Odysseas Myresiotis Alivertis
PhD supervisors:
Address
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School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences
Dugald Stewart Building
3 Charles Street - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AD
Background
I’m interested in how social context, especially other people’s knowledge and perspectives, shapes the way we process language. My research uses behavioural and EEG/ERP methods and is funded by the UKRI (AHRC).
Qualifications
MSc Linguistics (University of Edinburgh) - Distinction
BA Classics and German (University of Oxford)
Undergraduate teaching
In 2025/26 I tutored on Second Language Acquisition (Honours) (LASC10030)
I have previously tutored on First Language Acquisition (Honours) (LASC10029) and Second Language Acquisition (LASC10030).
Postgraduate teaching
I have previously tutored on Quantitative Methods in Linguistics and English Language (MSc) (LASC11187)
Research summary
My research focuses on psycho- and neurolinguistics, particularly lexico-semantic processing, pragmatics, perspective-taking and Theory of Mind, "alter-centric" cognition, the influence of social context on language processing, and bilingualism. I use behavioural and EEG/ERP methods.