonology in general
Melody/Segmental Representation
Initial Consonant Mutation
Laryngeal Contrast in Nasals
The Welsh Language
Mental Representation of Grammatical Knowledge
Minority Language Attitudes and Policy

Employment

2022-	Research Officer in Linguistics Bangor University
2023-	Honorary Research Fellow University College London
2020-2023	Lecturer (Teaching) in Linguistics University College London
2019-2020	Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Phonetics and Phonology University College London
2015-2019	Teaching Assistant University College London

Education

2012-2019	PhD Linguistics University College London Principal supervisor: John Harris Subsidary supervisor: Andrew Nevins Thesis: Welsh Mutation and Strict Modularity
2012-2013	MRes Linguistics (Phonology), distinction University College London Dissertation: Formal Aspects of Element Theory
2009-2012	BA (Hons) Linguistics, 1^st class honours Bangor University Dissertation: Constraints on Auxiliary Deletion in Colloquial Welsh
2004-2007	Abitur (eqv. A-levels), 1.9 Angell Akademie Freiburg

Publications

For a comprehensive list of my publications please see the Publications page.

Presentations

For a (nearly) comprehensive list of my presentations please see the Publications page.

Teaching

Lecturer

Introduction to Phonology, BA, University College London, 2019, 2020

Intermediate Phonology, BA/MA, University College London, 2021

Advanced Phonological Theory A, BA/MA, University College London, 2019

Advanced Phonological Theory B, BA/MA, University College London, 2019, 2020

Introduction to Phonetics, BA, University College London, 2019

Phonetics and Phonology I, MA, University College London, 2019

Phonetics and Phonology II, MA, University College London, 2019, 2020

Introduction to Language, BSc, University College London, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021

Foundations of Linguistics, MA, 2021

Supervision

James Zhenhao Zheng, MPhil, Laryngeal contrast in two varieties of Wu, University College London, in progress.

Patrik Stainbrook, BA (Hons), Localised language attitudes and internationalised language choice in a Zurich school, University College London, in progress.

Nuo Lei, MA, Tone-tune misalignment: a factor generating mondegreens in Mandarin pop songs, University College London, 2021.

Hancı Turan, MA, Search-and-copy v. licensing: two approaches to vowel harmony, University College London, 2021.

James Cottam, MA, Initial Consonant Mutation as a Phonological Process: Bridging the Gap between Floating Features and Historical Linguistics, University College London, 2020.

James Zhenhao Zheng, MA, The Structure of Zhoushan Wu: Syllable and Tonal Representations in Government Phonology 2.0, University College London, 2020.

Caitlin Jones, BA (Hons), Vowel Epenthesis in Welsh, University College London, 2016.

Service

current	Organiser, Laboratory for Language and Speech Diversions, UCL. Assistant Editor, The Speculative Grammarian.
2017	Reviewer for RCAB & SinFonIJA 10, Dubrovnik.
2016	Organiser (with M. Charette), How to do Phonology: A mini-course with Jonathan Kaye, UCL/SOAS. Co-organiser (with E. Eden), London Phonology Seminar, UCL/SOAS. Reviewer for Glossa: a journal of general linguistics.
2015	Organiser, Laboratory for Language and Speech Diversions, UCL. Reviewer for Primitives of Phonological Structure (E.D. Botma, A. Nevins, M. van Oostendorp, eds., to appear with OUP). Co-Organiser (with S. Ulfsbjorninn, F. Chiu, N. Neasom and E. Eden), Elements Fest 2015, UCL/SOAS. Co-Organiser (with E. Eden and S. Ulfsbjorninn), London Phonology Seminar, UCL/SOAS. Assistant Editor, The Speculative Grammarian.
2013	Reviewer for Psychology of Language and Communication. Co-Organiser (with N. Neasom), Workshop on Melodic Representation, UCL/SOAS. Editorial Associate, The Speculative Grammarian.
2012	Organiser, Approaches to Language (Seminar Series), Bangor University. Volunteer, Bangor Summer School in Bilingualism, Bangor University.
2011	Vice-President, Bangor Linguistics Society. Senior Peer Guide, Bangor University. Senior Course Representative (Year 3, BA Linguistics), Bangor University.
2010	Treasurer, Bangor Linguistics Society. Peer Guide, Bangor University. Course Representative (Year 2, BA Linguistics), Bangor University. General Senator, Bangor Students' Union.

Other Training & Qualifications

2017	Crete Summer School of Linguistics University of Crete
2016	UCL Arena One: Teaching Associate Programme University College London
2013	ACTL Summer School University College London
2012	ACTL: Advanced Core Training in Linguistics University College London Bangor Summer School in Bilingualism Bangor University
2008	Certificate in Advanced English (Grade A) Cambridge ESOL

Honours & Awards

2020	Fellowship Higher Education Academy
2017	Associate Fellowship Higher Education Academy
2016	UCL Arena Associate Fellowship University College London
2015	AHRC/LAHP Postgraduate Research Studentship University College London
2012	AHRC Research Preparation Masters Studentship University College London Rhiannon Bill Prize for Best Undergraduate Dissertation in Linguistics Bangor University Silver Award for Contribution to a Society Bangor Students' Union
2011	Joanna Deeming Prize for Best Second Year Student in Linguistics Bangor University
2007	Ehrung für besondere Leistungen: Ausgezeichnetes Abitursergebnis Angell Akademie Freiburg Ehrung für besondere Leistungen: Leistung im Fach Datenverarbeitung Angell Akademie Freiburg

Languages

Fluent	English German Alemannic
Basic	Welsh French Spanish Catalan

IT Profile

Operating Systems	Ubuntu Linux Microsoft Windows FreeBSD
Office	LibreOffice/OpenOffice Microsoft Office LyX LaTeX
Experiments	OpenSesame R Praat SPSS
Programming	PHP Python VB.Net C R XML HTML CSS GTK+
Databases	SQLite MySQL Microsoft Access

Memberships

The Philological Society, Member

Linguistics Association of Great Britain, Member