Robert Kiełtyka Ph.D.

Academic achievements

Robert Kiełtyka

Present position and title: Associate professor, dr hab.

Education:

 

Dates

University

Degree

Field of specialization

November 2014

Pavol J. Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia

Philosophical Faculty

Post-doctoral degree –

dr hab.

English linguistics

(Habilitationsschrift: On Various Faces and Facets of Animal Metaphor in English and Polish defended in September 2014)

June 2007

University of Rzeszów, Poland

Philological Faculty

Doctor’s degree with distinction

English linguistics

(Doctoral dissertation: Towards a Historical Account of English Zoosemy: The Case of Middle English and Early Modern English DOMESTICATED ANIMALS defended in June 2007)

June 2001

Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

English Department

Master’s degree

English linguistics

(Master’s thesis: Vocalic Length in Selected Languages defended in June 2001)

June 1998

Higher Pedagogical University in Rzeszów, Poland

BA degree

English Lingusitics

(BA thesis: Aitken’s Law: The Scottish Vowel Length Rule defended in June 1998)

 

Areas of research: historical linguistics; cognitive linguistics; morphology-semantics borderline

Publications

 

Books:

 

1) Kiełtyka, R. (2008) On Zoosemy: The Study of Middle English and Early Modern English DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego.

 

2) Kiełtyka, R., G.A. Kleparski (2013) The Rudiments of the History of English. Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego.

 

3) Kiełtyka, R. (2016) On Various Faces and Facets of Animal Metaphor in English and Polish. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.

 

Edited volumes:

1) Kleparski, G.A., R. Kiełtyka and M. Pikor-Niedziałek (eds) (2007) Aspects of Semantic Transposition of Words. Chełm: TAWA.

 

2) Kiełtyka, R., D. Osuchowska, E. Rokosz-Piejko (eds) (2008) Language, Literature, Culture and Beyond. Festschrift for Grzegorz A. Kleparski on his 50th Birthday. Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego.

 

3) Kleparski, G.A., R. Kiełtyka, P. Cymbalista, K. Pytel (eds) (2009) In Medias Res: Studia Resoviensia in Lingua et Letteris. Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo Promar International.

 

4) Kleparski, G.A., R. Kiełtyka, E. Więcławska-Szymańska (eds) (2009) Galicia Teachings in Linguistics. Mielec: NKJO w Mielcu, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego.

 

5) Kleparski, G.A., R. Kiełtyka (eds) (2010) Podkarpackie forum filologiczne: Kierunki Badawcze filologii na Podkarpaciu. Jarosław: Wydawnictwo PWSZ w Jarosławiu.

 

6) Kleparski, G.A., R. Kiełtyka (eds) (2011) Podkarpackie forum filologiczne: Peryferia literatury, języka i kultury. Jarosław: Wydawnictwo PWSTE w Jarosławiu.

 

Editor of a publishing series:

Kiełtyka, R., A. Uberman Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang (http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=series&pk=42037&concordeid=LALC).

 

Papers:

 

1) Kiełtyka, R. and G.A. Kleparski (2003) ‘The role of teaching phonology at the college/university level’ [in:] G.A. Kleparski (ed.) The Do’s and Don’ts of Teaching English at the College/University level. Chełm: NKJO-Chełm Publishers, pp. 38-44.

 

2) Kiełtyka, R. (2003) ‘Aitken’s Law: Some aspects of Scottish vowel lengthening’ [in:] G.A. Kleparski (ed.) Studia Anglica Resoviensia 2, pp. 42-54.

 

3) Kiełtyka, R. and G. A. Kleparski (2005) ‘The scope of English zoosemy: The case of DOMESTICATED ANIMALS’ [in:] G.A. Kleparski (ed.) Studia Anglica Resoviensia 3, pp. 76-87.

 

4) Kiełtyka, R. (2005) ‘The axiological-cognitive analysis of the evaluative developments in the domain of EQUIDAE: A pilot study’ [in:] G.A. Kleparski (ed.) Studia Anglica Resoviensia 3, pp. 59-75.

 

5) Kiełtyka, R. (2005) ‘Zoosemic terms denoting FEMALE HUMAN BEINGS: Semantic derogation of women revisited’ [in:] Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 41, pp. 167-186.

 

6) Kiełtyka, R. and G.A. Kleparski (2005) ‘The ups and downs of the Great Chain of Being: The case of canine zoosemy in the history of English’ [in:] SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics 2, pp. 22-41.

 

7) Kiełtyka, R. and G.A. Kleparski (2007) ‘On cognitively motivated semantic change:

The case of Middle English and Early Modern English canine zoosemy” [in:] P. Stalmaszczyk, I. Witczak-Plisiecka (eds) PASE Studies in Linguistics. Łódź: Łódź University Press, pp. 107-120.

 

8) Kiełtyka, R. (2007) ‘Metafora kiedyś i dzisiaj’ [in:] E. Komorowska, A. Krzanowska (eds) Świat Słowian w języku i kulturze VIII. Językoznawstwo: leksykologia, frazeologia. Szczecin: Print Group, pp. 141-148.

 

9) Kiełtyka, R. and G.A. Kleparski (2007) ‘On Indo-European nature of Non-Indo-European metaphor: The case of Chinese zoosemy’. Studia Anglica Resoviensia 4, pp. 88-99.

 

10) Kiełtyka, R. (2007) ‘Dark horses, fat cats and lucky dogs: A synthetic view of English zoosemy’ [in:] G.A. Kleparski, R. Kiełtyka, M. Pikor-Niedziałek (ed.) Aspects of Semantic Transposition of Words, Chełm: TAWA, pp. 43-55.

 

11) Kiełtyka, R. (2008) ‘Cognitive theory of metaphor: Past achievements, modern terminology?’ [in:] R. Kiełtyka, D. Osuchowska, E. Rokosz-Piejko (eds) English Studies in the 3rd Millenium and Beyond. Festschrift for Grzegorz A. Kleparski on his 50th Birthday, Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, pp. 92-97.

 

12) Kiełtyka, R. (2008) ‘Axiological bias in semantics’ [in:] G.A. Kleparski (ed.) Studia Anglica Resoviensia 5, pp. 36-44.

 

13) Kiełtyka, R. (2008) ‘Towards cognitive and morphological conditioning of  zoosemic developments’ [in:] M. Charzyńska-Wójcik, A. Malicka-Kleparska, J. Wójcik (eds) Language Encounters. Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL, pp. 155-166.

 

14) Kiełtyka, R. (2008) ‘O morfologicznie motywowanej zmianie semantycznej’ [in:] D. Dziadosz, E. Komorowska (eds) Świat Słowian w języku i kulturze. Szczecin: Print Group, pp. 100-105.

 

15) Kiełtyka, R. (2009) ‘A panchronic account of canine verbal zoosemy’ [in:] M. Górecka-Smolińska, G. A. Kleparski, A. Włodarczyk-Stachurska (eds) Galicia Studies in Language. Historical Semantics Brought to the Fore. Chełm: TAWA, pp. 25-36.

 

16) Kiełtyka, R. (2009) ‘On morphology-semantics interface’ [in:] G.A. Kleparski, E. Rokosz-Piejko, A. Uberman (eds) Galicia English Teachings: Old Pitfalls, Changing Attitudes and New Vistas. Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo UR, pp. 51-59.

 

17) Kiełtyka, R. (2009) ‘Zoosemy as a ubiquitous cognitive mechanism’, [in:] G.A. Kleparski, R. Kiełtyka, P. Cymbalista, K. Pytel (eds In Medias Res. Studia Resoviensia in Lingua et Litteris. Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo Promar International, pp. 41-56.

 

18) Kiełtyka, R. (2009) ‘Panchroniczny aspekt zmian znaczeniowych’ [in:] E. Komorowska, Ż. Kozicka-Borysowska (eds) Świat Słowian w języku i kulturze. Szczecin: Volumina.pl, pp. 72-80.

 

19) Kiełtyka, R. (2009) ‘A linguistic picture of HORSE in English, Polish and German’ [in:] G.A. Kleparski, R. Kiełtyka, E. Więcławska-Szymańska (eds) 2009 Mielec Anglistentag: Linguistics in Focus, Mielec: NKJO w Mielcu, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, pp. 38-58.

