Dr. Stavroula Tsiplakou received her B.A. from the University of Athens in 1989; she holds an M.Phil. in Linguistics from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She has taught at the University of Hull in the U.K. (1995-1998) and at Simon Fraser University in Canada (1998-2001); currently she teaches Linguistics and Language Pedagogy at the University of Cyprus. Her research areas include syntax, language acquisition, sociolinguistics and mother-tongue education.

email: stav AT ucy.ac.cy