CURRICULUM VITAE

Vsevolod V. Potapov.

Birth: 11 March 1964, Bucharest (Romania).

Current occupation (in brief): linguist.

Main linguistic domains:
the Russian language (Modern Russian; history of Russian; Russian as foreign); comparative linguistics (Slavic & Germanic languages); applied linguistics; sociolinguistics.

Place of work: Faculty of Philology, Moscow State M.V.Lomonosov University, Vorobjovy Gory, 119899 Moscow.

Post: researcher.

Education:
1971-1981 - english secondary school No. 40 (Moscow);
1981-1986 - student (Department of the Russian language), Moscow State M.V.Lomonosov University (MGU);
1986-1989 - post graduate student, Moscow State M.V.Lomonosov University;
1990 - D.Ph. thesis: "Rhythmic organization of non-fiction and scientific language for Czech, Bulgarian and Russian", Moscow State M.V.Lomonosov University;
1994 - Goethe Institute (Germany);
1998 - D.Sc. thesis (Dr.habil.): "Contrastive study of speech rhythm in diachrony and synchrony", Moscow State M.V.Lomonosov University.Annotation.

Career Positions

1990-1994 - researcher, department of sociolinguistics, Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow);
1991-1994 - translator and scientific editor of encyclopedia "Britannica" in Russia (articles on linguistics);
1994-1996 - Humboldt Research Fellow (Institute of Slavic Philology, Julius-Maximilian Wuerzburg University), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany);
1997 - ... - senior researcher, Moscow State M.V.Lomonosov University.
1998; 2000 - Humboldt research Fellow (Institute of Slavic Philology, Julius-Maximilian Wuerzburg University), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany).
2003 - ... - scientific collaboration with Institute of Slavic Studies & Speechology, Martin-Luther Halle-Wittenberg University (Germany).

Professional Organizations: International Society of Phonetic Sciences (ISPhS).

Publications: more than 250.

Honors and Awards: ABI (1994-1998);
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany): scientific diploma of Honor (1996);
Moscow State M.V.Lomonosov University: Award (1998).

SELECTION OF PERSONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. Internet-project of the Russian phonetics.

II. Books

  1. Potapov V.V. (1996) Speech rhythm in diachrony and synchrony. Moscow: Moscow State Linguistic University. 180 p. (in Russian).

  2. Potapov V.V. (1997) Linguistic reference book: Languages and scripts. Moscow. Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Linguistics. 192 p. (in Russian).

  3. Zlatoustova L.V., Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V., Trunin-Donskoy V.N. (1997) General and applied phonetics. Moscow: Moscow State Lomonosov University. 423 p. (in Russian).

  4. Potapov V.V. (2001) Dynamics and statics of speech rhythm (Slavic and Germanic language area). Koeln, Weimar, Wien: Boehlau-Verlag. 310 p. (in Russian).
    Review: – Werner Lehfeldt. Zeitschrift fuer Slavische Philologie. Bd. 61. Heft 2 (2002). P. 453-457. (in German).
    Review: – Vladimir K. Zhuravlev. Problems of linguistics. Academy of Sciences. No. 2. (2003). P. 135-139. (in Russian).

  5. Potapov V.V. (2004) Dynamics and statics of speech rhythm (Slavic and Germanic language area). 2nd ed. Moscow: URSS. 344 p. (in Russian).

  6. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2006) Language, speech, personality. Moscow: The languages of Slavic cultures. 496 p. (in Russian).
    Review: – Olga F. Krivnova. Russian Linguistics. No. 31. (2007). P. 309-316. (in Russian).

  7. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. Deutsche und russische kommunikative Sprechtaetigkeit. (in German). /in print in Germany/.

III. Articles in scientific journals

  1. Potapov V.V. (1993) The language characteristics of structural speech rhythm. In: Problems of linguistics. Academy of Sciences. Moscow. No. 5. P. 83-97. (in Russian).

  2. Potapov V.V. (1994) On the linguistic contrastive study of the English and Russian phonetic systems. In: Philological sciences. Moscow. No. 2. P. 88-99. (in Russian).

  3. Potapov V.V. (1997) Language of women and men: phonetic differentiation. In: Bulletin of Academy of Sciences. Literature and Language. No. 3. V.56. P.52-62. (in Russian).

  4. Potapov V.V. (1997) On the problem of endangered languages in some region of the World. In: Problems of linguistics. Academy of Sciences. Moscow. No. 5. P. 3-15. (in Russian).

  5. Potapov V.V. (1999) On the origin of verbal rhythm. In: Problems of linguistics. No. 2. P.58-70. (in Russian).

  6. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2000) Phonetics and phonology by the end of the XXth century: ideas, problems, solutions. In: Problems of linguistics. Academy of Sciences. No. 4. P.3-25. (in Russian).

  7. Potapov V.V. (2001) Diachronic and synchronic aspects of investigation of the Russian language’s rhythm. In: Moscow State University Bulletin. No. 2. P.84-99. (in Russian).

  8. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2001) Problems of German speech rhythm. In: Problems of linguistics. Academy of Sciences. No. 6. P. 104-122. (in Russian).

  9. Potapov V.V. (2002) Strategy in linguistic gender studies. In: Problems of linguistics. Academy of Sciences. No. 1. P. 103-130. (in Russian).

  10. Potapov V.V. (2002) Speech rhythm of „The Song of Igor’s Campain” and of its translations into Modern Russian. In: Moscow State University Bulletin. No. 1. P. 34-49. (in Russian).

  11. Potapov V.V. (2002) Differentiation of the Russian language with the due regard for gender. In: Moscow State University Bulletin. No. 6. P. 70-79. (in Russian).

  12. Potapov V.V. (2002) Modern gender studies in the English speaking countries. In: Gender as an intrigue of cognition. Anthology. Specimen number: Gender studies in linguistics, literary criticism and theory of communication. Moscow. P. 94-117. (in Russian).

  13. Potapov V.V. (2002) The phonetic gender characteristics of Russian spoken language. In: Wiener slawistischer Almanach „Gender-Forschung in der Slawistik“. Sonderband 55. Wien. P. 201-210. (in Russian).

  14. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2003) From classical phonology to modern speechology. In: Moscow State University Bulletin. No. 1. P. 56-66. (in Russian).

  15. Kedrova G.E., Dedova O.V., Potapov V.V. (2004) Scientific-educational resources in philology. In: The Russian language abroad. No. 2. (in Russian).

IV. Articles in scientific collections and proceedings

  1. Potapov V.V. (1987) The phonetic characteristics of the rhythmic organization in Czech. In: Prosody of spoken text. Moscow. Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages. No. 298. P.37-43. (in Russian).

  2. Potapov V.V. (1988) The rhythmic organization of speech in Czech and Russian. In: Proc. of the Second Australian Intern. Conference on Speech, Science and Technology. Macquarie University. Sydney. P.426-428. (in English).

  3. Potapov V. (1991) On the rhythmic organization of spoken Czech, Bulgarian and Russian. In: Arbeiten zur experimentellen und allgemeinen Phonetik. Phoneica Francofortensia 5. Frankfurt am Main. P.125-148. (in English).

  4. Potapov V.V. (1991) The rhythmic organization of speech in Slavic languages. In: Proc. of the XIIth Intern. Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Aix-en-Provence. V.2. P.162-165. (in English).

  5. Potapov V.V. (1992) On the rhythmic units in English speech. In: Modern problems of English studies. Arkhangelsk. P. 5-16. (in Russian).

  6. Potapov V. (1993) On visual-auditory recognition of spoken Russian. In: Beitraege zur Symbol- und Signalphonetik. Phonetica Francofortensia 6. Frankfurt am Main. P. 93-104. (in English).

  7. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (1997) The typology of dynamic and melodic syllable models for Germanic and Slavic languages. Paper in Proc.of XVI-th Intern. Congress of Linguists. Paris. CD ROM. (in English).

  8. Potapov V.V. (1999) The frequency of rhythmic units in „The Song of Igor’s Campain” and in some of its translations into Modern Russian. In: Phonetica Francofortensia 7. P. 67-97. (in English).

  9. Potapov V. (1999) Der Sprachrhythmus im Russischen und Deutschen (diachronische und synchronische Aspekte). In: Phonetica Francofortensia 7. P. 99-123. (in German).

  10. Kedrova G.E., Dedova O.V., Potapov V.V. (1999) Hypertextual multimedia database of Russian phonetics for distance education. In: Proc. of intern. workshop “Speech and computer” (SPECOM’ 99). Moscow. P.124-127. (in English).

  11. Potapov V.V. (2000) An attempt to revise the gender mark in English. In: Gender as an intrigue of cognition. Moscow. P. 151-167. (in Russian).

  12. Potapov V.V. (2001) Some aspects of German’s acquisition of the Russian language. In: Proc. of intern. workshop “Speech and computer” (SPECOM’ 2001). Moscow. P.222-229. (in English).

