Sylvia L.R.

Schreiner: Academic Journey and Analysis

The stories of academically successful individuals inspire, motivate and encourage

communities to eagerly seek prosperity and achieve success. This paper aims to identify and
analyze Professor Sylvia Schreiners academic journey, exploring her academic life,
publications, contributions and research interests.

Sylvia L.R. Schreiner is an Assistant Professor in the Linguistics Program in the English
Department at George Mason University (Schreiner, 2017). Schreiner completed her Bachelors
degree in Classical Studies at Carleton College in June 2005 (Schreiner, CV, 2017). She also
studied linguistics during her time at Carleton College (Schreiner, Home Page, 2017). Schreiner
then began her graduate studies in the fall of 2006 at the University of Arizona after receiving a
Graduate College Fellowship from the University of Arizona (Schreiner, CV, 2017) (Schreiner,
Home Page, 2017). She completed her Masters degree in Linguistics in May 2008 (Schreiner,
CV, 2017). During her masters studies, She was appointed as a Research Assistant and a
Teaching Assistant in the academic year 2007-2008 at the Department of Linguistics, University
of Arizona (Schreiner, CV, 2017). Schreiner was then promoted to a Research Associate in the
academic year 2008-2009 as well as a Teaching Associate until 2012 at the same department
(Schreiner, CV, 2017). Professor Schreiner Completed her Doctorate degree in linguistics at the
University of Arizona in the year 2012 (Schreiner, Home Page, 2017). Her dissertation focused
on the semantics of grammatical aspect, with data from Scottish Gaelic and English
(Schreiner, Home Page, 2017).

Professor Schreiner has several contributions to the field of Linguistics. She has
published peer-reviewed academic research in the Journal of Celtic Linguistics, the Lingua
Journal, the Morphology online Journal, Routledge Handbook of Syntax, and Cambridge
Scholars Publishing (Schreiner, CV, 2017). Her contributions went further to several conference
proceedings and conference talks (abstracts reviewed) in different countries around the world,
including the United States, France, Italy and Iceland (Schreiner, CV, 2017). Schreiners
published academic articles covered various topics across the fields of Linguistics, including
semantics, syntax, morphology and pragmatics (Schreiner, CV, 2017). Professor Schreiners
most prominent topics included a research in Cherokee language A future modal in Cherokee: a
special case of distributed exponence; the syntax and semantics of Scottish Gaelic The syntax
and semantics of Scottish Gaelic a dol aL. She continued publishing on Scottish Gaelic The
creation and interpretation of nominal predicates: Bi+ann in Scottish Gaelic and The semantics
of Scottish Gaelic tense and aspect (Schreiner, CV, 2017).

Dr. Schreiners research interests focus on morphology, syntax, semantics, language

description and documentation, nominal functional structure, American Sign Language as well
as psycholinguistics and lexical access (Schreiner, CV, 2017). Her published work focused on
nominal predication in Scottish Gaelic; on aspect in Scottish Gaelic, Classical Greek, Turkish,
and English; on modality in Cherokee; on prepositions in American and Scottish English; and on
the syntax-semantics interface (Schreiner, Research Interests, 2017).

Professor Schreiner has been participating in different academic communities throughout

her career. She is a journal referee in Glossa (2017), Syntax-Semantics Interface (2015),
Linguistic Analysis (2014) and Lingua and Morphology (2013) (Schreiner, CV, 2017). Schreiner
has also reviewed a book chapter by Oxford University Press; Monograph, John Benjamins; and
book chapters for the Cambridge Scholars Press and de Gruyter (Schreiner, CV, 2017). She has
also served in several committees during her time at the University of Arizona; the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Wheaton College (Schreiner, CV, 2017).

The first fact noticed in Professor Schreiners academic journey is that she maintained
progress in the academic graduate and research field for six consecutive years, starting her
masters degree in 2006 and completing her Doctorate degree in the year 2012 (Schreiner, Home
Page, 2017). Her research varied through the fields of linguistics and through different
languages, but focused mainly on Scottish Gaelic throughout her years of publications
(Schreiner, CV, 2017). Dr. Schreiner inspires us to vary research in the discipline while focusing
on a certain topic at the same time. Another important benefit gained is the fact that one can
finish all graduate studies during the course of six years only. It is vividly seen that no gaps were
taken between all three academic degrees. This certainly helps the student keep track with
academic life, supported with up-to-date information and strong foundation of the discipline. The
continuous academic momentum could be the reason behind Dr. Schreiners numerous
contributions to the discipline in a relatively short period of time. We can see that Professor
Schreiners first publications focused on the main sub-disciplines of Linguistics before she
developed her research into deep specific areas in the field (Schreiner, CV, 2017). Developing
ones self in the foundations of the discipline through research is key to identify the smallest
gaps that may require further research in the future. Furthermore, it helps the individual
recognize the research interests within the discipline and strengthens the ability to discuss and
argue concepts across the different main sub-disciplines of the field. Dr. Schreiners academic
journey allow us to perceive how the discipline of Linguistics explores various languages and
analyze the different numerous aspects a language may present.

References
Schreiner, S. L. (2017, 10 30). CV. Retrieved from Sylvia L.R. Schreiner:
http://www.sylvialrschreiner.com/wp-content/uploads/Schreiner-CV-September-2017.pdf

Schreiner, S. L. (2017, 10 30). Home Page. Retrieved from Sylvia L.R. Schreiner:
http://www.sylvialrschreiner.com/

Schreiner, S. L. (2017, 10 30). Research Interests. Retrieved from Sylvia L.R. Schreiner:
http://www.sylvialrschreiner.com/research/research-interests/