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Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics

 

Dr Ksenia Zanon

Dr Ksenia Zanon
Position(s): 
University Assistant Professor
Department/Section: 
Slavonic Studies
Contact details: 
Location: 

 

Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages and Linguistics, Room 302 
Raised Faculty Building
University of Cambridge
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
United Kingdom

About: 

Ksenia holds a dual Ph.D. in Linguistics and East European Languages and Cultures from Indiana University. An adherent of the generative tradition, she is interested in the syntax of human language. She works on quantification, the interaction of interfaces, interrogatives, and information structure, drawing primarily from Slavic data.

Dr Zanon welcomes inquiries from potential MPhil and PhD students with research interests relevant to her interests.

Teaching interests: 
  • History of Russian
  • Slavonic languages
  • Russian
  • Language pedagogy
  • Linguistic Theory
  • Syntax
Research interests: 
  • Syntactic Theory
  • Comparative syntax
  • East and South Slavic Languages
  • Language Acquisition