1. Curriculum Vitae
Tomislav Socanac
Date of birth: 19.08. 1984 Place of birth: Zagreb, Croatia
Nationality: Croatian, EU Place of residence: Geneva, Switzerland
Residence permit: ‘Formation avec activité’, allowing full-time work
1227 Acacias, Geneva12,Route des Acacias,:Address
078/734 21 61:numberTelephone
tsocanac@yahoo.com:mail-E
Education
Jun 2003: High school diploma, Classical Gymnasium, Zagreb, Croatia
Jun 2005: Demi-licence in Political Science at the Faculty of Social and Economic
Sciences, Geneva University
Jun 2009: Bachelor degrees in English language and Spanish language at the Faculty
of Letters, Geneva University
Jun 2010: Master degree in English language at the Faculty of Letters, Geneva University
2010-2016: Doctoral studies at the Geneva University, Linguistics Department (thesis
defense due in autumn, 2016)
Jun 2011: Certificate of specialization in Linguistics
Jan 2012: Defended pre-doctoral thesis

2. Professional activities and academic posts
Aug 2009 - May 2010: Educational counselor at the private American ‘University
of Business and International Studies’, Geneva
Jul 2010 - Dec 2012: Doctoral candidate and research assistant at the Linguistics
Department, Geneva University, working as part of a Swiss
National Science Foundation (SNSF) funded project
2013: Visiting scholar at the Linguistics and Philosophy
Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT), USA, SNSF-funded
2014-2015: Research assistant at the Linguistics Department, Geneva
University, SNSF-funded
2015-2016: Teaching assistant at the English Department, Geneva
University
Published scientific articles and reviews
2011: ‘Subjunctive in Serbian/Croatian’, Generative Grammar in Geneva, 7
(scientific article)
2012: ‘Subjunctive complements in Serbian/Croatian: Distributional issues’,
Generative Grammar in Geneva, 8 (scientific article)
2014: The Theta System: Argument Structure at the Interface, Martin
Everaert et al. (eds.) (book review)
2016: ‘Subjunctive complements in Balkan languages: Problems of
distribution’, Balkan Linguistics Volume, Mouton de Gruyter (scientific
article currently under peer review)
Published translations
* Forensic Linguistics, a book by John Olsson, translated from English to Croatian
* ‘Word formation and Croatian purism’, an article by Branko Tosovic, translated from
Serbian to English

3. Major activities within my engagement at the Geneva University
 Teaching English language and linguistics to students at the undergraduate level
Courses taught: - Introduction to English Syntax (Autumn Semester, 2015)
- Practical Introduction to English Language and Linguistics
(Spring Semester, 2016)
 Writing scientific articles, reviews, scientific and professional reports etc.
 Participating and giving talks at international conferences, including the
International Congress of Linguists, held in Geneva (2013), and the meeting of the
European Linguistics Society, held in Split, Croatia (2013), among many others
 Conference organization at the Geneva University; Head organizer (with Lena
Baunaz) of the SWIGG 7 conference in 2012
 Coeditor (with Lena Baunaz) of the linguistics volume Generative Grammar in
Geneva, 8, published in 2013
Rewards and grants
 Arditti Prize in Letters for the best MA thesis, for my work entitled ‘English wh-
questions and the syntax of focus’ (2012)
 SNSF mobility grant for a year of research at MIT, USA (2013)
Additional abilities:
 Language proficiency:
Active knowledge: English (2nd
language), French (3rd
language), Spanish (4th
language), Croatian and Serbian (native proficiency)
Passive knowledge: Italian, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

4.  Extensive research experience (both in-depth library research and quick internet
research) and the ability to write reports, articles, reviews, and other types of texts
and documents in a quick and efficient manner
 Literacy in computer programs: extensive experience with MS Word and
PowerPoint; limited experience with Trados and MS Excel
 Experience working in international, multilingual and multicultural settings