Elena Lorentzen

Primary fields of research

• Russian language
• Cognitive linguistics
• Contrastive language studies
• Cross-linguistic studies
• Language typology

Current research

• Contrastive linguistics with special emphasis on Russian, Danish and English grammar
• Russian syntax and semantics

Knowledge of languages

Russian, Danish, English

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Education

 1977 – M.A. in Danish (major), English (major) and Russian (minor). Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University. Honours Degree.

 1982 – Ph.D., Scandinavian philology and linguistics.

 Dissertation: “Grammatical Means of Expressing Future in the Danish Verb System”.

Employment

1977-1994 – Coordinator of the Danish Language Programme.

Department of Germanic Linguistics, Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR/Russia

1977-1981 – Part-time lecturer, Department of Germanic Linguistics, Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR

1981-1989 – Tenured senior lecturer, Department of Germanic Linguistics, Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR

Danish language at all levels, history of the Danish language, translation theory and practice, linguistics.

1989-1994 – Associate professor, Department of Germanic Linguistics, Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (on leave 1991-1994), Moscow, USSR/Russia

1991-1997 – Visiting associate professor, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Odense, Odense, Denmark

1997-1999 – Fixed-term lecturer, Department of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

1999 >>>   Associate professor, Russian Studies, faculty of Humanities, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Andet

Member of the International Committee of Slavists (ICS)

Teaching

• Russian oral and written practice at all levels
• Translation from Danish to Russian
• Phonetics and phonology
• Theory of linguistics
• Language education

Fields of interest

Ud over de nævnte forsknings- og undervisningsområder:

• Oversættelsesteori
• Moderne dansk grammatik
• Dansk sproghistorie
• Konferencetolkning
• Konsekutiv tolkning
• Oversættelse

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Curriculum Vitae

Education

1977 – M.A. in Danish (major), English (major) and Russian (minor). Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University. Honours Degree.

1982 – Ph.D., Scandinavian philology and linguistics.

Dissertation: “Grammatical Means of Expressing Future in the Danish Verb System”.

Employment

1977-1994 – Coordinator of the Danish Language Programme.

Department of Germanic Linguistics, Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR/Russia

1977-1981 – Part-time lecturer, Department of Germanic Linguistics, Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR

1981-1989 – Tenured senior lecturer, Department of Germanic Linguistics, Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR

Danish language at all levels, history of the Danish language, translation theory and practice, linguistics.

1989-1994 – Associate professor, Department of Germanic Linguistics, Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (on leave 1991-1994), Moscow, USSR/Russia

1991-1997 – Visiting associate professor, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Odense, Odense, Denmark

1997-1999 – Fixed-term lecturer, Department of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

1999 >>>   Associate professor, Russian Studies, faculty of Humanities, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark