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This is a shortened version of the document I submitted
for promotion to full university professorship.
Tibor Laczkó
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Tibor Laczkó’s Professional Curriculum Vitae
Personal data
name:
date of birth:
current employer:
Tibor Laczkó
19 March, 1959
Department of English
Linguistics, Institute of English
and American Studies,
University of Debrecen
workplace address: Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, H-4032, Hungary
home address: Debrecen, Nap utca 16. H-4024, Hungary
phone: +36 30 266-5744
email: [email protected]
web page: http://ieas.unideb.hu/laczko
4.1. University degree, qualification
1983: qualified secondary school teacher of Hungarian language and literature and English
language and literature – MA Degree
4.2. Scholarly achievements
4.2.1. Academic degrees
2018 DSc, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2001: Habilitation, University of Debrecen
1994: CSc (=PhD), Academic Degree Commission, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1987: dr. univ., Lajos Kossuth University
4.2.2. Publications, citation figures
PUBLICATIONS
total number of scholarly publications 96
out of which:
monograph 1 abroad, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main
edited volumes 3
papers in refereed journals 33 abroad: 20
in Hungary: 13 (including a 63 page and
a 92 page paper)
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book-chapters, papers in edited volumes or
conference proceedings
53 in a foreign language, abroad: 10
in a foreign language, in Hungary: 23
in Hungarian, in Hungary: 20 (including
a 60 page, a 115 page and a 181 page
book-chapter)
reviews 3
other scholarly publications 3 three co-edited thematic journal issues
course-books and computer-assisted
language teaching programmes
12 published by the Debrecen Summer
School
CITATIONS
reviews 2 in a foreign language, abroad: 1
in Hungarian: 1
total number of citations in fully scholarly
works and other works
165
out of which:
in fully scholarly works 149 in a foreign language, abroad: 72
in a foreign language, in Hungary: 19
in Hungarian: 58
in other works 16 in a foreign language, abroad: 12
in a foreign language, in Hungary: 4
4.2.3. Conference presentations
So far I have given 36 presentations in Hungary and 40 presentations abroad (but the
overwhelming majority of the presentations in Hungary were also given at international
conferences). In addition, I have given 15 scholarly presentations on several different occasions
(three of them abroad).
4.2.4. Demonstration of international presence and recognition
The following facts and figures testify to my international presence and recognition.
1. According to the statistics in MTMT, out of my 143 citations in fully scholarly works 67 are
in foreign languages and come from abroad (and these are supplemented with 17 citations in
foreign languages in other works abroad).
2. As I demonstrate in my remarks on my most important publications in a detailed fashion,
several citations from abroad come from sources that count as foundational works (or
textbooks) on LFG.
3. Our Lexical-Functional Grammar Research Group, which I lead, is an active and
acknowledged participant in the international collaboration called Parallel Grammar (so far
we have hosted two ParGram workshops and an LFG conference in Debrecen).
4. I have attended the overwhelming majority of the annual LFG conferences (I also gave a talk
at the Konstanz conference last July), and on several occasions I gave two (or three)
presentations.
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5. I have 20 publications in the LFG Proceedings (our on-line refereed journal), and I have
documented 22 citations for them.
6. I have been a member of LFG’s international organization (International Lexical-Functional
Grammar Association) since its foundation in 1997, and I have been its secretary-treasurer
and a member of its Executive Committee since 2014.
7. I have/had the following professional relationships with colleagues abroad.
Colleague (Institution) Nature of relationship Period
1. Ronald Kaplan
(Palo Alto Research Center, USA)
ParGram (Parallel
Grammar) computational
linguistic collaboration
2005-2007
2. Tracy Holloway King
(Palo Alto Research Center, USA)
ParGram (Parallel
Grammar) computational
linguistic collaboration
2005-2007
3. Miriam Butt
(University of Konstanz, Németország)
ParGram (Parallel
Grammar) computational
linguistic collaboration
2008-
4. Victoria Rosén
(University of Bergen, Norvégia)
ParGram (Parallel
Grammar) computational
linguistic collaboration
2010-
5. Wayan Arka
(Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali)
ParGram (Parallel
Grammar) computational
linguistic collaboration
2012-
6. Adam Przepiórkowski
(Institute of Computer Science, Polish
Academy of Sciences, Varsó, Lengyelország)
ParGram (Parallel
Grammar) computational
linguistic collaboration
2013-
4.2.5. Research project activity
(I have reliable figures about the size of the support as of 2007.)
project title period sponsoring institution my role
1. Nyílt hozzáférésű magyar
mondattani sorozat angol nyelven
[Open access book series on
Hungarian syntax in English]
project-leader: István Kenesei
2016-10-01-
2020-01-31
NKFIH
(NK 120073)
HUF 36 329 000
senior
researcher
2. Új megközelítések a magyar
névmások nyelvtanának leírásában
[New approaches in the description
of the grammar of Hungarian
pronouns]
project-leader: György Rákosi
2015-01-01-
2018-12-31
OTKA/NKFIH
(K 111918)
HUF 14 991 000
senior
researcher
3. Comprehensive Grammar
Resources: Hungarian
project-leader: István Kenesei
2012-02-01-
2016-01-31
OTKA/NKFIH
(NK 100804)
HUF 89 530 000
senior
researcher
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4. A magyar nyelv korpusz alapú
vizsgálata a lexikai-funkcionális
grammatika keretében
[A corpus-based investigation of
the Hungarian language in the
framework of Lexical-Functional
Grammar]
2010-2012
TÁMOP 4.2.1./B-
09/1/KONV-2010-0007
HUF 21 198 756
project-
leader
5. A magyar nyelv lexikai-
funkcionális megközelítése
[A lexical-functional approach to
the Hungarian language]
2008-2012 OTKA
(K 72983)
HUF 11 581 000
project-
leader
6. Az evidencia problémája az
elméleti nyelvészetben
[The problem of evidence in
theoretical linguistics]
project-leader: András Kertész
2007-2011
MTA
HUF 50 000 000
researcher
7. Strukturális magyar nyelvtan:
A szótár szerkezete
[Structural Hungarian grammar:
the structure of the lexicon]
project-leader: Ferenc Kiefer
2002-2008 OTKA researcher
8. Multimédiás tananyagfejlesztés
az angol szakos képzésben
[Multimedia-based development of
course materials in training English
majors]
1998 MKM project-
leader
9. Magyar igevonzatok
[Arguments of Hungarian verbs]
project-leader: István Kenesei
1997-1999 OTKA researcher
10. Multimédiára adaptált
tananyagok az angol szakos
képzésben
[Course materials adapted to
multimedia use in training English
majors]
1997 MKM project-
leader
11. Az angol nyelvészeti PhD
program fejlesztése (könyvbeszerzés,
szöveggyűjtemény összeállítása)
[The development of the English
Linguistics PhD Programme (book
acquisition, compilation of readers]
1996 MKM project-
leader
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12. Modern nyelvészeti irányzatok
oktatása, valamint a leíró nyelvtani
tananyag korszerűsítése
[Teaching modern linguistic trends
and modernizing the descriptive
linguistic course material]
1995 MKM project-
leader
13. Strukturális magyar nyelvtan:
Morfológia
[Structural Hungarian grammar:
morphology]
project-leader: Ferenc Kiefer
1994-2000 OTKA researcher
14. Strukturális magyar nyelvtan:
Mondattan
[Structural Hungarian grammar:
syntax]
project-leader: Ferenc Kiefer
1986-1992 OTKA researcher
NKFIH: National Research, Development and Innovation Office – OTKA: Hungarian Scientific
Research Fund – MTA: Hungarian Academy of Sciences – MKM: Ministry of Culture and
Education
4.2.6. Launching a research circle
It can be considered an instance of a research circle launching effort that I founded the Lexical-
Functional Grammar Research Group at the Department of English Linguistics at the University
of Debrecen in 2008, and I have been its leader ever since. The group has successfully completed
two projects (an OTKA (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund) project and a subproject of one of
the university’s TÁMOP (EU) projects). I trained my previous students to become members of
this research group while I was their thesis supervisor at various levels (MA thesis, National
Students’ Extramural Scholarly Research Society Conference thesis, PhD dissertation).
4.3. Involvement in the activities of the profession
4.3.1. Participation in academic degree procedures
(a) Committee member and secretary at the defence of a dissertation submitted for the title
Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)
Author Title Date Venue
Balázs Surányi Freedom of Word Order and Domains for
Movement: A Flexible Syntax of Hungarian
2011 MTA
(b) Reviewer of a dissertation submitted for the title Candidate of Science (CSc) and reviewer
of PhD dissertations
CSc:
Author Title Date Venue
Csaba Czeglédi Issues in the Syntax and Semantics of
Infinitives and Gerunds in English
1998 MTA
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PhD:
Author Title Date Venue
1. Krisztina Fehér Útban egy más nyelvészet felé –
Elméleti problémák a 20. századi magyar
nyelvtudományban
2012 DE
2. Marianna
Hordós
Gerunds in Optimality Theory 2004 ELTE
3. Anna Medve Egy generatív modell az oktatásban 2003 JPTE
4. Péter Nádasdi A prenominális finit vonatkozó
szerkezetek vizsgálata a magyarban
2013 SZTE
(c) Member (and secretary) of PhD defence committees
member and secretary:
Author Title Date Venue
Huba Bartos Morfoszintaxis és interpretáció: A
magyar inflexiós jelenségek
szintaktikai háttere
2000 ELTE
member:
Author Title Date Venue
Sarolta Simigné Fenyő The Role of the Verb-Centred Theory
in Descriptive Translation Studies
1997 KLTE
(d) Reviewer of habilitation dissertations
Author Title Date Venue
1. Mária Csernoch Newly Introduced Word Types in
Novels, in Their Adaptations, and in
English Teaching Materials
2012 DE
2. Gréte Dalmi Copular Sentences, Predication and
Cyclic Agree
2011 ELTE
(e) Member of habilitation committees
Author Title Date Venue
1. Anna Fenyvesi Két- és többnyelvűek nyelvi
attitűdjei
2013 DE
2. Irén Hegedűs Ablaut és umlaut: a szabálytalan
alakok megértésének sarokkövei a
mai angol nyelvben
2014 DE
4.3.2. Memberships and offices in committees and associations in Hungary and abroad
offices: (a)-(d), memberships: (e)-(n).
(a) OTKA (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund) / NKFIH (National Research, Development
and Innovation Office) Linguistics Panel (chair, 2015-)
(b) International Lexical Functional Grammar Association (secretary-treasurer, 2014-)
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(c) International Lexical Functional Grammar Association (member of the Executive Committe,
2014-)
(d) Linguistics Working Group of the Debrecen Committee of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences (secretary, 1995-1996, chair, 2017-)
(e) Linguistics Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2000-2006, 2014-)
(f) OTKA (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund) / NKFIH (National Research, Development
and Innovation Office) Linguistics Panel (2013-)
(g) Circle of USA grantees (2009-)
(h) Debrecen Chapter of the Hungarian Fulbright Alumni Association (2008-)
(i) Hungarian Fulbright Alumni Association (2006-)
(j) International Lexical Functional Grammar Association (1997-)
(k) Quality Assurance Committee of HUSSE (1996-1999)
(l) ESSE (European Society for the Study of English) (1993-)
(m) HUSSE (Hungarian Society for the Study of English) (1993-)
(n) Linguistics Working Group of the Debrecen Committee of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences (1991-)
4.3.3. Organizing conferences
All the conferences, workshops (1-6) and the summer school (7) were international, and all of
them were organized in Hungary (Debrecen).
NAME ORGANIZING
INSTITUTION
YEAR VENUE FORM OF
PARTICIPATION
1. Debrecen Work-
shop on Pronouns
Department of
English
Linguistics
2017
University of
Debrecen
(Debrecen)
organizer
2. 18th Lexical-
Functional
Grammar
Conference
Department of
English
Linguistics
2013
University of
Debrecen
(Debrecen)
co-chief-
organizer
3. ParGram/ParSem
Meeting
Department of
English
Linguistics
2013
University of
Debrecen
(Debrecen)
co-chief-
organizer
4. Thematic
Workshop on Spatial
and Temporal
Relations in LFG
Department of
English
Linguistics
2011
University of
Debrecen
(Debrecen)
co-chief-
organizer
5. ParGram/ParSem
Meeting
Department of
English
Linguistics
2011
University of
Debrecen
(Debrecen)
co-chief-
organizer
6. International
Conference on the
Structure of
Hungarian
Department of
English
Linguistics
2009
University of
Debrecen
(Debrecen)
co-chief-
organizer
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7. Central European
Summer School on
Generative
Grammar
Department of
English
Linguistics
1998
Kossuth Lajos
University
(Debrecen)
chief
organizer
4.3.4. Participation in the programme committees of conferences; giving invited talks
I was a member of the programme committees of all the international events listed in section
4.3.3.
I regularly and anonymously review anonymous abstracts for the annual LFG conferences,
and in this capacity I am a member of the extended programme comittees of those
conferences.