 

20) Kiełtyka, R. (2010) ‘Zoosemy at work: The conceptual dimension PROFESSION/SOCIAL FUNCTION in focus’ [in:] E. Komorowska, D. Stanulewicz (eds) Język, kultura i świat roślin. Szczecin: Volumina.pl, pp. 141-150.

 

21)  Kiełtyka, R. (2010) ‘Na pograniczu morfologii i semantyki’ [in:] G.A. Kleparski, R. Kiełtyka (eds) Podkarpackie forum filologiczne: Kierunki badawcze filologii na Podkarpaciu. Jarosław: Wydawnictwo PWSZ w Jarosławiu, pp. 117-125.

 

22) Kiełtyka, R., G.A. Kleparski (2010) ‘In search for the conceptual territoriality of zoosemy in a natural language’ [in:] E. Komorowska (ed.) W kręgu koloru, przestrzeni i czasu. Szczecin: Volumina.pl, pp. 153-169.

 

23) Kiełtyka, R. (2010) ‘Selected aspects of zoosemy: The conceptual dimension ORIGIN/SOCIAL STATUS at work’. Philologia Hispalensis 24, http://www.publius.us.es/philologia_hispalensis/indice_contenidos/vol_24, pp. 167-189.

 

24) Kiełtyka, R. (2010) ‘A panchronic account of equine verbal zoosemy’ [in:] SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics [online], vol. 7, no. 3. http://www.skase.sk/Volumes/JTL17/pdf_doc/03, pp. 53-63.

 

25) Kiełtyka, R. (2011) ‘Lucky pigs and (un)wise owls: on the polarisation of the conceptual dimension BEHAVIOUR/CHARACTER [in:] G.A. Kleparski, R. Kiełtyka (eds) Podkarpackie forum filologiczne: Peryferia literatury, języka i kultury. Jarosław: Wydawnictwo PWSTE w Jarosławiu, pp. 145-158.

 

26) Kiełtyka, R. (2011) ‘O kategoryzacji zoosemii czasownikowej’, [in:] Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego. Seria Filologiczna. Glottodydaktyka 3, pp. 82-89.

 

27) Kiełtyka, R. (2011) Review of Szymanek, B. (2010) A Panorama of Polish Word-Formation. Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL, [in:] SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics [online], 2011, vol. 8, no. 1, http://www.skase.sk/Volumes/JTL18/pdf_doc/04.pdf, pp.70-73.

 

28) Kiełtyka, R. (2013) ‘Sniff danger and wietrzyć podstęp: On the categorization of verbal zoosemy’, [in:] Jacek Fisiak & Magdalena Bator (eds). Historical English Word-Formation and Semantics. Frankfurt a/M., New York: Peter Lang, pp. 323-338.

 

29) Kiełtyka, R., G.A. Kleparski (2013) ‘The conceptual dimension SEXUALITY as a typical facet of zoosemy’, [in:] Ostrava Journal of English Philology vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 17-32.

 

30) Kiełtyka, R. (2013) ‘ON POLISH METONYMY-CONDITIONED ZOOSEMY AND ITS UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS’, [in:] Naukovyj Visnyk 192/1, pp. 218-225.

 

31) Kiełtyka, R. (2014) ‘The problem of new types and areas of semantic change: Continued’, [in:] G.A. Kleparski, E. Konieczna, B. Kopecka (eds) The Subcarpathian Studies in English Language, Literature and Culture Volume 1 Linguistics. Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, pp. 52-64.

 

32) Kiełtyka, R. (2014) ‘Zoosemic shifts in Polish’, [in:] Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego. Seria Filologiczna. Glottodydaktyka 6, pp. 39-50.

 

33) Kiełtyka, R. (2015) ‘The theory of the Great Chain of Being (GCB) revisited: The case of GCB-level-conditioned animal terms’, [in:] SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics. Electronic on-line journal. www.skase.sk, pp. 313-330.