  13. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2001) Auditory perception of speech by non-native speakers. In: Proc. of intern. workshop “Speech and computer” (SPECOM’ 2001). Moscow. P.205-214. (in English).

  14. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2002) Spoken language as an object of investigation in fundamental and applied linguistics. In: Speech acoustics and applied linguistics. Moscow. P. 6-28. (in Russian).

  15. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2002) Temporal correlates of emotions as speaker-state specific parameters for forensic speaker identification. In: Speech acoustics and applied linguistics. Moscow. 148-163. (in English).

  16. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2002) Foreign language database of the interactive expert system “Dialect” for forensic speaker identification used in Russia. In: Proc. of intern. workshop “Speech and computer” (SPECOM’ 2002). St.-Petersburg. (in English).

  17. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2003) The profile of forensic phonetic experts corpus in Russia today. In: Proc. of intern. workshop “Speech and computer” (SPECOM’ 2003). Moscow. P. 245-255. (in English).

  18. Potapov V.V. (2003) On language contrastive-comparative analysis of English and Russian phonetic systems. In: Proc. of intern. workshop “Speech and computer” (SPECOM’ 2003). Moscow. P. 276-282. (in English).

  19. Potapov V.V. (2003) The American English Interference in Russian on the segmental level. In: Proc. of intern. workshop “Speech and computer” (SPECOM’ 2003). Moscow. P. 283-290. (in English).

  20. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2003) Temporal correlates of emotions as speaker-state specific parameters for forensic speaker identification (speech temporal correlates of fear/anxiety for Russian native speakers). In: Proc. of intern. workshop “Speech and computer” (SPECOM’ 2003). Moscow. P. 291-301. (in English).

  21. Potapov V.V. (2004) Comparative approach to the phonetic gender studies. In: Language and speech: problems and decisions. Festschrift for Prof. L.V. Zlatoustova. Moscow: Moscow State Lomonosov University. P. 205-229. (in Russian).

  22. Potapov V.V., Potapova R.K. (2004) Fundamental and applied problems of the phonetic gender studies. In: The language existence of man and ethnic group: psycholinguistic and cognitive methods. Moscow. P. 279-308. (in Russian).

  23. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2005) Identification of prosodic features of emotional state of a speaker. In: Proc. of intern. workshop “Speech and computer” (SPECOM’ 2005). Vol. 1. Patras (Greece); Moscow. P. 25-32. (in English).

  24. Potapov V.V. (2005) Neologisms in Russian and German young people’s speech on the boundary of XX and XXI centuries. In: Tusculum slavicum. Festschrift fuer Peter Thiergen / E. von Erdmann etc. (Hrsg.). Basler Studien zur Kulturgeschichte Osteuropas 14. Zuerich: Pano Verlag. S. 629-641. (in Russian).

  25. Potapov V.V. (2006) The phonetic units in Russian speech: status and functions. In: The Russian language in modern society: functional and status characteristics. Moscow. P. 165-188. (in Russian).

  26. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2006) On feature dynamics of the speaker identification systems by means of voice and speech. In: Proc. of XVIII session of Russian Acoustic Society. Moscow. (in Russian).

  27. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V., Khitina M.V., Yakovleva E.B. (2006) Variability of spoken discourse (using experiment in linguistics). In: The tower of Babel: Word. Text. Culture. Moscow. P. 112-127. (in Russian).

  28. Potapov V.V. (2007) At the starting point of speechology. In: The linguistic polyphony. Festschrift for Prof. R.K. Potapova. Moscow: The languages of Slavic cultures. P. 19-40. (in Russian).

  29. Potapow W.W., Kalijewa A.K. (2007) Phonetisch-phonologische Besonderheiten bei der Analyse der rhythmischen Organisation der mittelhochdeutschen Texte. In: Materialien der internationalen wissenschaftlich-praktischen Konferenz „Kasachstan und Weltsprachen“. Bd.1. Pavlodar. S.181-185. (in German).

  30. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2007) Some priority trends in forensic phonetics research in Russia. In: Proc. of intern. workshop “Speech and computer” (SPECOM’ 2007). Vol. 1. Moscow. P. 327-330. (in English).

  31. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. (2007) On two-channel decoding of emotive information in the act of foreign language communication. In: Proc. of intern. workshop “Speech and computer” (SPECOM’ 2007). Vol 1. Moscow. P. 422-426. (in English).

  32. Potapova R.K., Potapov V.V. The perception of emotions by people of different languages and different cultures. In: Festschrift for S.V. Kodzasov. Moscow: Moscow State Lomonosov University. (in Russian). /in print/.