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C. SIMON - CV sept. 2019

Name : Camille SIMON                                              Adress : 1 rue Marguerite Chapon
Birthdate : 24-03-1987                                                          94800 Villejuif
Phone :     01.75.37.26.29                                         E-mail : camille.simon2@gmail.com

                                       Current situation
 Post-doctoral fellow LACITO / Ecole Française d’Extrême Orient “Digital archiving of a
    Salar/Tibetan bilingual corpus” (sept-dec. 2019)
 Part-time teacher (linguistics, Tibetan language) at INALCO (2019-20)
 Member of the project “Evidential and Epistemic Systems and Tense-Aspect Correlations”
    (under the supervision of N. Tournadre, Institut Universitaire de France, 2016-2021)
Research topics
     Typology and descriptive linguistics ; Tibetic and Turkic languages
     Language contact ; morphosyntax ; sociolinguistics
     Tense-aspect-modality ; evidentiality and epistemicity

                      Professional experience and education
Professionnal experience
2019-2020: Part-time teacher (linguistics, Tibetan language), INALCO, Paris
oct.-dec. 2019 : Post-doctoral contract at Ecole Française d’Extrême Orient. Project: “Digital archiving
of a Salar/Tibetan bilingual corpus”
2018-oct. 2019 : Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies
2017-18 : Adjunct teacher in linguistics, Aix-Marseille Université
2014-17 : Adjunct teacher in tibetan language, INALCO, Paris
2011-14 : Doctoral contract, Université Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle

Diplomas
2011-16 : PhD in language sciences (Univ. Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle & Lacito-UMR7107, under
          the supervision of N. Tournadre)
2008-11 : Master degree “Research in Linguistics”, first class Honours, Aix-Marseille University.
2008 :    Bachelor in Linguistics, first class Honours, Paris 8 University, Paris
2004-08 : Bachelor in Tibetan language, literature and civilisation, first class Honours, INALCO, Paris
2004-07 : Diploma of undergraduate study in language, literature and civilisation in Turkish, upper
          second class Honours, INALCO, Paris

Other training courses
2018-19 : Distance Halh Mongolinan language class, Nomiin Ger school, Ulan Baatar
2012-14 : Master & Doctoral seminar “Typology and Abstraction”, A. Lemaréchal, Ecole Pratique des
             Hautes études
2011-12 : Master & Doctoral seminar “Introduction to Tibeto-burman Linguistics”, M. Mazaudon,
             Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle University
2011 : 3rd-7th January 2011, intensive seminar : Initiation to field linguistics, LLACAN (CNRS), France
2009-10 : Tibetan language program (level 4), Tibet University, Lhasa, China
             Fieldwork for the Master of Linguistics
2008-09 : Chinese Language course, Aix-Marseille University
2006-07 : Erasmus Exchange Program in Berlin, Freie University & Humboldt University (BA Turkish
language, literature and civilisation, BA Tibetan language, literature and civilisation, BA General
Linguistics)

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C. SIMON - CV sept. 2019

                                                 Teaching
    Linguistics (215.5 h, Aix-Marseille University & Inalco)
    L1        - Introduction to phonetics and phonology                              7,5 h.
              - Introduction to the domains of language sciences                     96 h.
              - Languages, culture and society                                       96 h.
    L2        - Syntax : Verb valency and predication                                10 h.
    L3        - Semantics : Tense, aspect and modalities                             6 h.
    Generic skills (19.5 h, Inalco)
    L1       - Methodology                                                           19,5 h.
    Tibetan (865,5 h, Inalco & Ruprecht-Karl Universität, Heidelberg)
    L1 to M1 - Colloquial Lhasa Tibetan                                              556,5 h.
    L1 & L2 - Classical Tibetan (written comprehension, grammar)                     250,5 h.
    L3       - Spoken Amdo Tibetan, Introduction to dialects                         58,5 h.
    Professional training (4 h)
             - Intercultural mediation “Tibetan Refugees in France”                  4h

                                                 Research
    Publications and academic works
            Papers
[1] 2019 (submitted): Simon, C. “Ambiguous verb sequences in Salar” In: proceedings of the
    panel « Ambiguous verb sequences in Transeurasian languages and beyond », International
    Conference on Turkic Liguistics 19, Astana, août 2018
[2] 2018: Simon, C. “Evidential modalities in Salar: the development of a Tibetan-like egophoric
    modality” Turkic Languages vol. 22 (3-35).
[3] 2016b: Simon, C. & E. Sandman. “Tibetan as a ‘model language’ in the Amdo Sprachbund : evidences
    from Salar and Wutun” Journal of South Asian languages and linguistics, vol. 3 (85-122).
[4] 2014a: Simon, C. « ་ས་ཁ་ད་ནང་ལ་འབས་་ངག་ན་པ་ད་ངས་་ད་ས་འགའ་ཤས་་ད། » [Some
    characteristics of the causative expressions in Lhasa Tibetan]. Dans : Kobe City University of Foreign
    Studies Journal of Research Institute vol. 51, Current Issues and Progress in Tibetan Studies.
    Proceedings of the Third International Seminar of Young Tibetologists (489-503).
[5] 2012: Simon, C. “Valence sémantique et diathèses en tibétain (Lhasa)” LIDIL vol. 46, Recherches
    récentes en typologie fonctionnelle (127-151). Online: https://journals.openedition.org/lidil/3248
            Books and book chapters
[6] 2019: Simon, C. & F. Robin. Le tibétain parlé, exercices pratiques. Paris : Presses de l’Inalco.
[7] 2015b: Simon, C. “Salar-Tibetan contact in Amdo: Some linguistic evidence” Dans : M.P. Hille, B.
    Horlemann & P. Nietupsky (éds) Muslims in Amdo-Tibetan society: Multidisciplinary approaches.
    Lanham : Lexington books (87-107).
[8] 2015a: Simon, C. & N. Hill “Tibetan” Dans : N. Grandi & L. Körtvélyessy (éds) Edinburgh Handbook of
    Evaluative Morphology. Edimbourg : Edinburgh University Press (381-388).
[9] 2014b: Simon, C. , F. Robin & E. Mélac. Vocabulaire thématique français-tibétain de langue parlée.
    Paris : L’Asiathèque.

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            Review
[10]2017: Simon, C. “Compte-rendu : Abish, Aynur. Modality in Kazakh as spoken in China. Harrassowitz
    Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2016.” In: Etudes mongoles & sibériennes, centrasiatiques & tibétaines vol. 48.
    Online : http://journals.openedition.org/emscat/2928
            PhD Thesis
[11]2016a: Simon, C. Thèse de doctorat : Morphosyntaxe et sémantique grammaticale du salar et du
    tibétain de l’Amdo : Analyse d’un contact de langues, sous la direction de N. Tournadre, Université
    Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle, LACITO, 646 p. + annexes & bibliographie, 118 p.
    Online: http://www.theses.fr/2016USPCA124

