Valérie Jeffcott: curriculum vitæ

Current occupation

2022/10‒
M.A. student, University of Leipzig, Institute for Linguistics
2023/02‒
Research Assistant, University of Leipzig, Institute for Linguistics
  • DFG research unit Cyclic Optimization, subproject Optimal matches between clause-embedding predicates and their clausal complements

Education

2022
B.A. with great distinction, Concordia University
  • Honours in Linguistics, Minor in Classics (Languages and Literature)
  • Thesis: Negative Polarity Items in the R̥gveda
  • GPA: 4.21

Employment

2019‒2022
Teaching Assistant, Concordia University
  • Historical Linguistics (Winter 2022)
  • Language and Mind (Fall 2021)
  • Syntax (Winter 2021)
  • Sanskrit (Winter 2021 & Winter 2020)
  • Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (Fall 2020 & Fall 2019)

Publication

Proceedings paper

2024
with Logan J. Neeson, The Proto-Indo-European negative polarity item *kʷene. In Goldstein, Jamison & Yates (eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference. Hamburg: Buske. 61–80. [preprint]

Presentations

Conference talk

2022/11/13
with Logan J. Neeson, The Proto-Indo-European negative polarity item *kʷene. 33rd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference (WeCIEC). 12‒13 November 2022, University of California, Los Angeles. [slides]

Poster presentation

2024/06/20
with Wenjiu Du, To want or to demand: a polysemous clause-embedding verb in Zhuang. MECORE Closing Workshop: Advances in the Semantics of Clause-Embedding Predicates: Theories, Cross-Linguistic Data, and Experimentation. 19‒21 June 2024, University of Konstanz. [poster]

Grants and awards

2022
Dean's List, Concordia University
2021
Concordia Undergraduate Summer Research Award
TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Scholarship
Dean's List, Concordia University
2020
Top 1% Scholar, Concordia University
2019
Dean's List, Concordia University
3rd Place, Margaret H. Thompson Prize in Junior Level Greek, Classical Association of Canada

Institutional service

2024/06
Organizing support, Myopia in Grammar Workshop. 13‒14 June 2024, University of Leipzig
2021‒2022
Treasurer, Linguistics Student Association, Concordia University