Svetlana Ó Siochfhradha Prešern

Research Interests: 

• Syntax of adpositional variation 
• Celtic Philology and Historical Linguistics (Insular & Continental Celtic)
• Dialectology of Modern Irish (Corca Dhuibhne dialect) and Welsh 
• Germanic Philology and Historical Linguistics (Old High German Dialectology)
• Syntax-semantics interface 
• Minimalism, Categorial Grammar, Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
• Medieval Multilingualism and Code-Switching 
• Syntactic Metatheory and Linguistic Typology
• Argument Selection and Transitivity in Modern Slovenian Dialects 

Thesis: 

Be’ am Arddodiaid Cyfansawdd te’? A Diachronic Study in the Syntax of Complex Prepositions in Welsh  

Funded by: Clarendon Fund of Oxford University Press & Scatcherd European Scholarship 

Previous Education:

• BA in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Cambridge University, Gonville & Caius College 

Other Roles: 

• Library Assistant at Radcliffe Camera, Bodleian Old Library, Taylor Institution Library and Art, Archeology and Ancient Worlds Library