Tomas Bata University in Zlín

Dagmar Masár Machová is Assistant Professor at the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Humanities. Her research focuses on English linguistics, particularly the morphosyntax of English verbs. She teaches courses in English grammar – Morphology, Syntax, and Advanced Grammar.

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Teaching

Consulting hours

Tue and Wed 9.00-10.00 (to be arranged by e-mail)

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Curriculum vitae

Education

• 2010-2016:  Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Arts,  doctoral study programme  English language  Dissertation:  Polyfunctionality and the Ongoing History of English Modals, reviewers: Prof. Joseph Emonds (Palacky university Olomouc), Doc. Mark Newson (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
• 2004-2009:  University of Ostrava, Faculty of Arts, master degree programme Teaching English and German for Secondary Schools
• 2006: Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Germany (Erasmus study stay), Faculty of Arts, study programmes: English language and German language

Internships and study stays

• 2018:  Pennsylvania State University, USA  - conference and study stay
• 2017: Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria – Faculty of Humanities, Department of English and American Studies, Teaching mobility ERASMUS+
• 2016: Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria – Faculty of Humanities, Department of English and American Studies, Teaching mobility ERASMUS+
• 2015: University of Porto, Portugal– Faculty of Arts, Department of Anglo-American Studies; Teaching mobility ERASMUS+
• 2015: University of Vaasa, Finland– Faculty of Philosophy, Language Centre/English studies; Teaching mobility ERASMUS+
• 2014: British Library, London, Great Britain - research and study stay
• 2013: Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China: Summer school of Chinese Language

Conferences

• 06/2025 OLINCO 2025 „Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium“, Palacký University in Olomouc. "English such and DP structure: An empirical reassessment" (with Jeff Parrott)
• 05/2018 GLAC 24 „Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 24,“ State College, Pennsylvania, USA. „German Central and Marginal Modals: Their Meaning and Form“
• 07/2017 LLCE2017 „4th International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture in Education,“ Florence, Italy. „Teaching the Grammar of Questions and Negations: An Innovative Approach“
• 06/2016 OLINCO 2016 „Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium“, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic„Polyfunctionality and German Modals“
• 09/2014 From Theory to Practice - The sixth annual international conference on Anglophone studies, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic „The Degree of Grammaticalization of Gotta, Gonna, Wanna and Better: A Corpus Study“
• 09/2013 From Theory to Practice - The fifth annual international conference on Anglophone studies, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic „Modal Verbs from a Crosslinguistic Perspective“
• 11/2013 ÖSKL 2013 „6. Österreichische Studierendenkonferenz der Linguistik,“ University of Vienna, Austria„Polyfunctionality and English Marginal Modals.“
• 06/2013 OLINCO 2013 „Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium“, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic - poster: „Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis of Marginal Modals in English“
• 09/2012 SILSE 2012 „3rd International Conference of English and American Studies“, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic „Modal Verbs in the Languages of the World“
• 05/2012 XIII. Mezinárodní setkání mladých lingvistů, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
  „Syntaktická charakteristika anglických a německých modálních sloves“
• 09/2011 Theories and Practices - Third International Conference on Anglophone Studies, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic „On Historical Development of English and German Modal Verbs“
• 05/2011 XII. mezinárodní setkání mladých lingvistů, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
  „Anglická a německá modální slovesa a jejich distribuce v rámci systémů slovesných časů"

Process of employment

2009 - present: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Humanities

Membership of expert organizations

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Membership of bodies

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Creative activities

Publications

Project outputs

Other publications

Masár Machová, Dagmar, and Jeffrey Keith Parrott. 2024. Topics in English Morphosyntax:
Lectures with Exercises. Zlín: Tomas Bata University in Zlín.