Ioannis Iliopoulos
Biography
Since August 2021: Researcher in the B04 project “Bilingual Processing Ability as a Predictor for Language Learning“ of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1287 “Variability in Language” at the University of Potsdam.
Since March 2020: PhD student at the Potsdam Research Institute for Multilingualism (PRIM), under the supervision of PD Dr. Claudia Felser.
March 2020 – August 2021: Research assistant at the Potsdam Research Institute for Multilingualism (PRIM), University of Potsdam.
2018: MA in German Studies in Cultural Comparison with a specialization in “Language and Cognition,” University of Heidelberg, Institute of German as a Foreign Language Philology, Faculty of Modern Languages, Germany.
2013: MA in German Language and Philology – Linguistics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of German Philology, Greece.
2011: 4-year university degree (BA equivalent) in German Language and Philology, specializing in Linguistics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of German Philology, Greece.
2009–2010: Erasmus semester at the University of Cologne, Germany.
Doctoral project
For my PhD project, "Constraint Sensitivity in L1 and L2: A Within-Subject Investigation of Non-Local Dependencies", I examined how grammatical and non-grammatical constraints shape L1 and L2 sentence comprehension and processing in both languages of L1 German / L2 English bilinguals. The project aimed not only to explore group-level differences across L1 and L2, but also to investigate whether bilinguals’ sensitivity to these constraints remains stable across languages, or whether it is modulated by language status or other factors such as L2 proficiency. To examine this, I focused on two types of non-local dependencies: cataphoric pronouns and filler-gap dependencies.
Conference presentations
Iliopoulos, I. & Felser, C. (2025). Individual Differences in Bilinguals’ Brain Responses to Filler-Gap Dependency Violations. Talk presented at the Language Learning roundtable “Cognitive Neuroscience of Individual Differences in Adult Language Learning: Future Directions,” University of Illinois Chicago, USA, 22–23 May.
Iliopoulos, I. & Felser, C. (2024). Linking Offline Judgements and ERP Responses in the L1 and L2 Processing of Filler-Gap Dependencies. Talk presented at the 5th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children, Swansea University, UK, 23–24 May.
Iliopoulos, I. & Felser, C. (2024). Constraint Interaction in L1 and L2 Cataphoric Pronoun Resolution: C-command and Event Construal. Poster presented at the Conference on Multilingualism (COM 2024), Aix-Marseille University, France, 10–12 June.
Iliopoulos, I. & Felser, C. (2024). Bilinguals’ Brain Responses to Selectional and Subcategorization Violations During the Processing of Unbounded Dependencies. Talk presented at the 26th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Thessaloniki, Greece, 19–21 April.
Iliopoulos, I. & Felser, C. (2022). Aspectual Backgrounding Facilitates Condition C Violation in L1 and L2 Comprehension. Poster presented at the Workshop on L2 Sentence and Discourse Processing, University of Cologne, Germany, 18 November.
Iliopoulos, I. & Felser, C. (2022). Aspectual Backgrounding Facilitates Condition C Violation in L1 and L2 Comprehension. Poster presented at GASLA 16, Trondheim, Norway, 12–14 May.
Iliopoulos, I. & Felser, C. (2021). Pragmatic Factors Facilitate Condition C Violations Cross-Linguistically. Talk presented at the 12th International Conference of Experimental Linguistics, Athens, Greece, 11–13 October.
Iliopoulos, I. (2017). Die Verbalisierung von Bewegungsereignissen im Griechischen bei bilingualen griechisch-deutschen und monolingualen griechischen Erwachsenen (Lexicalization of Motion Events by Greek-German Heritage Speakers). Talk presented at the 2nd Meeting of Young Germanists, University of Athens, November 2017, Athens, Greece.