Alex Reuneker is an Assistant Professor (UD) in Linguistics at Leiden University. His PhD concerned conditionals ('if-then sentences') in Cognitive Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics — topics he continues to research this day. He also studies factors in Dutch verb-spelling errors. He teaches courses in pragmatics, argumentation, corpus linguistics and statistics.

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Fields of interest

• Conditional constructions ('if-then sentences')
• Dutch verb-spelling
• Digital Humanities

Research

My research concerns the pragmatics of conditional constructions ('if-then sentences'), both in Cognitive Linguistics, and Theories of Argumentation. I obtained my PhD in Linguistics in 2022, in which I combined pragmatic-theoretical and corpus-based analyses of conditionals. Furthermore, I investigate factors involved in Dutch verb-spelling errors, using methodologies from Digital Humanities, and insights from Dutch Linguistics and education research.

Grants and awards

• AVT/Anéla-dissertatieprijs 2022 (Algemene Vereniging voor Taalwetenschap, AVT)
• Frans van Eemeren Prize 2022 (European Conference on Argumentation, ECA)
• Academische Jaarprijs van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde 2019-2020

Curriculum vitae

I have studied Media Technology (MSc), Literary Studies (MA), and (Dutch) Linguistics (MA) at Leiden University. I obtained my PhD in Linguistics in 2022. I teach courses, courses on Linguistics, Pragmatics, Corpus Linguistics and Statistics. I am the editorial secretary of the journal Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing (Amsterdam University Press), I am a board member of Algemene Vereniging voor Taalwetenschap (AVT), and I develop Gespeld, a website for practicing Dutch verb spelling.

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