Ilia Afanasev, BA MA
1090 Wien
Raum : 2P-O1-23
Lehrveranstaltungen
Wintersemester 2026
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480125 UE Sprachwissenschaftliche Übung - Systembasierte und gebrauchsbasierte Ansätze zur ostslawischen Syntax
Sommersemester 2026
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480055 KO Sprachwissenschaftliches Konversatorium - Einführung in die ostslawische Lexikologie und Lexikographie
Wintersemester 2025
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480125 KO Sprachwissenschaftliches Konversatorium: Russisch und Ukrainisch - Mehrsprachigkeit im ostslawischen Raum: Kontakt- und soziolinguistische Aspekte
Publikationen
Afanasev, I 2026, 'Language distance: The evolution of an idea', Dialectologia, S. 1 - 29. https://doi.org/10.1344/DIALECTOLOGIA.37.1
Afanasev, I 2026, TransVar: the Corpus for Variation and Change Study of the Historical Transcarpathian lects. in A Anasastasopoulos, S Markantonatou, A Ralli, M Zampieri, S Bompolas & V Stamou (Hrsg.), Proceedings of Workshop on Dialects in NLP — A Resource Perspective (DialRes) @ LREC 2026: Workshop Proceedings. European Language Resources Association (ELRA), S. 195 - 208, Workshop on Dialects in NLP, Palma de Mallorca, Spanien, 16/05/26. <http://lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2026/workshops/dialres/2026.dialres-1.0.pdf#page.195>
Afanasev, I 2026, 'LLM as a Morphological Disambiguator for Belarusian: A Preliminary Study', Beitrag in SIGUL 2026 Joint Workshop with ELE, EURALI, and DCLRL, Palma de Mallorca, Spanien, 11/05/26 - 12/05/26 S. 42. <http://lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2026/workshops/sigul/2026.sigul-1.0.pdf>
Afanasev, I 2026, 'Evaluation Framework for Transfer Learning between Closely Related Lects: A Case Study of Lemko', Beitrag in The 13th Workshop on NLP for Similar Languages, Varieties and Dialects, Rabat, Marokko, 29/03/26 - 29/03/26 S. 304-316. <https://aclanthology.org/2026.vardial-1.25.pdf>
Afanasev, I 2026, 'Quantitative Lect Description: A Case Study of Lemko from the Field Data of 1920s-1930s', Beitrag in The 13th Workshop on NLP for Similar Languages, Varieties and Dialects, Rabat, Marokko, 29/03/26 - 29/03/26 S. 46–59. <https://aclanthology.org/2026.fieldmatters-1.6.pdf>
Afanasev, I 2026, 'Heatmap-based visualisation of the linguistic polymorphism in Transcarpathian East Slavic', Scripta & e-Scripta, Jg. 26, 12, S. 11 - 22. https://doi.org/10.66260/SeS2026IA
Jouravel, A & Afanasev, I 2026, 'Introduction', Scripta & e-Scripta, Jg. 26, S. 9 - 10. <https://e-scripta.eu/archives/2026/26/introduction>
Bounatirou, EM (Hrsg.), Jouravel, A (Hrsg.), Afanasev, I (Hrsg.), Grübsch, M (Hrsg.), Bounatirou, EM, Jouravel, A, Afanasev, I & Grübsch, M 2025, 'The 48th Austrian Linguistics Conference, panel ‘Digital Slavic Studies’', Scripta & e-Scripta, Jg. 25, S. 9 - 10. <http://e-scripta.ilit.bas.bg/archives/year-2025/issue-25/48th-austrian-linguistics-conference-48-osterreichische>
Afanasev, I 2023, 'Multi-lect automatic detection of Swadesh list items from raw corpus data in East Slavic languages', Beitrag in 4th Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change, Singapur, Singapur, 6/12/23 S. 76-86. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2023.lchange-1.8
Lebenslauf
Ilia Afanasev
Predoc
- Department of Slavonic Studies
Employment
Predoc
Department of Slavonic Studies
University of ViennaWien, Austria
21 Aug 2023 → present
External lecturer
Department of Slavonic Studies
University of ViennaWien, Austria
1 Sept 2024 → 31 Aug 2026
Publications
Language distance: The evolution of an idea
Afanasev, I., 31 Aug 2026, In: Dialectologia. p. 1 - 29TransVar: the Corpus for Variation and Change Study of the Historical Transcarpathian lects
