Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Visit my personal website: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/crane/
My research focuses primarily on the semantics and pragmatics of underdescribed Bantu languages, both within particular languages and as typological and contact phenomena. I have particular interest in expressions of tense, aspect, and modality.
My teaching focuses on these phenomena and on the best methods and practices for eliciting them.
Curriculum vitae
2019-present: Academy of Finland Researcher, Accommodating Linguistic Diversity in Conversation: Modal Expressions and Multilingualism in South Africa, University of Helsinki, Finland
2015-2019: Postdoctoral Researcher, Stability and Change in Language Contact: The Case of Southern Ndebele (South Africa), University of Helsinki, Finland
2012-2014: Program Manager, France-Berkeley Fund (coordinating grants for international collaborative research), University of California, Berkeley
January 2012: Chaire internationale of the Bureau des Relations Internationales et de la Coopération, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
August - December 2011: Postdoctoral Researcher, Grammaticalization and (Inter)Subjectification Project Belgian Federal Science Policy Office Inter-University Attraction Poles Programme, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
Education information
PhD, Linguistics, May 2011, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation: Beyond time: temporal and extra-temporal functions of tense and aspect marking in Totela, a Bantu language of Zambia
Larry Hyman & Lynn Nichols (co-chairs); Line Mikkelsen; Alan Timberlake
Education/Academic qualification
Linguistics, PhD, Beyond time: temporal and extra-temporal functions of tense and aspect marking in Totela, a Bantu language of Zambia, University of California, Berkeley
May 2008 → 13 May 2011
Award Date: 13 May 2011
Linguistics, MA, University of California, Berkeley
Award Date: 18 May 2007
External positions
Postdoctoral Researcher, Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale / Royal Museum for Central Africa
Aug 2011 → Dec 2011
Fields of Science
- 6121 Languages
- African Languages
- Bantu languages
- 6160 Other humanities
- Linguistics
- Semantics and Pragmatics
- Contact linguistics
- Tense and aspect
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Constituency, imbrication, and the interpretation of change-of-state verbs in isiNdebele
Crane, T. M. & Fanego, A., Nov 2020, In: Studia Orientalia Electronica. 8, 3, p. 43–64Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Totela K41
Crane, T., 2019, The Bantu Languages: Second edition. Van de Velde, M., Bostoen, K., Nurse, D. & Philippson, G. (eds.). 2 ed. London–New York: Routledge, p. 645-691 47 p. (Language Families).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Lexical structures, lexical semantics
Crane, T. M., 2021, (Accepted/In press) The Oxford Guide to the Bantu Languages. Marten, L., Kula, N., Hurst, E. & Zeller, J. (eds.). Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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The roles of dissociative and (non-)completive morphology in structuring Totela (Bantu) narratives
Crane, T. M., 2015, Beyond Aspect: The expression of discourse functions in African languages. Payne, D. L. & Shirtz, S. (eds.). John Benjamins, p. 145-176 32 p. (Typological Studies in Language; vol. 109).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Melodic tone in Totela TAM
Crane, T., 2014, In: Africana Linguistica. 20, p. 63-79Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Stability and Change in Language Contact: The Case of Southern Ndebele (South Africa)
Fleisch, A. (Project manager), Aunio, L. (Project manager), Schulz, S. (Participant) & Crane, T. M. (Participant)
01/09/2014 → 31/03/2020
Project: Research project
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Kielellisen monimuotoisuuden mukautuminen keskustelussa: modaali-ilmaukset ja monikielisyys Etelä-Afrikassa
Crane, T. M. (Project manager), Carrier-Bordeleau, S. (Participant) & Valosaari, S. V. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2022 → 12/05/2026
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Research Fellow's research expenses
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Accommodating Linguistic Diversity in Conversation: Modal Expressions and Multilingualism in South Africa
Crane, T. M. (Project manager)
01/11/2019 → 12/04/2026
Project: Research project
Datasets
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Dataset on Modal (Im)possibility in isiNdebele, isiZulu, siSwati, Xitsonga, and isiXhosa
Crane, T. M. (Creator), Mabena, M. P. (Creator), Sibisi, M. (Creator), Nkwinika, C. (Creator), Lubambo, R. (Creator) & Slater, O. (Creator), Helsinki, 2024
Dataset
Activities
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Gothenburg
Crane, T. M. (Visiting researcher)
27 Feb 2018 → 3 Mar 2018Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
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Public PhD defense, Hilde Gunnink, A Grammar of Fwe
Crane, T. M. (Opponent), Devos, M. (Opponent), Kula, N. (Opponent), Van de Velde, M. (Opponent), Bostoen, K. (Supervisor), Meeuwis, M. (Supervisor) & Slembrouck, S. (Other role (describe in more detail in "Relation description, notes" field))
9 Mar 2018Activity: Examination types › Opponent of doctoral dissertation
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Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale / Royal Museum for Central Africa
Crane, T. M. (Visiting researcher)
8 Mar 2018Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
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Descriptive grammars and typology
Crane, T. M. (Member of organizing committee)
Oct 2017 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Evaluating approaches to aspect in Bantu
Crane, T. M. (Speaker)
1 Mar 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Letter to editor: Outstanding graduates of Coatesville High School
17/02/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media