Alex Reuneker
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. A. Reuneker
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2125
- a.reuneker@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4206-3897
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.
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.
Assistant professor
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics
- LUCL Nederlands
- Editorial secretary