Roumyana Slabakova

Roumyana Slabakova
Румяна Слабакова
Born
Occupation(s)Chair of Applied Linguistics at University of Southampton, Director of CLLEAR
TitleProfessor of Applied Linguistics
PartnerZlatko Angelov
Awardsmember of NASL, RNSSL
Academic background
EducationBA-MA, Sofia University; PhD, McGill University
Alma materMcGill University
Doctoral advisorLydia White
Academic work
Disciplinelanguage acquisitionist, linguist
Sub-disciplineacquisition of semantics
InstitutionsUniversity of Southampton
Notable worksSecond Language Acquisition, Telicity in the Second Language
Notable ideasThe Bottleneck Hypothesis, The Scalpel Model
WebsiteSlabakova's website

Roumyana Slabakova (Bulgarian: Румяна Слабакова) is a linguist specializing in the theory of second language acquisition (SLA), particularly acquisition of semantics, and its practical implications for teaching and studying languages.