Dr. Anastasia Makarova

Professor

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Biography

Anastasia Makarova is a Professor at Uppsala University specializing in theoretical linguistics with an additional focus on psycholinguistics and Russian linguistics. Her scholarly interests encompass a broad spectrum, including Russian aspect, aktionsart, deictic words, language change, and error analysis in spontaneous speech and language acquisition. She is committed to empirical studies framed within cognitive linguistics, using various data types and methods, including linguistic experiments and corpus data. Dr. Makarova primarily utilizes the Russian National Corpus and parallel corpora of Slavic languages, such as the ParaSol and the Czech National Corpus, for her comparative diachronic studies. She employs quantitative methods and extensively uses statistical software R. Dr. Makarova is dedicated to publicly archiving data and statistical code to enhance the availability of research results and ensure research integrity and validity.

Research Interests

Requirements for Uppsala University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:5.5
Reading
Required:5.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Writing
Required:20
Total
Required:90
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen (180 ECTS) 90 credits in a subject relevant to the specific program
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate and diploma
  • Official transcripts of records
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Copy of passport photo page
  • Statement of Purpose (for most programs)
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application Summary Sheet (if required by department)
Specialization Notes

General Master's requirements applying across Science, Technology, and Humanities departments.