Svetlana Ó Siochfhradha Prešern

Research Interests: 

• Grammaticalization and Linguistic Typology of Adpositions and Adverbs
• Spatial Case Typology (Access Path Constuctions) 
• Celtic Philology and Historical Linguistics (Insular & Continental Celtic)
• Dialectology of Celtic and Balkan Slavic  
• Syntax-semantics interface 
• Corpus Linguistics
• Medieval Multilingualism and Code-Switching 

Thesis: 

A Diachronic Study in the Syntax and Grammaticalization 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 
• Library Clerk at Christ Church College, Oxford