    Communications
            International conferences
[1] 13 sept. 2019 : Language contact in the Amdo Sprachbund, Online conference
         “Plural markers in the languages of Amdo”
[2] 23 aug. 2019 : 52nd Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, Leipzig, Germany
         “Sentence final discourse particles in Amdo-Tibetan” (Workshop ‘Discourse particles’)
[3] 12 jul. 2019 : 15th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Paris, France
         “Discourse-pragmatic values correlated to factual evidentiality in Amdo-Tibetan” (Panel
       ‘Tense-aspect, evidentiality and epistemicity in the Tibetic languages’)
[4] 17 feb. 2019 : 'Evidentiality' in Tibetic languages and beyond – a closer look, Tübingen, Germany
         “Negociating the facts: interactional functions of factual evidential markers in Amdo-Tibetan”
[5] 5 sept. 2018 : Syntax of the world’s languages VIII, Paris, France
           “Subjecthood properties in the Salar language”
[6] 18 aug. 2018 : International Conference on Turkish Linguistics 19, Astana, Kazakhstan
            “Immediate future vs. reported speech ambiguity in Salar”
[7] 24 aug. 2017 : Knowling, The expression of knowledge: Epistemicity and beyond, Helsinki, Finland
           “Egophoric evidentiality in Salar: A case of selective linguistic copy ”
[8] 22 june 2016 : Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Bergen, Norvège
           “Valency derivation system in Salar”
[9] 3 nov. 2014 : Workshop on the minority languages of the Chinese Tibetosphere, Uppsala, Suède
           “Salar-Tibetan Contact and the Evolution of the Salar Verbal (Evidential) Categories”
[10]8 sept. 2014 : Syntax of the world’s language VI, Pavie, Italie
           “The role of the dative case in Amdo Tibetan-Salar convergence”
[11]5 sept. 2014 : 17th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics, Rouen, France
           “The Nominal Phrase in Salar”
[12]27 may 2014 : 24th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, Yangon, Birmanie
           “Phasal-aspect marker bzhag in standard Tibetan”, with F. Robin, INALCO
[13]6 may 2014 : International Workshop on linguistic microareas in South Asia, Uppsala, Suède
             “Tibetan as “model-language” in the Amdo Sprachbund” (avec E. Sandman, Univ. Helsinki)
[14]22 jul. 2013 : Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oulan-Bator, Mongolie
             “Expressing reciprocity in Central (Lhasa) and Amdo (Xunhua) Tibetan”
[15]25 jan. 2013 : Journée d’étude organisée par B. Zeisler, Université de Tübingen, Allemagne
             “Argument omission vs. argument realization in Salar and Amdo-Tibetan”
[16]3 sept. 2012 : 3rd International Seminar of Young Tibetologists, Kobe, Japon
             “་ས་ཁ་ད་་ལ་འབས་ན་པ་ག་གས་་ད་ས། - Semantic characteristics of causative expressions in
    Lhasa Tibetan”

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            National workshops and seminars
[1] 3 apr. 2019 : Guest lecture, Institut für Empirische Sprachwissenschaft, Goethe Universität Frankfurt
            “Grammatical categories related to intersubjectivity in Salar”
[2] 20 feb. 2019 : Lacito’s Research seminar Terrains, analyse et comparaison des langues, org. par
        A. Schapper, V. Alfarano et Y. Le Moullec
        “Marques de posture épistémique en tibétain de l'Amdo”
[3] 7 june 2017 : Cycle de conférences de la Société Française d’études du Monde Tibétain
            “Contact et évolution des langues en Amdo”
[4] 3 jul. 2015 : 28èmes journées du Centre de Recherches sur l’Asie Orientale, Paris, France
              “Contact linguistique et développement du médiatif en salar”
[5] 13 apr. 2014 : Seminar Typologie et abstraction, EPHE, org. by A. Lemaréchal
               “La subordination en tibétain”
[6] 28 feb. 2014 : Lacito’s Research Seminar Problèmes d’analyse et de comparaison des langues,
              org. by A. François
             “Comparaison de la structure du syntagme nominal en amskad et en salar (Tibet)”
[7] 17 may 2013 : Journée SFEMT-INALCO des doctorants en études tibétaines, INALCO, Paris, France
             “Influence du tibétain sur le salar : classification typologique d’unités linguistiques copiées”
[8] 14 may 2013 : Seminar Typologie et abstraction, EPHE, org. by A. Lemaréchal
             “Valence verbale, alignements et voix en tibétain (Lhasa)”
[9] 10 may 2012 : Séminaire Recherches récentes en tibétologie, INALCO, org. par F. Robin.
             “Motivations sémantiques pour l’attribution des marques casuelles en tibétain”
[10]25 apr. 2012 : Séminaire mensuel des doctorants du LLACAN
             “Quelques problèmes liés à la définition de la valence en tibétain”
[11]9 dec. 2012 : Séminaire de linguistique tibéto-birmane, Université Paris 3, org. by M. Mazaudon
             “Quelques points de divergence dans l’organisation de la valence verbale dans les langues du
             Ladakh, de Lhasa et de l’Amdo”
[12]29 june 2012 : 25èmes journées du Centre de Recherches sur l’Asie Orientale, Paris, France
             “Verbes causatifs et résultatifs en tibétain : une opposition tronquée”
[13]12 mar. 2012 : LACITO PhD students workshop, Villejuif, France
             “Constructions et classes syntaxiques de verbes en tibétain et en salar”
[14]25 oct. 2010 : Séminaire de typologie, Université de Provence, org. by N. Tournadre, A. Vittrant & S.
            Voisin “Sémantique des formes causatives en tibétain (Lhasa)”

