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I am a Lecturer and PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL). In 2023/24, I am teaching courses at LUCL in morphology, syntax, and research methods, as part of the BA/pre-master programmes in English and Linguistics. My research interests are (morpho)syntax, information structure, African languages and linguistics, field methods, and computational tools for linguists.

From 2018 – 2023 I worked on the NWO VIDI project Bantu Syntax and Information Structure (BaSIS, PI Jenneke van der Wal), in which I focussed on the Tunen language, spoken in Cameroon.

From October – December 2022 I was a Visiting Short-Term PhD Fellow at Potsdam University, working on S-Aux-O-V-X word order variation and syntactic discontinuity in West/Central Africa as part of the SFB Limits of Variability in Language subproject Consequences of Head Argument Order for Syntax (CHAOS/C08, PI Gisbert Fanselow†).

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Publications Kerr, Elisabeth J. (to appear). The expression of information structure in Tunen. In: van der Wal, Jenneke (ed.), The expression of information structure in Bantu. Berlin: Language Science Press. Van der Wal, Jenneke, Allen Asiimwe, Patrick Kanampiu, Elisabeth J. Kerr, Zhen Li, Amani Lusekelo, Nelsa Nhantumbo, and Ernest Nshemezimana. (to appear). On the expression… Continue reading Output

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You can contact me in English, French, or Dutch. Here are my details: Email:e.j.kerr[at]hum.leidenuniv.nl Address:Reuvensplaats 3-42311 BE LeidenRoom number 0.74 Postal address:Elisabeth KerrLeiden University Centre for LinguisticsPostbus 95152300 RA Leiden Links: