Neige ROCHANT
PhD in Linguistics
Thesis defended at Sorbonne Nouvelle University, on december 07, 2023: “A Bilectal Grammar of Baga Pukur, An Atlantic Language of Guinea” [Grammaire bilectale du baga pukur, une langue atlantique de Guinée] (under the supervision of Sebastian Fedden, LACITO/Sorbonne Nouvelle, and Guillaume Segerer, LLACAN)
Research topics
- Linguistic description and documentation
- Field linguistics
- Diachrony and typology of Atlantic languages (Niger-Congo phylum)
- Diachrony and typology of valency and valency change
- Diachrony and typology of Andic languages (Nakh-Daghestanian family)
- Valency change in Andi
Research at LACITO
- LACITO research operations:
Terrains, Analyses, et Comparaison des Langues - Organizer of the PhD practical seminar (LACITO/LLACAN)
Keywords
Atlantic languages – linguistic description – linguistic documentation – field linguistics – Guinea – Andic languages – Nakh-Daghestanian languages – morphosyntax – valency change – Baga Pukur – Andi
Education
— 2019 : ENS diploma (Paris)
— 2018 : Master’s degree in Linguistics (INaLCO)
— 2015 : Bachelor’s degree in Russian studies (INaLCO)
Other websites
Publications
- Rochant, Neige (2019). “Lability in Andi”, Acta Linguistica Petropolitana: Transactions of the Institute for Linguistic Studies 15(2). Saint-Pétersbourg : Russian Academy of Science – Institute of Linguistics (IJaz RAN). 229-264. pdf.
Academic work
- Rochant, Neige (2018). “Transitivation et détransitivation dans le Caucase: Description de procédés de changement de valence dans un dialecte andi” [Transitivization and detransitivization in the Caucasus: description of valency change operations in Andi], Master’s thesis under the supervision of Agnes Korn and Matteo De Chiara (INaLCO), summa cum laude (20/20).
Communications
- 23 oct. 2019 « Why does Andi the causative suffix agree in number? », Caucasian Languages: Typology and Diachrony, Moscou : Académie des Sciences de Russie, Institut de Linguistique (IJaz RAN).
- 4 sept. 2019 « Causatives which do not cause: Refining the typology with the case of Andi (Nakh-Daghestanian) », 13th Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology, Pavie : Université de Pavie.
- 14 sept. 2018 « P-Labile verbs in Andi: a two-phase emergence? », 48th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań : Université Adam Mickiewicz.
- 5 sept. 2018 « Alignment in the Andic languages: towards a definition of transitivity in Zilo », Syntax of the World’s Languages VIII, Paris : Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INaLCO). avec H. Gérardin.
- 23-25 November 2017 Labile verbs in Andi (Zilo dialect) — Pour : 14th Conference on Typology and Grammar for Young Scholars — Saint-Petersburg: Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ILI RAN).
- 28-30 November 2017 The semantics of the causative marker ʁə- in Kuban Kabardian — Pour : Valency and valency change in the Caucasus — Moscow: Center for the Languages of the Caucasus, National Research University Higher School of Economics, & Department of Caucasian Languages at the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
- 12-14 april 2017 ROCHANT Neige, VERHEES Samira — The (auxiliary) verb b-iʁidu in Andi — Pour : Historical linguistics of the Caucasus — Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études & Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
- 18-22 April 2016 Семантика каузативного маркера ʁə- в кубанском диалекте кабардино-черкесского языка [The semantics of the causative marker ʁə- in Kuban Kabardian] — Pour : Annual students’ conference of the Faculty of Philology — Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University.