 

34) Kiełtyka, R. (2015) ‘On the nominating function of zoosemy: The case of animal names used as human surnames’, [in:] G.A. Kleparski, J. Wesół, A. Włodarczyk-Stachurska (eds) Galicia Studies in Language with Historical Semantics Foregrounded. Chełm: Wydawnictwo TAWA, pp. 53-65.

 

35) Kiełtyka, R. (2015) ‘On metaphorical meanderings of animal vocabulary, [in:] E. Dźwierzyńska and D. Chudyk (eds), Z badań nad językami europejskimi w aspekcie synchronicznym i diachronicznym. Księga jubileuszowa poświęcona Profesor Zofii Czapidze, Szczecin: "Volumina", ISBN: 978-83-7867-319-4, pp. 140-149.

 

36) Kiełtyka, R. (in press) ‘Zoosemy as a type of metaphor: A historical sketch’. Newscastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars.

 

37) Kiełtyka, R. (in press) ‘Verbal zoosemy revisited’ [in:] R. Kiełtyka and A. Uberman (eds), Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.

 

Conference participation:

1) The Do’s and Don’ts of Teaching English at the College/University level. Chełm, April 2003. Paper: ‘The role of teaching phonology at the college/university level’.

2) 14th Annual Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English. Łódź, 4-7 April 2005. Paper: ‘On cognitively motivated semantic change: The case of Middle English and Early Modern English canine zoosemy’.

 

3) 15th Annual Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English. Puławy, April 2006. Paper: ‘Towards cognitive and morphological conditioning of  zoosemic developments’.

 

4) Kongres Młodych Naukowców: Świat Słowian w języku i kulturze. Pobierowo, May 2007. Paper: ‘Metafora kiedyś i dzisiaj’.

 

5) First Rzeszów Anglistentag: English Studies in the 3rd Millenium and Beyond. Rzeszów, October 2007. Paper: ‘Cognitive theory of metaphor: Past achievements, modern terminology?’

 

6) Kongres Młodych Naukowców: Świat Słowian w języku i kulturze. Pobierowo, April 2008. Paper: ‘O morfologicznie motywowanej zmianie semantycznej’.

 

7) Second Anglistentag in Rzeszów: GALICIA ENGLISH TEACHINGS: OLD PITFALLS, CHANGING ATTITUDES AND NEW VISTAS. Rzeszów, March 2009. Paper: ‘On morphology-semantics interface’.

 

8) Kongres Młodych Naukowców: Świat Słowian w języku i kulturze. Pobierowo, April 2009. Paper: ‘Panchroniczny aspekt zmian znaczeniowych’.

 

9) 2009 Mielec Anglistentag. Mielec, October 2009. Paper: ‘A linguistic picture of HORSE in English, Polish and German’.

 

10) Ropczyce Anglistentag, Ropczyce, December 2009. Paper: ‘On cross-cultural zoosemy’

 

11) Podkarpackie forum filologiczne: Kierunki Badawcze filologii na Podkarpaciu. Jarosław, April 2010. Paper: ‘Na pograniczu morfologii i semantyki’.

 

12) 16th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics. Pécs, Hungary, August 2010. Paper: ‘English verbal zoosemy from a panchronic perspective’.

 

13) Podkarpackie forum filologiczne: Peryferia literatury, kultury i języka. Jarosław, March 2011. Paper: ‘Lucky pigs and (un)wise owls: On the crosslinguistic polarization of the conceptual dimension BEHAVIOUR/CHARACTER’.

 

14) Historical English Word-Formation and Semantics. Warszawa, 10-11 December 2011. Paper: ‘Sniff danger and wietrzyć podstęp: On the categorization of verbal zoosemy’.

