My Ph.D. thesis entitles “Acquisition of sentential negation and negative concord in early child language”. My Ph.D. project clearly, with extensive details and the help of several mind maps encapsulates the paths and patterns with which children acquire sentential negation in their local language. 

I present large-scale analyses of more than 200,000 negative sentences of 1432 children of 1 to 7 years of age and 300,000 negative sentences by their caregivers. Dutch, Italian, Standard English, and Negative Concord English constitute the sample languages for the data investigated in the thesis. The study supersedes existing studies of negation on three levels of sampling, i) the number of sample children studied, ii) the number of negative sentences per sample child, and iii) the number of total negative sentences investigated, for each sample language.

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Other than the key points listed in my CV, I would like to briefly introduce my personal and academic profile to you.

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Research:​​​​​

• Formulating the general research question.

• Breaking down the main question into sub-questions.

• Engaging in data collection: in the field, in the lab, in archives, printed texts, etc.

• Teaching myself new tools, and also learning in an organized setting.

• Formulating early proposals that can guide hypothesis building.

• Troubleshooting and identifying holes.

• Writing the project.

• Presenting results.

 

Science communication:​​​​

• Writing long-form papers.

• Making posters or slides.

• Editing own or others’ writing.

• Group discussions.

• Group work.

 

Teaching:​​​​​

• Designing the curriculum for a class.

• Drafting teaching materials.

• Standing in front of a classroom.

• Developing the assessment tools.

• Providing feedback.

• Grading exams.

• Doing hands-on activities.

• Facilitating discussions.

 

Administrative:​​​​​

• Facilitating the group coordination, identifying the need, the format, the speakers, the audience, the time and location, etc. for the group project.