Mária GÓSY
Mária Gósy
Mária GÓSY DSc professor emeritus
Room: A/250
E-mail: gosy.maria@btk.elte.hu
Research Fields
experimental and applied phonetics, psycholinguistics
Education
| 1996 | Habilitation at Janus Pannonius University |
| 1994 | DSc, highest doctoral (academic) degree of Hungary |
| 1991 | Visiting professor – IPO (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) |
| 1987 | Postdoctoral fellowship at the Speech Research Laboratory of MIT (Cambridge, USA) |
| 1986 | PhD in phonetics |
| 1977 | University doctoral degree with the qualification of summa cum laude |
| 1975 | Graduated from Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest with an MA degree in Hungarian and Russian linguistics and literature |
Current and Previous Positions
| 2022– | Professor emeritus of Research Institute for Linguistics, ELTE |
| 2022 | Professor emeritus ELTE for Applied Linguistics and Phonetics Department of Eötvös Loránd University |
| 2022–2025 | President of the Scientific Board of HUN-REN |
| 1975–2022 | Researcher, later head of the Phonetics Deptartment for Research Institute for Linguistics |
| 2002–2022 | Head of the Phonetics Department of ELTE University |
| 2007 | Development of a test package (GMP) for the evaluation of children’s speech perception and comprehension |
| 2004 | Member of the Chief Scientific Board of the Presidency of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 2004 | Member of the Presidency of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
Awards and Grants
| 2025 | Príma Primissima Award |
| 2025 | HUN-REN Award of Excellency |
| 2025 | Magyar Nyelvőr Award |
| 2022 | Széchenyi Scientific Prize for outstanding contributions to academic life |
| 2022 | Pro Universitate Gold Medallion |
| 2015 | Cziráky Antal Award given by the Eötvös Loránd University |
| 2012 | Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic |
| 2011 | Pro Neophilologia in Hungaria Medallion |
| 2008 | Scientific Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 2008 | Bárczi Gusztáv Award for clinical phonetics activities |
| 2004 | Brassai Sámuel Award for applied phonetic research |
| 2000 | Széchenyi Professorship Award (for outstanding research and teaching) |
| 1994 | Békésy-Award for practical applications in speech technology |
| 1993 | Békésy György Award of the ENT Board of Hungary for scientific and practical work |
| 1990 | Kempelen Farkas Award given for applied phonetic research in speech pathology |
| 1986 | Award of Young Scientists by the Hungarian Academy of Science |
Research Grants
| 2008 OTKA project | Spontaneous speech database |
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1994–2007; |
Hungarian OTKA projects |
| 2004–2006 | NKFP Hungarian Ministry Project (speech synthesis) |
| 2001–2002 | Széchenyi Information Society Project (speech perception) |
| 1999–2001 | NKFP – national scientific project (speech synthesis testing) |
| 1994–1995 | COST219 international project (speech synthesis and hearing evaluation) |
| 1993–1996 | Copernicus Project (Speak), Speech Generation in Multimodal Information Systems |
Teaching Activity
35 of her students received their PhDs
2002–2022 Head of the Phonetics Department of ELTE University
Undergraduate, graduate and PhD courses at various universities in Hungary
2009 Foundation of the Applied Linguistics Doctoral Program at Eötvös Lorán University
1991–1993 Courses at the Department of General Linguistics, University of Vienna (Austria).
1987 Teaching at University of Boston
Publications
13 scientific books (one in English), 3 books for the general public on speech, more than 516 published papers (in Hungarian, English, German and Russian), 18 edited books
since 2022 Elected member of the Council of the International Phonetic Association
2015–2019 Editor-in-chief of the journal entitled The Phonetician
2011–2015 Elected member of the Council of the International Phonetic Association
2004–2007 Member of Presidency of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2000–2006 President of the editorial board of the Hungarian Journal of Applied Linguistics.
2000–2006 President of the Committee of the Hungarian Applied Linguistics
2008–2017 Editorial board member of the Journal of IPA
2001–2007 Journal of Multilingual Speech Communication Disorders
since 1999 Govor
1997–2000 Board member of ESCA European Speech Communication Association (later ISCA)
1995–1999 Editorial board member of the Journal of Research in Reading
1995–2018 Vice-President of the H0ungarian Society of Phonetics, Phoniatrics and Speech Therapy
1992–1997 Representative of Hungary in the European Committee of the International Reading Association