    Other scientific activities
            Panels and workshop organisation
     Panel Tense-aspect, evidentiality and epistemicity in the Tibetic languages (with N. Tournadre) &
        Panel Teaching and Learning Tibetan as a Second/Foreign Language: Tibetans and non-
        Tibetans, International Association for Tibetan Studies, Paris, jul. 2019
     Member of the RJC organinzing comittee, workshop of the graduate school of linguistics, Paris 3
        Sorbonne Nouvelle University in 2012 & 2013
            Reviews
     Paper’s review for : Open Linguistics (2018) ; Etudes mongoles & sibériennes, centrasiatiques &
         tibétaines (EMSCAT, 2014) ; Mongolo-Tibetica Pragensia (2015); Cahiers de linguistique, Asie
         Orientale (CLAO, 2012)
     Member of the scientific committe for the following conferences : “19th International Conference
         on Turkish linguistics” (Astana, august 2018) ; “15th Seminar of the International Association ofr
         Tibetan Studies” (Paris, july 2019) and “Evidentiality and Modality: At the crossroads of grammar
         and lexicon” (Montpellier, june 2020)

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            Research valorisation
    2018 : Contribution to the project « Kosmopol’it », board game illustrating language diversity (DDL,
    Lumière Lyon 2 University)
    2017-18 : With F. Robin, “Tibetan” Production of scientific information for teachers working with
    allophone children, CNRS, Languages and Grammars in (Ile-de-)France project (http://lgidf.cnrs.fr/)
    Since 2007 : Translation for Tibetan asylum seekers and refugees at various local administrations,
    associations and health services

            Fieldwork and study abroad
 Tibet (total: 20 month)
    2017 & 2018 : IUF research project « Evidential and Epistemic Systems and Tense-Aspect
    Correlations », Salar and Amdo-Tibetan Amdo (Qinghai) : Xining, Xunhua, Hualong, Rkangtsha,
    Rebkong, Sogrdzong, Rmachu (23 june-10 aug. 2017 & 21 jul.-15 aug. 2018)
    2012, 2013 & 2014 : Morphosyntax of the Salar and Amdo-Tibetan languages, Amdo (Qinghai) :
    Xining, Xunhua, Hualong, Sogrdzong (22 janv.-23 feb. & 13 jul.-31 aug. 2012, 29 jul.-10 sept. 2013, 26
    jul.-30 aug. 2014)
    2010 : First overview of the Salar language, Amdo (Qinghai) : Xunhua, (1-15 aug.)
    2009-10 : Tibetan language programm, Tibet University, Tibet Aut. Region, Lhasa (10 sept.-31 jul.)
    2007 : Zellidja Foundation grant » Lhasa, dreams and realities », Tibet Aut. Region, (15 jul.-31 aug)
 Germany, 2006-07 : Erasmus Exchange programm, Berlin, Humboldt University & Freie University
 Turkey, 2006 : Zellidja Foundation Grant « Uighur Refugees in Turkey », (15 jul.-31 aug.)
 India, 2005 : Manjushree Center of Tibetan Culture, Tibetan language programm, Darjeeling, (26 jul.-3
    oct.)

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