Katarzyna Wojtylak
Dr. Katarzyna (Kasia) Wojtylak is an Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw. She holds a PhD in Anthropological Linguistics from James Cook University, awarded in 2017, and her dissertation, A Grammar of Murui (Bue), was published with Brill in 2020. Her research is grounded in extensive fieldwork conducted between 2010 and 2017 among speakers of Murui, an Indigenous language of southern Colombia and northern Peru.
Dr. Wojtylak’s current research explores the complex relationships between areas with high concentrations of biological, linguistic, and cultural diversity, with a particular focus on the Amazon region. She is particularly interested in the dynamics of multilingual societies, the interplay between language contact and typological diversity, and the impact of socioecological factors on language use and vitality. Her work bridges linguistic typology, anthropological linguistics, and ethnographic research, combining data-driven fieldwork with theoretical insights.
Dr. Wojtylak has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Historical Linguistics, Studies in Language, and STUF – Language Typology and Universals, and contributions to volumes published by Oxford University Press, Brill, and De Gruyter Mouton. Her work spans topics such as evidentiality, classifiers, number words, differential object marking, as well as morphosyntactic structures and language documentation, with a strong focus on Indigenous languages of the Amazon and the relationships between linguistic and ecological diversity.
She has also been actively involved in collaborative projects, such as the recently awarded FOSTERLANG Horizon Europe 2024 grant (UW, ELEN), contributing to advancing the understanding of European minority languages. Additionally, she co-edits the Cambridge Elements in Linguistic Diversity series and has co-edited several volumes focusing on linguistic typology.
Dr. Wojtylak’s is passionate about fostering collaborations between Indigenous communities and academic institutions to support language revitalization and sustainability efforts.
For more information, see https://kasiawojtylak.com.
