RESEARCH INTERESTS

How do Inuktitut-speaking children acquire complex morphology of their native language and what role does child-directed speech play in the acquisition? What methods are suitable for measuring vocabulary development in morphologically complex languages? What aspects of language learning are universal vs. language-specific? 

CURRICULUM VITAE  

EDUCATION

2019-current
Doctoral student 
University of Kaiserslautern-Landau  
Psycholinguistics and Language Development Group, Department of Social Sciences

2019
M. Sc. in Cognitive Science
University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
Thesis: Processing of Morphologically Complex German Numerals
Internship: Cognitive-Linguistic Rehabilitation, Zentrum für Ambulante Rehabilitation (ZAR), Kaiserslautern, October 2017 - February 2018  

2002
M. A. in English Literature 
Joint B. A. in English, English Literature and Translation
Saratov State University
Thesis: Modern Interpretation of Legends in Mary Stuart’s Arthurian Saga
Internship: Translating/interpreting (English/Russian), Center for Women 
Entrepreneurs, Saratov, September – November 2001

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2019-current
Doctoral researcher (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), Lecturer
University of Kaiserslautern-Landau  
Psycholinguistics and Language Development Group, Department of Social Sciences

2005-2019
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language (online courses)
Academic English (advanced); Unified State Exam Preparation (intermediate-advanced); Literary Translation (advanced); TOEFL Preparation (all levels)

2002-2005
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language 
Saratov Institute of Social Education
 

TEACHING

• Language development
• Linguistics and Language Processing
• Syntax 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS 

Lee, H., Johnson, O. A., & Allen, S. E. M. (2023). The use of verbal inflections in Inuktitut child-directed speech. Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, 5(1), 29-58. doi.org/10.1558/jmbs.23491

Johnson, O. A., Elliot, M., & Allen, S. E. M. (2023). Morphological simplification in Inuktitut child-directed speech. In M. Huijsmans, D. K. E. Reisinger, & R. Underhill (Eds.), Proceedings of the Workshop on the Structure and Constituency of Languages of the Americas 25 (pp. 103-115). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL. 

Johnson, O. A., & Allen, S. E. M. (2022). The use of complex structures with a word class change in Inuktitut child-directed speech. Frontiers in psychology, 13, 971395. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.971395

RECENT PRESENTATIONS 

Johnson, O. A., Lee, H., & Allen, S. E. M. (2024, September). Acquisition of complex structures and measuring lexical diversity in Inuktitut. 30^th Conference on Architecture and Mechanisms of Language Processing, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Johnson, O.A., Lee, H., & Allen, S.E.M. (2024, September). Measuring lexical diversity in Inuktitut with MATTR. Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Processing and Learning Workshop (X-PPL), University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Johnson, O.A., & Allen, S.E.M. (2024, July). Morphological simplification of complex structures in Inuktitut child-directed speech. Symposium: Acquisition of complex predicates in diverse languages. 16th Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL) 2024, Prague, Czech Republic.

Johnson, O.A., & Allen, S.E.M. (2024, July). How to measure lexical diversity in Inuktitut?  Testing MATTR with child and child-directed speech. 16th Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL) 2024, Prague, Czech Republic.

Johnson, O.A., & Allen, S.E.M. (2023, April). MATTR: Measuring Lexical Diversity in Inuktitut. 26th Workshop on Structure and Constituency in Languages of the Americas (WSCLA) 26, McGill University, Canada.

Lee, H., Johnson, O.A., & Allen, S.E.M. (2022, July). The use of verbal inflections in Inuktitut child-directed speech. Inuit Studies Conference 2022: Auviqsaqtut, Winnipeg, Canada.

Johnson, O.A., Elliot, M.E., & Allen, S.E.M. (2021, July). Morphological simplification in Inuktitut child-directed speech. 15th Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL) 2021, Philadelphia, USA.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Chair of the Organizing Committee 

Psycholinguistics in Flanders (PiF) 2021 Conference, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), May 19-21, 2021

• Ad hoc reviewing

Cambridge University Press (December 2024)

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (February 2021)

International Journal of American Linguistics (February 2021)

Journal of Child Language (January 2021)

International Journal of American Linguistics (December 2020)

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Corpus Linguistics Summer School, University of Birmingham (2018)

Statistical Thinking for Data Science and Analytics, Columbia University (2016)