I was an invited speaker at the following two conferences (name of conference: SMALLCAPS,
title of talk: italics)
1. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE STRUCTURE OF
HUNGARIAN; Nominalization, Participle-Formation,
Typology and Lexical Mapping
2002 University of
Düsseldorf
(Germany)
2. NOMINALIZATIONS ACROSS LANGUAGES AND
FRAMEWORKS; A new account of possessors and event
nominals in Hungarian
2007 University of
Stuttgart
(Germany)
I have given several invited scholarly talks that were not presented at conferences. They are
as follows.
1. Mire való a való? What is való for?
And Other Puzzles in the Hungarian
Noun Phrase
1992 Kossuth Lajos University
(Debrecen)
2. "Perfective" or "Passive"? A New
Approach to Hungarian -t/-tt
Participles
1992 Kossuth Lajos University
(Debrecen)
3. Nominalization in Hungarian 1996 Edinburgh University, Edinburgh
(Scotland)
4. Magyar nyelvtan és számítógépes
alkalmazás
[Hungarian grammar and computational
implementation]
2007 University of Debrecen
(Debrecen)
5. A számítógépes nyelvfeldolgozás
lehetőségei egy most induló projekt
perspektívájából
[On possibilities of computational
linguistic analysis from the perspective of
a recently launched project]
2008 Debrecen Committee of the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences
(Debrecen)
(co-presenters: György Rákosi,
Ágoston Tóth)
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6. A magyar igekötős igék
lexikai-funkcionális keretben
[Hungarian particle verb constructions in
a lexical-functional framework]
2010 General Linguistics Chapter of the
Hungarian Linguistics Society
(Budapest)
7. A magyar mondatszerkezetről lexikai-
funkcionális megközelítésben
[On Hungarian sentence structure in a
lexical-functional approach]
2013 Research Institute for Linguistics,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
(Budapest)
4.3.5. Reviewing applications
I have reviewed several applications submitted to the Hungarian Accreditation Committee:
university professor applications and applications for establishing/launching BA/MA
programmes. I have also reviewed applications submitted to the Hungarian Fulbright
Commission in the researcher and instructor categories. In addition, as an earlier member and as
the current chair of the Linguistics Panel of OTKA (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund) /
NKFIH (National Research, Development and Innovation Office) it is my duty to review project
proposal submitted to OTKA/NKFIH.
4.3.6. Professional honors, awards, and fellowships
So far I have received seven prestigious research fellowships.
2013-2014: Péter Hajdú Guest Researcher Grant at the Research Institute for Linguistics,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 5 months
2005-2006: Fulbright research grant to Stanford University, 9 months
2001-2004: István Széchenyi Professorship, 3 years
1998-1999: Fulbright research grant to Stanford University, 9 months
1997-2001: Széchenyi Professorial Grant, 4 years
1996: research grant from the Mellon Foundation to the University of Edinburgh, 3
months
1991-1992: research grant from the Soros Foundation to Stanford University, 9 months
4.4. Instruction in higher education
4.4.1. Capability of giving lectures
This capability of mine is attested by my habilitation, positive anonymous instructional
evaluation feedback from students, and the 91 scholarly talks I have given so far.
4.4.2. Teaching activity at my place of work
In sections (A) and (Ba) I list the courses I have taught so far. I present my programme,
qualification and course leadership in section 4.
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(A) Teaching at the (under)graduate level
I have been teaching at Kossuth Lajos University and at its legal successor, the University of
Debrecen, since 1984. I have developed and offered the following courses in various
(under)graduate programmes.
Lectures: 1. The Structure of English: The English Noun Phrase
2. The Structure of English: The English Sentence
3. Theoretical Foundations to the Study of Language
4. English vs. Hungarian
Seminars: 1. Grammar Practice
2. Language Class
3. Introduction to Linguistics
4. Generative Syntax
5. Advanced Topics in Generative Syntax
6. Lexical-Functional Grammar
7. Generative Morphology
8. Syntax and Morphology
9. Challenging Grammar
I revise and update my courses to a sufficient extent in appropriate ways on a regular basis, and I
incorporate my new research findings in the course materials at a level of complexity suitable for
the given course.
In the field of Hungarian as a foreign language, I am one of the co-authors of 12 materials
(textbooks, workbooks and computer-assisted teaching programmes) in the Hungarian language
teaching material series Hungarolingua, which is used in more than sixty countries.
(B) Teaching at the postgraduate level
(a) Teaching, supervising activity and leadership in a doctoral school
I have been involved in the English Linguistics subprogramme of the Linguistics Doctoral School
of the University since 2001. In addition to my teaching and supervising activity, I have been the
chair of the subprogramme since 2011. So far, I have developed and taught the following courses.
