Biographical Profile
Interest Background
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
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Tasseva-Kurktchieva, Mila
Research Associate Professor
My research focuses on (i) the cross-linguistic influences in processing for comprehension and production in subsequently acquired languages, (ii) the role of orthography and phonology in bilingual lexical processing, (iii) the role of lexical syntactic (mis)matches in bilingual syntactic processing.
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department
- Linguistics Program
- Tenure Status
- Non-Tenure Track
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- Graduates
- Interest Keywords
- bilingualism; second language acquisition; syntax; theoretical linguistics; psycholinguistics; applications of theoretical second language acquisition to foreign language pedagogy
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences
- Personal Focus Areas
- Bilingualism, Second language acquisition of syntax, semantics, morphology, Syntax of Slavic languages
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | University of South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | PhD | Linguistics |
| 1988 | Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridsky | Sofia, Bulgaria | BA/MA | Bulgarian Philology |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 - 1992 | Visiting Assistant Professor | Department Of Bulgarian as a Foreign Language, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridsky |
| 1992 - 1995 | Tutor of Bulgarian as a Second Language | |
| 05/1995 - 08/1999 | Lead Language Instructor | US Peace Corps Bulgaria |
| 08/2000 - 05/2001 | Teaching Assistant | English Department, University of South Carolina |
| 09/2001 - 07/2012 | IT Manager | English Department, University of South Carolina |
| 2004 | Instructor | Linguistics Program, University of South Carolina |
| 08/2012 | Research Associate Professor | Linguistics Program, University of South Carolina |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Award | Dean's Award for Academic Excellence | College of Liberal Arts, University of South Carolina |
| 2005 | Award | Carol Myers-Scotton Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Linguistics Program | University of South Carolina |
| 2005 | Award | Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies, The Graduate School | University of South Carolina |
| 2007 | Award | Bruce Pearson Award for Outstanding Research | Linguistics Program, University of South Carolina |
| 2018 | Award | Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence (ASPIRE-I: Innovation) | University of South Carolina |
| 2021 | Award | Faculty Research and Creative Scholarship Grant, College of Arts and Sciences | University of South Carolina |
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