Jannigje Helena (Samira) Verhees

jh.verhees at gmail

Employment

Past

  • Research fellow at Linguistic Convergence Laboratory at HSE University, Moscow

    2018-2022

  • Intern / Research assistant at Linguistic Convergence Laboratory at HSE University, Moscow

    2017-2018

  • Intern / Research assistant at Laboratory of the Languages of the Caucasus at HSE University, Moscow

    2016

Education

PhD

  • Филолгия и лингвистика: теория языка / Philology and linguistics: theory of language (2015–2019)

    HSE University Moscow

    Dissertation: ‘Эвиденциальность как часть видо-временной системы в нахско-дагестанских языках’ (in Russian) / ‘Evidentiality as part of tense-aspect in East Caucasian languages’ | Text and data

    Supervisor: Michael Daniel


Master

  • Advanced studies in linguistics: linguistics in a comparative perspective (2014–2015)

    Ghent University

    Thesis: ‘Evidentiality in the Avar-Andic languages’

    Supervisor: Leonid Kulikov


  • Taal -en regiostudies: slavistiek (richting Russisch) / Language and area studies: Slavic studies (Russian) (2013–2014)

    KU Leuven

    Thesis: ‘“Je zult het niet geloven, maar een bril is geen ruimtepak” - Humor in spontane coversatie in het Russisch (in Dutch) /
    ’“You won’t believe this, but glasses are not a space suit” - Humor in spontaneous conversation in Russian’

    Supervisor: Tatjana Soldatjenkova, Kurt Feyaerts


Bachelor

  • Slavische talen en culturen (Russisch) / Slavic languages and cultures (Russian) (2010–2013)

    University of Amsterdam

    Thesis: Japanse haiku poëzie in het Russisch (in Dutch) / Japanese haiku poetry in Russian

    Supervisor: Alla Peeters-Podgaevskaja


Other

  • Summer School on areal linguistics and languages of Russia (September 2018)

    HSE University Moscow

  • LOT Winter School on computational and statistical methods (January 2018)

    VU Amsterdam

  • Japanstudies (Propedeuse) (2012–2013)

    Leiden University


Field trips


Dagestan

  • July 2016 – Rutul district: Kina (Rutul). Evidentiality, lexicon, and sociolinguistics for the Atlas of Multilingualism in Dagestan; Kaitag district: Dzhavgat (Dargwa), Dzhibakhni (Dargwa). Sociolinguistics for the Atlas of Multilingualism in Dagestan
  • September 2016 – Makhachkala (Rikvani dialect of Andi), Botlikh district Zilo (Andi). Evidentiality.
  • April 2017 – Botlikh district Zilo (Andi). Evidentiality and tense.
  • July 2017 – Botlikh district Rikvani, Muni, Zilo (Andi); Botlikh (Botlikh). Evidentiality.
  • 2018 – Agul district Tpig, Khutkhul (Agul); Kaitag district Dzhavgat, Dzhibakhni (Dargwa); Khiv district Arkhit, Tsinit (Lezgian); Khiv, Khoredzh, Laka, Tsinit (Tabasaran); Tabasaran district Darvag, Yersi (Azerbaijani); Dyubek, Khapil’, Tatil’, Yagdyg (Tabasaran). Borrowed lexicon for the Daghestanian Loans Database.
  • 2019 – Botlikh district Zilo (Andi). Demonstratives | Handout
  • 2019 – Botlikh (Botlikh): agreement with animacy.
  • 25–30 April 2021 – Botlikh district Botlikh, Miarso (Botlikh). Negative copulas and demonstratives | Report
  • 01–02 May 2021 – Tarumovsky district Karabagly (Armenian). Exploratory visit | Report