Afanasev, I., 16 May 2026, Proceedings of Workshop on Dialects in NLP — A Resource Perspective (DialRes) @ LREC 2026: Workshop Proceedings. Anasastasopoulos, A., Markantonatou, S., Ralli, A., Zampieri, M., Bompolas, S. & Stamou, V. (eds.). European Language Resources Association (ELRA), p. 195 - 208 13 p.LLM as a Morphological Disambiguator for Belarusian: A Preliminary Study
Afanasev, I., 11 May 2026, p. 42. 48 p.Evaluation Framework for Transfer Learning between Closely Related Lects: A Case Study of Lemko
Afanasev, I., 29 Mar 2026, p. 304-316. 12 p.Quantitative Lect Description: A Case Study of Lemko from the Field Data of 1920s-1930s
Afanasev, I., 29 Mar 2026, p. 46–59.Heatmap-based visualisation of the linguistic polymorphism in Transcarpathian East Slavic
Afanasev, I., 2026, In: Scripta & e-Scripta. 26, p. 11 - 22 12.Introduction
Jouravel, A. & Afanasev, I., 2026, In: Scripta & e-Scripta. 26, p. 9 - 10Computer-assisted Study of Historical Lemkian (Transcarpathian) Lects: Basic Vocabulary Approach
Afanasev, I., 19 Aug 2025, (Unpublished) In: Scripta & e-Scripta. 25, p. 11 - 24The 48th Austrian Linguistics Conference, panel ‘Digital Slavic Studies’
Bounatirou, E. M. (Editor), Jouravel, A. (Editor), Afanasev, I. (Editor), Grübsch, M. (Editor), Bounatirou, E. M., Jouravel, A., Afanasev, I. & Grübsch, M., 19 Aug 2025, In: Scripta & e-Scripta. 25, p. 9 - 10Multi-lect automatic detection of Swadesh list items from raw corpus data in East Slavic languages
Afanasev, I., 4 Dec 2023, p. 76-86. 11 p.Ukrainian Universal Dependencies: A New Approach to a Corpus-Based Analysis of Ukrainian Language Structures
Afanasev, I. (Editorial Journalist), 13 Oct 2023Activities
Implementing LLMs for creating a parallel corpus/dictionary system for Old and Middle Bulgarian religious texts
Afanasev, I. (Speaker) & Petrov, I. (Speaker)
Languaging practices in Old East Slavic society: evidence from birchbark letters
Bounatirou, E. M. (Speaker) & Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Language polymorphism in the Ukrainian lects of the Carpathian mountains
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Invariant meaning of ČE in Old East Slavic: a corpus-based study
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Towards the methodology of quantitative description of dialect datasets
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
A unified account for L-participle meaning in A. Kuśniewicz’s Król Obojga Sycylii
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Introduction: On Columbia School linguistics and the ethnopragmatic approach
van Soeren, D. P. (Speaker), Novotny, L. M. (Speaker), Zanfardini, L. (Speaker) & Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Language as Human Behaviour
Afanasev, I. (Participant) & van Soeren, D. P. (Organiser)
Language polymorphism markers: a new way to predict language variation and change
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
BEFORE as meaning of -ł-in A. Kuśniewicz's Król Obojga Sycylii 'King of the two Sicilies'
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Corpus-level comparison of eastern Transcarpathian Slavic varieties
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Exploring textual tradition through LLMs: an analysis of parallel Old and Middle Bulgarian and Middle Greek corpus
Afanasev, I. (Speaker) & Petrov, I. (Speaker)
Scripta & e-Scripta (Journal)
Afanasev, I. (Reviewer)
Evaluation Framework for Transfer Learning between Closely Related Lects: A Case Study of Lemko
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Quantitative Lect Description: A Case Study of Lemko from the Field Data of 1920s-1930s
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
A study of the diatopic variation in Old East Slavic charters by means of a small unannotated corpus-based language comparison
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
How linguistics can assist literature studies
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Heatmap-based visualisation of the linguistic variation (on the material of East Slavic small territorial lects)
