Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 2209
E-Mail:	e.koier@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics, LUCL promovendus
Office Address:	Witte Singel-complex P.N. van Eyckhof 2 2311 BV Leiden Room number 102C

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Fields of interest

Historical linguistics, modality, modal adverbs, grammaticalization, subjectification, Ancient Greek linguistics, word order phenomena, information structure, particles, Cognitive Linguistics, Indo-European linguistics.

Research

The development of epistemic modality (moods, adverbs, particles, verbs) in Ancient Greek and the position of modal adverbs/ particles in the clause.

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
2007-              PhD student LUCL University of Leiden
2002-              Study in Comparative Indo-European linguistics in Leiden
2004-2007       M.Phil. in Linguistics Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam
2001-2004       B.A. in Ancient Cultures (Spec. Ancient Greek) Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam
2001-2002       Propedeuse Italian language and culture
1995-2001       Gymnasium Ignatius gymnasium Amsterdam 

Other activities:

2008                Guest editor Leiden working papers in Linguistics (Proceedings of the T.W.I.S.T. student conference in Linguistics 2007)
2007                Organizer of the T.W.I.S.T. student conference in Linguistics in Leiden
2006-2007       Treasurer for the Study society of Linguistics T.W.I.S.T. in Leiden

Presentations:

2007                Speaker at the biennial meeting of Greek and Latin linguists in Katwijk Titel: Het ontstaan en de ontwikkeling van de modale adverbia
’íσως en τάχα
2006                Arbeitstagung Leiden-Münster in Münster Titel: ’Íσως, theDevelopment of a Modal Adverb in Ancient Greek