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Dr. Konstantia Kapetangianni

Principal Lecturer

University of North Texas

Department of Linguistics

(940) 565-2114

Email: Konstantia.Kapetangianni@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Michigan, 2010
    Major: Linguistics
    Dissertation: The Minimalist Syntax of Control in Greek
  • MA, Eastern Michigan University, 2004
    Major: English Linguistics
  • BA, Aristotle University, 1993
    Major: French Language & Literature

Professional Positions

  • Adjunct Faculty, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2014 - 2015).
  • Adjunct Faculty, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2013 - 2014).
  • Adjunct Faculty, Otterbein University, OH. Otterbein University, OH. (2011 - 2012).

    • Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Senior Lecturer, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2019 - Present).
  • Principal Lecturer, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2023 - 2026).
  • Lecturer, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2016 - 2019).

Licensures and Certifications

  • CITI Certification, Institutional Review Board. (2019 - Present).

Professional Memberships

  • Generative Linguistics in the Old World. (2004 - Present).
  • Modern Greek Studies Association. (2004 - Present).
  • Linguistic Society of America. (2000 - Present).
  • Fulbright U.S. Student Program National Screening Committee. (November 2019 - December 30, 2023).

Development Activities

  • Seminar, CETO - Certificate of Excellence for Teaching Online, CLEAR - UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (January 16, 2026 - April 30, 2026).
  • Seminar, Course Design Institute, Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment & Redesign (CLEAR). Denton,Texas,United States of America. (June 6, 2016 - July 30, 2016).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • FREN 1010 - Elementary French, 2 courses.
  • FREN 1020 - Elementary French, 7 courses.
  • FREN 2040 - Intermediate French, 2 courses.
  • LING 2050 - The Language of Now : Pop Culture, Technology, and Society, 1 course.
  • LING 3050 - Communication Across Species, 7 courses.
  • LING 3060 - Principles of Language Study, 14 courses.
  • LING 3070 - Introduction to Linguistics, 11 courses.
  • LING 4030 - Acquisition of English as a Second Language, 4 courses.
  • LING 4050 - Morphology, 8 courses.
  • LING 4055 - Syntax, 7 courses.
  • LING 4060 - Scientific Methods, 17 courses.
  • LING 4080 - Teaching English as a Second Language, 2 courses.
  • LING 4090 - Semantics and Pragmatics, 1 course.
  • LING 4950 - Senior Capstone Field Experience and Methods, 15 courses.
  • LING 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis, 3 courses.
  • LING 5040 - Principles of Linguistics, 9 courses.
  • LING 5060 - Second Language Acquisition, 3 courses.
  • LING 5070 - Research Design in Linguistics, 1 course.
  • LING 5080 - Teaching English as a Second Language, 2 courses.
  • LING 5305 - Morphology, 4 courses.
  • LING 5390 - Psycholinguistics., 1 course.
  • LING 5900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • LING 5920 - Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis (Original Scholarly Papers, 1 course.
  • LING 5990 - Professional Development for Linguists, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

  • Supervised Research Chair, "Attitudes and Perceptions of Okinawan Language in Native Japanese Speakers in the USA," Linguistics. (January 20, 2024 - November 30, 2025).
  • Supervised Research, "The Morphology of Participial Adjectives in Gheg," Linguistics. (September 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022).
  • Supervised Research Chair, "Georgian Preverbs: Lexeme Creation Intuition," Linguistics. (January 16, 2021 - April 15, 2022).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, "The Synonym Spectrum," Linguistics. (December 10, 2020 - April 30, 2021).
  • Supervised Research, "Morphological Processes of French Slang Nouns," Linguistics. (January 16, 2020 - May 10, 2020).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, "Linguistic Features Within the Server Persona," Linguistics. (January 2019 - May 2019).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, "The Functions of Self-Reference Pronouns in Hitler’s Speeches," Linguistics. (January 2019 - May 2019).
  • Supervised Research Chair, "Tonal Recall: Musical ability and toneme recognition," Linguistics. (January 2018 - May 2018).
  • Supervised Research (Supervising the Undergraduate Capstone Linguistics Student Research), "Differences in Code-switching of L2 Learners of Spanish and Heritage speakers of Spanish," Linguistics. (August 20, 2017 - December 18, 2017).

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated for UNT Foundation Outstanding Lecturer Award, UNT Foundation. (October 2019).
  • Faculty Excellence Award, College of Information - UNT. (December 2018).
  • Honored Faculty at UNT Honors Day, UNT. (2018).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • In Merete Anderssen, Kristine Bentzen and Marit Westergaard (eds.), Variation in the Input: Studies in the Acquisition of Word Order, pp.179-205. Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics 39. (2010). Variable Word Order in Child Greek.
  • With T. Daniel Seely, In William D. Davies and Stanley Dubinsky (eds.), New Horizons in the Analysis of Control and Raising, pp.133-157. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 71. (2007). Control in Greek: It's another good move.

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Dalanaj, S., Kapetangianni, K. (2024). Participial adjectives in Geg Albanian. 43 121-131. Thessaloniki, Studies in Greek Linguistics - INSTITUTE OF MODERN GREEK STUDIES. https://ins.web.auth.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1457&Itemid=436&lang=en

    • Journal Article

  • With H. L. Taylor, In Claire Halpert, Jeremy Hartman and David Hill (eds.), Proceedings of the 2007 Workshop in Greek Syntax and Semantics at MIT. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 57. (2009). Comparative Correlatives in Greek: The Syntax of oso..
  • In Heather Caunt-Nulton, Samantha Kulatilake, and I-hao Woo (eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development vol. 2, pp. 358 - 369.. (2007). The Development of Peripheral Positions in Early Child Grammars..
  • In Jacqueline Bunting, Sapna Desai, Robert Peachey, Christopher Straughn and Zuzana Tomkova (eds.), Proceedings from the Main Session of the 42nd Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society, Vol. 42-1, pp. 117-131.. (2006). The Development of Syntax-Pragmatics Connections in Early Child Grammars: Evidence from Greek..

Presentations Given

  • Kapetangianni, K. (Other), Coreference vs Disjoint Reference: Experimental Evidence, (2012 - 2012).
  • Kapetangianni, K. (Other), Control in Greek Indicative complements, (2009 - 2009).
  • Kapetangianni, K. (Other), Comparative Correlatives in Greek: The Syntax of oso, (2007 - 2007).
  • Kapetangianni, K. (Other), Early Development of Variable Word Order in Greek, (2007 - 2007).
  • Kapetangianni, K. (Other), Do Early Grammars Interface with Discourse/Pragmatics? Evidence from Greek, (2006 - 2006).
  • Kapetangianni, K. (Other), Early awareness of language in an emerging bilingual, (2006 - 2006).
  • Kapetangianni, K. (Other), Control in Greek: It's another good move, (2005 - 2005).

    • Invited Talk

  • Kapetangianni, K. (Presenter), Erasmus Staff Week, Multilingualism and Internationalization in US Higher Education, International Hellenic University, Sindos, Greece, Greece. (2025).

    • Paper

  • Dalanaj, S. (Author & Presenter), Kapetangianni, K. (Author), 15TH Annual DFW Metroplex Linguistics Conference, Participial adjectives in Geg Albanian, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX, United States of America. (2023).
  • Dalanaj, S. (Author), Kapetangianni, K. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting of Greek Linguistics, Participial adjectives in Geg Albanian, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, Greece. (2023).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Fulbright Campus Committee. (September 10, 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Course Scheduling Committee. (August 25, 2019 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Graduate Curriculum Committee. (August 2019 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (August 30, 2016 - Present).
  • Session Chair, Scholars Day. (April 1, 2016 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Academic Affairs Committee. (August 30, 2016 - December 30, 2017).

Professional Service

  • Board of Directors, Hellenic Cultural Society of Dallas. Dallas, TX. (January 1, 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Fulbright National Screening Committee. Houston, TX. (October 2019 - October 2021).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Fulbright National Screening Committee in the Mediterranean 1 - 2021-2022 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Online, Online. (October 1, 2020 - November 18, 2020).