Identifying data 

Department of English Linguistics, Faculty of Linguistics, Kazimierz Wielki University
Mailing address: Department of English Linguistics, Chodkiewicza 30, 85-064 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Office room: 6
Email: waldemar.szeflinski@ukw.edu.pl

Research interests

Linguistic typology: morphological, syntactic

Comparative grammar: English and Norwegian (Bokmål)

Morphology: English and Classical Greek

Onomastics: anthroponymy (especially in Classical Greek)

Degrees

Ph.D. in Linguistics, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, 2021 (Semantyczno-derywacyjna analiza antroponimów w komedii Arystofanesa pt. „Acharnejczycy” i ich przekładów na język angielski i polski (A semantic-derivational analysis of the anthroponyms in the comedy Acharnians by Aristophanes and their translations into English and Polish))

M.A. in English linguistics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 1999 (Some aspects of a theory of Phrase Structure: a view from English and Latin)

Academic appointments

Assistant professor, Department of English Linguistics, Kazimierz Wielki University, 2021-

Teaching assistant, Institute of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics/Department of English Linguistics, Kazimierz Wielki University, 2016-2021

University lecturer, Institute of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, Kazimierz Wielki University, 2008-2016

Lecturer, Teacher Training College of Foreign Languages in Bydgoszcz, 2000-2013

Administrative and other functions (Kazimierz Wielki University)

Member of the Faculty Board in Linguistics, 2021-

Member of the Curriculum Board of the Institute of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, 2016-17

Awards

Award for excellence in doctoral dissertation defense (2021)

Library research

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Library (Athens, Greece, November 2024)

University of Oslo Library (Oslo, Norway, September 2024)

University of the Aegean Library (Rhodes, Greece, September 2024)

Municipal Library of Athens (Athens, Greece, July 2019)
National Library of Greece (Athens, Greece, June 2019)

Conferences (papers read)

Hate Speech (or Free Speech?) in Old Attic Comedy, read at: 2nd Annual International Conference on Classical and Byzantine Studies, organized by: Athens Institute for Education and Research (Athens, Greece, 3-6 June, 2019)

Onimy Arystofanesa. Imiona mówiące postaci w komediach Arystofanesa a wybrane pisma Arystotelesa i Teofrasta, read at: Arystoteles a współczesność: interpretacje i reinterpretacje, organized by: Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań, 21-22 October, 2016)

Lost or preserved in translation? The proper names in a Polish whodunnit by Zygmunt Miłoszewski and its translation into English and Polish, read at: TransLingua, organized by: Kazimierz Wielki University (Bydgoszcz, 24-25 September, 2015)

Publications:

Books

Szefliński, W. (2022). Antroponimy w Acharnejczykach Arystofanesa. Analiza morfologiczno-onomastyczna. Bydgoszcz: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Kazimierza Wielkiego.

Papers/book chapters

Szefliński, W. (2024). ‘Pseudartabas: lost or found in translation? The famous verse 100 of Aristophanes' Acharnians in translation into English.’ Heteroglossia. Studia Kulturoznawczo-Filologiczne, No. 16, pp. 103-117.

Szefliński, W. (2021). ‘Ancient Greek Personal Names. Part II: A View from Aristophanes' Acharnians.’ Sensus Historiae, Vol. XLIV (2021/3), pp. 175-197.

Szefliński, W. (2020). ‘Ancient Greek Personal Names. Part I: Theory.’ Sensus Historiae, Vol. XLI (2020/4), pp. 11-21.

Szefliński, W. (2019). ‘Sądy, sędziowie, sykofanci w Acharnejczykach Arystofanesa.’ Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae, Volume 29/1, pp. 5-26.

Szefliński, W. and W. Wachowski. (2019). ‘Metaphor and Metonymy in a Culture of Food and Feasting: A Study Based on Selected Ancient Greek Comedies’ [in:] Mianowski, J., M. Borodo, and P. Schreiber. Memory, Identity and Cognition: Explorations in Culture and Communication, Cham: Springer, pp. 219-235.

Teaching experience (Kazimierz Wielki University)

Structures/grammar (practical English)

Academic writing (practical English)

Reading (practical English)

B.A. seminar (supervisor, reviewer)

Stylistics (lecture)