Fields of interest: cognitive and functional semantics, lexical semantics, adjectival semantics, second language acquisition

Current research topic: Adjectival modification in Hungarian

EDUCATION

2006 BA in Icelandic for Foreigners and General Linguistics, University of Iceland, Reykjavík (Title of Thesis: The Semantics of the Verbal Affix af-)
2005– PhD Student in Linguistics, Eötvös University, Budapest
2005 MA in Hungarian Literature and Linguistics, Eötvös University, Budapest, (Title of Thesis: The Cognitive Categorisation of Primary Adjectives)
1998–2005 Member of Eötvös József Collegium (centre for excellence in higher education), Budapest

RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE

2008 Hungarian TTS-specialist, Voice developer at Nuance Communications, Inc., Belgium
2007–2008 Hungarian linguistics consultant (Microsoft vendor, subcontracting through the Butler Hill Group)
2006–2008 Teaches at Eötvös University, Department of Nordic Studies, Budapest (courses in Icelandic language and culture)
2006– 2007 Builds synsets for the Wordnet Project at MorphoLogic Co., Budapest, Hungary
2005– Member of the Functional Cognitive Research Group
2002–2004 Departmental assistant at Eötvös University, Department of Hungarian Linguistics, Budapest
2001–2002 Research assistant at the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

CONTACT INFORMATION

e-mail: kepapp@elte.hu

phone: +36 20 9381856

LINKS

Mai Magyar Nyelvi Tanszék

ELTE BTK

Háskóli Íslands

Nyelvtudományi Intézet

Eötvös Collegium