Brief Academic CV

Curriculum Vitae of Chevãn Van Rooi
University of the Western Cape
&
Utrecht University
c.c.vanrooi@uu.nl | chevanvanrooi@gmail.com 

Research Interests

• Afrikaans (morpho-) syntax

• Micorvariation in Afrikaans, with special focus on Kaaps

• Verb movement & the left periphery of the clause

• Variation in adpositional phrases

Education

1. (Joint) PhD Linguistics. In Progress. University of the Western Cape and Utrecht University.

2. MA Linguistics (Sociosyntax). 2022. The sociosyntax of verb-second and verb-third placement in Manenberg Kaaps. Supervisors: Dr Erin Pretorius and Prof Theresa Biberauer. University of the Western Cape (UWC)

3. Advanced 120 Hour TEFL Course. Teaching English as a Foreign Language (all age groups). Teach TEFL, Accreditat Accreditation.

4. Emerging Leaders Programme. The Office of Leadership and Social Responsibility, University of the Western Cape. Modules (inter alia): Introduction to leadership, Teamwork, Running an Organisation, Conflict Management, Social Responsibility.

5. Bachelor of Arts Honours: Linguistics. 2019. (Cum Laude – “with distinction”). University of the Western Cape (UWC).

6. Bachelor of Arts: Linguistics and Politics. 2018. (Cum Laude). University of the Western Cape. 

Experience

(TUTORING / TEACHING)

2019-Present (UWC):

• A Linguistics Department General Lecturing Assistant (GLA). 2023. 

• Third Year Class: Multilingualism LCS 311. Tutorials on raising awareness on issues relating to multilingualism, influences of globalisation, features of multilingual communities, multilingualism in the family, challenges around multilingual education, importance of multilingual policies. 2021.

•  Second Year Class: Advanced Studies on Design Features LCS 222. Tutorials on phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax in the LCS 121 course. 2019-2020.

• First Year Class: Language & Communication Studies LCS 121. Tutorials introducing the basics of articulatory phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax. 2019.

(RA)

2021-Present (UWC)

• Research Assistant: A spatial multimodal analysis of Langa, Khayelitsha and Mitchell’s Plain. Project leader: Felix Banda. Funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF). Project cycle: January 2020 – December 2022. 

• Research Assistant: The Syntactic Ecology of Kaaps. Project leader: Erin Pretorius. Funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF). Project cycle: 1 January 2019  - 31 December 2021.

(Reviewing)

2021 (WAT, Stellenbosch)

• Reviewer: Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT). Co-editor: Dr Gerda Odendaal. www.wat.co.za  

Publications

(Peer Reviewed)

• In Progress. With Erin Pretorius. P-Drop in Kaaps expressions of  accompaniment.

• In Progress. With Erin Pretorius. (Re-)Categorising saam: Variation and change in Kaaps comitative PPs.

Talks / Conferences

1. 2023. God praat Afrikaans (oek): an introduction to Kaaps. 3 August 2023. In Harmonie. La Motte, Franschhoek.

2. 2023. A split-CP approach to verb-second (V2) and verb-third (V3) in Manenberg Kaaps. 24 February 2023. KU Leuven: CRISSP Seminar. Belgium. 

3. 2022. A brief overview of the verb-second (V2) and verb-third (V3) profile of Manenberg Kaaps. 19 December 2022. Meertens Instituut. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 

4. 2022. A glimpse of the verb-second (V2) and verb-third (V3) profile of Manenberg Kaaps. 28 October 2022. SALN Webinar. University of the Free state. 

5. 2022. With Felix Banda. A spatial multimodal analysis of the legacy of the apartheid built environment: analysing the effects on a Mitchell's Plain family. 22 September 2022. ALASA. University of the Western Cape. 

6. 2021. Verb third in Manenberg Kaaps: initial explorations. 2 December 2021. SAWMOP 9. University of the Western Cape. 

7. 2021. With Erin Pretorius. The grammaticalization of saam in Kaaps Afrikaans comitative PPs. 19 April 2021. Utrecht University: Syntax Interface.

8. 2020. Pretorius, E., Van Rooi, C. (Re-)Categorising saam: Variation & change in Kaaps Afrikaans comitative PPs. November. University of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, United States of America . Virtual.

9. 2020. Pretorius, E., Van Rooi, C. Grammaticalisation in Kaaps Afrikaans comitative expressions: Specifier-to-head reanalysis in the extended prepositional domain. September. CRISSP Seminar. Brussels, Belgium. Virtual. 

10. 2020. Pretorius, E., Van Rooi, C. Grammaticalisation in Kaaps Afrikaans comitative expressions: Specifier-to-head reanalysis in the extended prepositional domain. August. Lunchtime Linguistics Seminar. Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Virtual. 

11. 2020. Clausal Word Order Variation, Meaning, and Social Value in Kaaps. Kaaps Symposium. March. University of the Western Cape, South Africa. 

12. 2019. Distribution of P: A focus on met and saam in Kaaps. A third year guest lecture. August. University of Witwatersrand University, South Africa.  

13.  2019. Biberauer, T., Pretorius, E., Butoni, F.,  Van Rooi, C. Microvariation in the Afrikaans pronominal system: Complexification in Kaaps. Morphosyntactic Microvariation Workshop. July. University of the Free State, South Africa. 

14. 2019. Butoni, F., Pretorius, E., Van Rooi, C. First-phase data collection on the SEcoKa project. SEcoKa Autumn School. 1-5 April. University of the Western Cape, South Africa. 

Service and Community Engagement

1. 2023. An opinion piece: why Afrikaans should stay. 30 January. Spectrum, The Netherlands. 

2. 2023. Interviewed by Prof Margriet van der waal on Kaaps and Êrens innie Toekoms. 28 January. Zuid-Afrika Huis' New Year's reception. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 

3. 2022. Getting to know Kaaps: a speaker and researcher's take. 26 October. Spectrum, The Netherlands. 

4. 2021. Short Film. Êrens innie Toekoms. With Jaak Erasmus and Tamzyn-Lee Van Rooi. Western Cape, South Africa.

5. 2021. Session Chair. SAMWOP 9. 3 December. University of the Western Cape. Bellville, South Africa.

6. 2021. On the organising committee. The 9th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP 9). University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa

7. 2020. Newspaper interview. On creating awareness around Kaaps. Madi Pieterse: Swartland Joernaal. 1 December. Hopefield, South Africa.

8. 2020. Keynote address: Rotaract Read-Alert day. 26 September. Athlone High School Library, South Africa.

9. 2020. On the organising committee. Kaaps Symposium. Postgraduate students and staff members from the Linguistics and Afrikaans departments at UWC present and discuss their research with the aim of future collaboration.

10. 2020. Screenplay on Kaaps. Êrens innie Toekoms. Accepted by Naak Films, Production Company. 24 May. Cape Town, South Africa.

11. 2019. Keynote address: Grade 12 prize giving. 18 September. Malibu High School, South Africa. 2019. Radio interview. Academic Literacy. Sue Pyler. RSG. 5 June. Gauteng, South Africa.

12. 2019. Television interview. Academic Literacy. Graig-Lee Vernon Smith. Nuusdag om 8: Channel 105, Open View. 26 April, 20:00. Cape Town, South Africa.

13. 2019. Television interview. Academic Literacy. Natalie Malgas. Open News: Channel 120, Open View. 26 April, 17:00. Cape Town, South Africa.

14. 2019. Radio interview. Academic Literacy (in Poorer communities such as Eeste River). Irma G Miller Show: Heart FM. 24 April. Cape Town, South Africa.

15. 2019. On the organising committee. The Syntactic Ecology of Kaaps (SEcoKa) Autumn School. 1-5 April: School of Public Health, UWC campus. Guest lecturers: Prof Theresa Biberauer (Cambridge) and Dr Sheena Shah (Hamburg).

16. 2019. Principle Founder. Faithful to Dreams Academic Centre (FDAC), an academic programme for school learners. January. Heather Park, Eerste River, South Africa.

Awards / Achievements

1. 2023: Dean's Merit List for top academic achievement.

2. 2022: Awarded NRF-Nuffic PhD Scholarship. 

3. 2022: Awarded Zuid-Afrika Huis (The Netherlands) PhD Scholarship.

4. 2020: Award for Best Honours Student, Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

5. 2020: Dean's Merit List for top academic achievement.

6. 2020: Invitation to become a member of the Golden Key  International Honours Society for top academic achievement. 

7. 2019: Awarded Baden-Württemberg (Germany) Master's Scholarship.

8. 2019: Invitation to become a member of the Golden Key International Honours Society for top academic achievement.

9. 2019: Dean's Merit List for top academic achievement.

10. 2018: Awarded a UWC academic bursary.

Attended Schools, workshops & conferences

1. 2023: Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap (LOT) Summer School. 10-15 July. Utrecht University. The Netherlands

2. 2023: Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap (LOT) Winter School. 16-20 January. University of Amsterdam. The Netherlands. 

3. 2021: Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop. 2-4 December. University of the Western Cape. South Africa.

4. 2020: Kaaps Symposium. 13 March. University of the Western Cape,  South Africa.

5. 2019: Workshop on Morphosyntactic Microvariation. 19 July. University of the Free State, South Africa. 

6. 2019: Training Workshop on Language Documentation and Analysis.  17-18 July. University of the Free State, South Africa.

7. 2019: African Linguistics School. 30 June – 13 July. Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.

8. 2019: SEcoKa Autumn School. 1-5 April. University of the Western Cape, South Africa.