Prof. Dr. Elinor Haddad

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeneral and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages,Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics
KeywordsBilingualism, Arabic linguistics, English as a second language, Bidialectalism/Diglossia, Linguistics of literacy acquisition
Honours and awards

2003: International Literacy Award

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityBerlin
InstitutionGeisteswissenschaftliche Zentren Berlin e.V. (GWZ)
InstituteLeibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Natalia GagarinaLeibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Geisteswissenschaftliche Zentren Berlin e.V. (GWZ), Berlin
Prof. Dr. Natalia GagarinaGeisteswissenschaftliche Zentren Berlin e.V. (GWZ), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2026

Programme(s)

2026Humboldt Research Award Programme (Global Minds Initiative Germany)

Nominator's project description

Professor Haddad has made outstanding contributions to research on language and literacy development. She has shown how differences between spoken dialects and standard language influence reading acquisition, especially for Arabic-speaking children. Her work has broadened international literacy research by highlighting the importance of multilingual and bidialectal learning contexts. During her stay in Germany, she will pursue further research into developmental language and reading disorders.