Anastasia Yakovleva
- Associate Professor:Faculty of Humanities / School of Linguistics
- Research Fellow:Linguistic Convergence Laboratory
- Anastasia Yakovleva has been at HSE University since 2017.
Responsibilities
PhD project on diachronic development of Greek spatial terms
Study of morphological varation in diglossic situation (Greek)
Education and Degrees
- 2021
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
HSE University - 2017
Master's in Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
HSE University - 2015
Degree in Philology
Lomonosov Moscow State University
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
HSE Academic Writing Centre: Online course "Introduction to Academic Writing", 10.10.2018-14.11.2018
Internship in CNRS (LLACAN and LACITO), Paris, France. September-November 2019, supported by Labex EFL Mobility Grant for PhD students in linguistics
HSE Academic Writing Centre: Online course "Basics of writing an empirical research article", 1.04.2020-15.05.2020
HSE Academic Writing Centre: Online course "Writing Academic Articles: Strengthening Your Chances for Publication", 31.03.2022-19.05.2022
Awards and Accomplishments
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2023

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers under 30" (2018-2019)
Courses (2023/2024)
- Academic writing (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Eng
- Academic Writing (Russian) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Ancient Languages (Latin and Old Slavonic) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Ancient Greek" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Academic writing (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Eng
- Academic Writing (Russian) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Ancient Languages (Latin and Old Slavonic) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Ancient Greek" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Academic Writing (Russian) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Ancient Languages (Latin and Old Slavonic) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research and Design seminar "Linguistic projects" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Ancient Greek" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Academic Writing (Russian) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Ancient Languages (Latin and Old Slavonic) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2017/2018)
Dissertation for a degree of Candidate of Science
A. Yakovleva Greek spatial terms in diachrony: right/left, cardinal directions
Publications3
- Article Budennaya E., Litvintseva K., Yakovleva A. God knows how it turns out: on three constructions including Bog ‘God’, čert ‘devil’ and some taboo words in the Russian language over the last three centuries // Jazykovedny Casopis. 2023. Vol. 3. P. 1-11. (in press)
- Article Chechuro I., Yakovleva A. Spatial Semantics: Recent Advances // Voprosy Jazykoznanija. 2019. No. 3. P. 125-142. doi
- Chapter Yakovleva A. The many ways to find "right" and "left" in Katharevousa Greek, in: TyLex Summer School Abstract Book. , 2017. P. 54-55.
Conferences
- 2019Антропология. Фольклористика. Социолингвистика. (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Греческая диглоссия: корпусное исследование стратегий маркирования пространственных отношений
- Neglected Aspect of Motion Events Description (On Fictive Motion in Language) (Париж). Presentation: Cardinal points and fictive motion strategies: a diachronic perspective
- 14th International Conference on Greek Linguistics (ICGL14) (Патры). Presentation: Mixed categories in Modern Greek: The case of spatial adverbs
- 2018
9th International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics (ICAGL 9) (Хельсинки). Presentation: The impact of cartography on cardinal direction terms: evidence from Ancient Greek data
- 8-я конференция «Типология морфосинтаксических параметров» (Москва). Presentation: Изменение модели управления новогреческих пространственных наречий