 

15) Language and Representation: A Polish-Irish Seminar. Dublin, Ireland, April 2012. Paper: ‘The Polarization of the Conceptual Dimension BEHAVIOUR/CHARACTER’

 

16) Dublin Computational Linguistics Research Seminar.
Dublin, Ireland, April 2012. Paper: ‘SOME ASPECTS OF ZOOSEMY: the CROSSLINGUISTIC polarisation of ANIMAL TERMS’

 

17) Universals and Typology in Word-Formation. Kosice, Slovakia, August 2012. Paper: ‘On universality and typology of zoosemy’

 

18) 3rd Rzeszów Anglistentag, 22-23 April, 2013. Paper: ‘The problem of new types and areas of semantic change: Continued’

 

19) Theory and Methodology of Professional Education: Realities and Prospects of 21st Century, 30-31 October, 2013, Kiev, Ukraine. Paper: ‘ON POLISH METONYMY-CONDITIONED ZOOSEMY AND ITS UKRAINIAN COUNTERPART’

 

20) Biennial Conference on the Diachrony of English, Troyes, France, 6-8 July, 2015. Paper: ‘ZOOSEMY AS A TYPE OF METAPHOR: A HISTORICAL SKETCH’.

 

21) Revolution, Evolution and Endurance in the English Language and Anglophone Literature and Culture, 12-13 November, 2015, Uniwersytet Rzeszowski. Referat: ‘Verbal zoosemy revisited’

 

 

 

Lectures delivered abroad:

 

P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia, 17-21 October 2011

Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 23-27 April 2012

Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, 23-27 April 2012

P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia, 14-18 October 2013

 

Citations in the works published by:

 

 

Peter Lang Verlag

Oxford University Press

SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics

Western Michigan University Press

Circulo de Linguistics Aplicada a la Comunicacion

Inozemna Philologia

Studies in Variation, Contacts and Change in English

Philologia

Bibliography of Publications using HTE materials

Studia Anglica Posnaniensia

 

 

 

Project participation/Study visits:

 

1) Project participation: European Civil Protection Exercise EU Carpathex 2011 in response to CBRN incidents. Rzeszów, September 2011. (Grant nr: 070401/2010/580455/SUB/C4)

 

2) A study visit in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, April 2012. (Grant: Budowa potencjału dydaktycznego Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego na poziomie europejskim)

 

3) Project participation: Successful, Friendly and Modern Education: The
Development of Managerial and Teaching Staff Competence in Educational Institutions of the Subcarpathia (Grant cofinanced from European Union Funds, CPV: 80580000-3), Rzeszów, 1st October 2011 – 26th March 2013

 

Conference organisation:

 

1st Rzeszów Anglistentag, Rzeszów, October 2007

Podkarpackie Forum Filologiczne, Jarosław, April 2010

Podkarpackie Forum Filologiczne, Jarosław, March 2011

Edukacja wielokulturowa. Wyzwania – Dylematy – Efekty, Jarosław, April 2013

 

Awards:

 

1) University of Rzeszow Rector’s award for PhD with distinction, 2008

2) Teacher Training College Director’s award, 2009

3) Teacher Training College Director’s award, 2010

 

Membership in Organisations:

 

Member of Polish Association for the Study of English (PASE), 2005-

Member of International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA), 2012-

Member of Slovak Association for the Study of English (SKASE), 2014-

 

 

Membership in Advisory/Editorial Boards:

 

Member of Editorial Board of In Medias Res. Studia Resoviensia in Lingua et Litteris, 2009-

Member of Advisory Board of SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, 2010-

Member of Editorial Board of Podkarpackie Forum Filologiczne, 2010-

Member of Advisory Board of Token: A Journal of English Linguistics, 2013-

Member of Editorial Board of Studia Anglica Resoviensia, 2014-

 

Organisational functions:


Assistant to the Editor of STUDIA ANGLICA RESOVIENSIA, 2008

Head of the English speciality in Teacher Training College in Nisko, 2007-2010

Academic supervisor in Teacher Training College in Dębica appointed by University of Rzeszow, 2008-

Co-editor of Podkarpacke Forum Filologiczne, 2010-

Member of the Institute of English Studies Academic Board (University of Rzeszow), 2009-

Member of the Philological Faculty Academic Board (University of Rzeszow), 2012-

Deputy Head, Institute of English Studies, (University of Rzeszow), 2012-2014

 

PhD reviews:

 

Mgr Jacek Rachfał, The Language of Architecture: in English and in Polish, supervisor Prof. Pius ten Hacken, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia, May 2013

 

Publishing reviews:

 

Review of Chruszczewski, P. (ed.) (2015) Antropologia komunikacji. Od Starożytności do współczesności. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego.