Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (0)341 3550 - 259
e-mail: iren_hartmann@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Kristian Roncero [ro̞nˈθe̞ɾo̞]

Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 341 3550 873
e-mail: kristian_roncero@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Education
Main grants and awards
Publications
Main project collaborations
Other academic roles
Outreach talks
Interviews in Press
Education
2015-2019 | PhD in Linguistics. University of Surrey (Guildford, UK). |
2016-2017 | Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Learning and Teaching. University of Surrey (Guildford, UK) |
2014-2015 | MA in Linguistics. University of the Basque Country (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain). |
2013-2014 | MA in Applied Linguistics: Description, Literacy and Translation. University of León (León, Spain) |
2012-2013 | Course on Belarusian Philology. Brest State Universty (Brest, Belarus). |
2007-2012 | BA in Translation and Interpreting. University of the Basque Country (Vitoria-Gasteiz). |
International Exchange
2015 Jan-May | Erasmus + (MA). Paris-IV Sorbonne (Paris, France). |
2010-2011 | International Exchange (BA). Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia). |
2009-2019 | Erasmus (BA). Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań, Poland). |
Main grants and awards
Jun 2019 - May 2021 | Endangered Language Documentation Project. Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (IPF-00189) |
Jan 2016 | Belarusian Charity (UK). Fieldwork grant. |
Dec 2015 | Philological Society of Great Britain. Fieldwork grant |
Dec 2015 | Guilchrist Educational Trust. Fieldwork grant. |
Oct 2015- Sept 2018 | University of Surrey, FASS PhD Grant. Awarded the only Tuition fees & stipend grant for the entire faculty |
Publications
RONCERO, K. (2019-ongoing). An audiovisual corpus of Chamalal, a language of Dagestan. Preservica/ELAR. Available at: https://elar.soas.ac.uk/Collection/MPI1234834
RONCERO, K. [Submitted]. Chamalal (Nakh-Dagestanian), language snapshot. Language Documentation and Description, 18.
RONCERO, K. [In Press]. Gakvarian Chamalal: a brief grammar sketch. In: KORYAKOV, Y. & MAISAK, T. The Caucasian Languages. An International Handbook (vol. II). De Gruyter Mouton (HSK Series).
RONCERO, K. (2019). A Typological Approach to West Polesian Morphology and Syntax. University of Surrey, FASS [PhD Thesis].
RONCERO, K. (2016). Working paper on the vocative in West Polesian. In: GUSAKOV, V. G., ed. Problemy racional´nogo ispol´zovanija prirodnyx resursov i ustoičivoe razvitie Poles´ja (vol. II), pp. 672-676.
CALDERÓN, J. R., MARLETT, S., MORALES, N., RONCERO, K., TOMÉ-CATALÁN, B. (2014). Un viaje en cayuco: Fonología del fa d'Ambö. In Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, Vol. 54 (2014)
Presentations
Morphosyntactic feature values in the penumbra: Insights from the adnumerative. PhilSoc Early Career Research Forum 08-09/03/2019. Wolfson College, U. of Oxford (Oxford, UK). [Winner of a presenter grant]
West Polesian future tense: a trip through European future grams. LAGB Annual Meeting, 11-14/09/2018. U. of Sheffield (Sheffield, UK). [Winner of a presenter grant]
West Polesian pronominal numerals: the emergence of a category. 3rd ‘Belarusian Studies in the 21st Century’ Conference, 23-03-2018. UCL (London, UK).
The morphosyntactic nature of the adnumerative. Insights from West Polesian (Poster). 12th ALT Meeting, 10-15/12/2017. ANU (Canberra, Australia).
Overabundant suppletion in West Polesian. The case of the noun 'year'. ALS 48th Annual Meeting 04-07/12/2017. U. of Sydney (Sydney, Australia).
The Status of the Adnumerative in West Polesian". LAGB Annual Meeting, 04-07/09/2017. U. of Kent (Canterbury, UK).
Why West Polesians have the most original anniversaries in Europe? or the challenges of suppletion. ShefLing Annual PG Conference, 23-24/03/2017. U. of Sheffield (Sheffield, UK).
Community outcomes and social media
Discover Chamalal
(Blog) https://discoverchamalal.wordpress.com/
(YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFjyandRq5fc8_b9nI7U5gw
(Twitter/Instagram) #DiscoverChamalal
West Polesian Fieldwork
(Blog) https://westpolesian.wordpress.com/
(YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxP9ybNZCmwBIATLycm8Cg
(Twitter) #WestPolesian
Other
RONCERO, K (2020). Fieldwork Session Planner (v.2). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3835660
Main project collaborations
2019-Present | LexCauc. Section of Caucasus Studies, FSU-Jena (Jena, Germany). (CIs: Oleg Belaev, Diana Forker). [Available at: https://www.kaukasiologie.uni-jena.de/research/current+projects] |
2020-Present | Optatives in the Caucasus in typological perspective. Linguistic Convergence Laboratory , HSE University. (CI: Nina Dobrushina, HSE Moscow). |
2013-2014 | Description of Fa d’Ambö (Portuguese-based-creole, Equatorial Guinea) University of León (León, Spain). (CI: Stephen Marlett). |
Teaching
Aug 2021 | Summer School of Caucasian Studies, FSU (Jena). · Introduction to Caucasian Linguistics · Research Methods |
2020-2021 Winter S. | Department of Caucasian and Slavic languages, FSU-Jena. Dialekte des Russischen (WS2020-180897RusDial) |
Visiting lecturing
Jan 2021 | Institute of Slavic Studies, U. Leipzig. Slavic seminar. |
May 2020 | AMU, Poznan (Poland) Language Documentation MA Seminar. |
Jan 2020 | MPI-SHH, Jena (Germany) Introduction to Biomolecular Archeology, IMPRS/PhD seminar. |
Jul 2019 | Department of Caucasian and Slavic languages, FSU-Jena MA Slavic Research Seminar. |
Other academic roles
2017-2018 | LAGB Student Committee Member. Linguistics Association of Great Britain. Reviewing funding applications for conferences; organising the 2018 Summer School; and coordinating the blog. |
2017-2018 | Student mentoring programme. University of Surrey (Guildford, UK) Mentoring first year PhD students new to university and academia |
Jun-Jul 2017, June 2018 | Outreach advocates. University of Surrey (Guildford, UK) Giving a general introduction to Linguistics (especially Fieldwork/ Descriptive Linguistics) and my research to 16-18-year-old high-schoolers from disadvantaged backgrounds. |
Outreach talks
Meet the Chamalal. Caucasian Cultural Evening, 12/12/2019, FSU-Jena (Jena, Germany).
Hunting for the gem of the marshes. Experiences from fieldwork in Western Polesie. Mother Language Day, 10/03/2018 [Plenary talk], Anglo-Belarusian Society (London, UK).
Preserving Endangered Languages: A study of West Polesian. Discoveries on your Doorstep: Connecting Societies and Cultures, 02/03/ 2017 [Plenary talk], University of Surrey (Guildford, UK).
Dasledavanne na Palesé! Luninec School Nº, 10/02/2017. (Luninec, Belarus).
Z Baskix hor da Paleskix Balot. Zaharoddze (Academic-Civil Society of Western Polesie), 11/06/2016 (Minsk, Belarus).
Language Diversity: who cares about it? 01/03/2016 Baranavičy State University (Baranavičy, Belarus).