Title Academic year
1. Fundamentals of Generative Syntax 2001/2002-2004/2005
2. Generative Morphosyntax 2010/2011
3. Advanced Topics in Generative Syntax 2001/2002
4. Bevezetés a szintaxisba 2006/2007-2016/2017
5. Introduction to Lexical-Functional Grammar 2006/2007
6. Advanced Topics in Lexical-Functional Grammar 2009/2010
7. The Minimalist Program 2008/2009
8. Témavezetői szeminárium [Supervisor’s seminar] 2001/2002-2016/2017
9. Prezentációs készségek [Presentational skills] (co-taught with
György Rákosi and Ágoston Tóth)
2015/2016, 2016/2017
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(b) Number of PhD students under my supervision to date: 10
My current students (with the anticipated dates of their obtaining absolutorium)
Name Year/Month
1. Barbara Bakó 2012/02
2. Oksana Symkovych 2018/08
(c) Students who have already obtained absolutorium:
Name Year
3. Ágota Buzogány 2010
4. Judit Kerekes 2010
5. Árpád Kémenes 2008
6. István Pálinkás 2006
7. György Rákosi 2005
8. Péter Szűcs 2014
(d) PhD student who has defended his dissertation (I was his co-supervisor):
Name Year
György Rákosi 2007
Péter Szűcs and István Pálinkás had their preliminary dissertation debates last May and last
June, respectively, and now they are working on finalizing their dissertations.
4.4.3. Guest teaching activity
In 1998, I was invited to teach two courses at the first (nationwide) Linguistics Supercourse
hosted by the University of Pécs (on Lexical-Functional Grammar and deverbal nominalization in
Hungarian), in groups of 14 and 18.
I was invited to teach two courses at the University of Vienna in the autumn semester of the
2001/2002 academic year (Morphology-Syntax Interface and Lexical-Functional Grammar) in
groups of 5 and 6.
4.4.4. Programme and course leadership
I am responsible for the Undivided English Teacher Training MA Programme (and the related
short term Divided English Teacher Training MA Programme launched in the autumn semester
of the 2017/2018 academic year in the part-time format). I am also responsible for the English
Teacher Training MA Programme both in the regular and in the part-time formats (this is phasing
out).
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I was responsible for the following courses until 2015.
BTAN21002BA Introduction to Linguistics 3 sem
BTAN20001BA English Pronunciation 3 sem
BTAN40001BA Syntax and Morphology 3 sem
BTAN11005BA The English Sentence 3 lec
BTAN25010BA The Terminology of Business English 3 sem
BTAN40099BA Záróvizsga (nyelvészet/alkalmazott nyelvészet sáv) 2 lec
BTAN5011MA Advanced Topics in Syntax 5 sem
BTAN5000MA Syntax 5 sem
BTAN1001MA The English Language 5 lec
Total: 9 courses, 32 credits [sem = seminar, lec = lecture]
I have been responsible for the following courses since the credit-reallocation in 2015.
BTAN15800-K3 Advanced Topics in Generative Syntax 3 sem
BTPNY4-K2 Bevezetés a szintaxisba 2 sem
BTPNYA161 Generatív szintaxis 2 sem
BTAN13200-K3 Generative Syntax 3 sem
BTAN14300-K3 Lexical-Functional Grammar 3 sem
BTAN31001BA-K3 Morphology and Syntax 3 sem
BTPNYA11 Lexikai-funkcionális grammatika 2 sem
BTAN11004BA English vs. Hungarian: Patterns and Contrasts 3 lec
Total: 8 courses, 21 credits
4.4.5. Thesis supervision, talent-fostering
My thesis supervision and talent-fostering indicators are the following.
(1) Number of MA and BA theses supervised: 33.
(2) Number of students supervised in the Talent-Fostering Programme of the University of
Debrecen: 2.
(3) Students supervised in the National Students’ Extramural Scholarly Research Society:
György Rákosi (national conference, 1st Prize), Péter Szűcs (national conference
participation).
(4) Number of PhD students supervised: 10. For details, see section 4.4.2.(B)
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4.4.6. Educational administration, leadership
2016- director (Institute of English and American Studies)
2011-2017 chair (Department of English Linguistics)
2011- chair (English Linguistics PhD Subprogramme in the Linguistics PhD School of
UD)
2007-2010 : dean (Faculty of Humanities)
1995-1998: vice dean (Faculty of Humanities)
1995-1998: chair (Department of English Linguistics)
1993-1995: deputy director (Institute of English and American Studies)
4.5. Command of foreign languages
English: advanced level, Russian: basic level