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
2. Digitale Slawistik
Afanasev, I. (Organiser), Bounatirou, E. M. (Organiser), Grübsch, M. (Organiser), Jouravel, A. (Organiser) & Prenner, M. K. (Organiser)
Transcarpathian dialects based on early 20th-century materials: An attempt at a quantitative description
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Tymchenkivski chytannia
Afanasev, I. (Participant)
Transcarpathian materials in the library of the University of Vienna: a short overview
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Probleme der Übersetzung literarischer Texte aus dem Slawischen ins Deutsche: Fallbeispiel Ukrainisch - eine literarische Diskussionsrunde
Bounatirou, E. M. (Organiser), Woldan, A. (Panellist), Gnedkova, G. (Panellist), Chojnowski, P. (Panellist), Zaichenko, A. (Organiser), Jandl-Konrad, I. (Participant), Grübsch, M. (Participant) & Afanasev, I. (Contributor)
Corpus-based research into Old East Slavic legal documents of the 12th–14th centuries
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
We do not frequently borrow words that we do not borrow frequently: the search for quantifiable characteristics of swadeshness
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Grammatical system of czas przyszły złożony in Polish: preliminary considerations
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Introduction: On Columbia School linguistics and the ethnopragmatic approach
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Language as human behavior
Afanasev, I. (Participant)
The 17th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference
Afanasev, I. (Participant)
Computer-assisted study of the Old East Slavic charters: The Smolensk Treaty of 1229
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Altslavistentagung
Afanasev, I. (Participant)
Analysing the patterns of language change through the lens of a corpus (on the material of East Slavic languages)
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
12th – 14th century charters of the Baltic-Slavic contact region: qualitative exploration of quantitative analysis
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Uncovering past with linguistic data
Afanasev, I. (Participant)
Lectometry of Belarusiam: now and future
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Belarus Digital
Afanasev, I. (Participant)
Protolang 9 (Event)
Afanasev, I. (Reviewer)
Multi-lect automatic detection of Swadesh list items from raw corpus data
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Digitale Slawistik
Bounatirou, E. M. (Panel chair), Jouravel, A. (Panel chair), Afanasev, I. (Panel chair), Grübsch, M. (Panel chair), Jenko, E. (Advisor) & Kljucevsek, J. (Advisor)
Slawistische Wörterbücher der Nationalbibliothek
Bounatirou, E. M. (Organiser), Höslinger-Finck, A. (Organiser), Mikula, T. (Contributor), Grübsch, M. (Contributor), Afanasev, I. (Contributor), Köck, D. (Advisor) & Jenko, E. (Advisor)
Digitization of Ukrainian Dialects
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
Jahrestagung und Generalversammlung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Slawistik (ÖGSl)
Afanasev, I. (Participant)
It is so zlożone: Why there is no way to study Polish Compound Future without the Columbia School
Afanasev, I. (Speaker)
32. Treffen der Jungslavist*innen
Afanasev, I. (Participant)
Slawische Wörterbücher der Nationalbibliothek
Bounatirou, E. M. (Organiser), Höslinger-Finck, A. (Organiser), Köck, D. (Advisor), Jenko, E. (Advisor), Grübsch, M. (Contributor) & Afanasev, I. (Contributor)
Prizes
Columbia School of Linguistics Research Fellow Grant
Afanasev, I. (Recipient), 2025
Forschungsstipendium der sprachwissenschaftlichen Schule der Gesellschaft Columbias
Afanasev, I. (Recipient), 1 Sept 2024
Seed Grant der sprachwissenschaftliche Schule der Gesellschaft Columbias
Afanasev, I. (Recipient), 1 Sept 2023