Svetlana Vetchinnikova

I am a linguist with a broad research profile in applied, corpus, and cognitive linguistics. A lot of my work revolves around chunking as a domain-general cognitive process. I have studied meaning-shift units in second language learning, perceptual chunking in speech processing, and individual variation from a usage-based perspective – all of which in one or another way relate back to chunking. I am also interested in complexity theory, interdisciplinarity, and development of research methods. Currently, I serve as the Deputy Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies.