Full CV here.

Specialised in

• language variation, macro and micro level
• combining linguistic typology and dialectology
• corpus linguistics
• computer-mediated communication
• language and identity

Passions

dialects, pronouns, morphology, syntax, framework-integrative approach to language, innovative approaches to learning

Languages

German native

English fluent

Spanish good

French working knowledge

Catalan working knowledge

Latin reading knowledge (‛Latinum’ qualification)

Latin and Cyrillic script

Winter term 2024

• Introduction to Linguistics I: Synchronic and descriptive perspectives (lecture beginners, mod. LING1, A, II)
• Introduction to Linguistics, four tutorial groups accompanying the lecture (mod. LING1, A, II)
• Morphology and Sytnax (mod. LING2, Areas & Approaches 2)
• Bilingualism: An Introduction (mod. LING3, AAC, VIII/2)

Lectures and Tutorials

• "Introduction to Linguistics I: Synchronic and descriptive perspectives" (lecture + tutorials, regularly)

Seminars, undergraduate

• Introduction to Linguistics, seminar (W2010, W2011, W2012)
• Word formation (W2010)
• Pragmatics (S2013)
• Conversation Analysis (W2013, W2014, S2016, W2016, W2018, S2020)
• Schools of linguistics (S2011)
• English dialects (S2011)
• Language variation and change (S2012)
• Languages around the world (S2012)
• English from a typological perspective (S2014)
• Introduction to Contrastive Linguistics: English and German (W2015)
• Morphological and syntactic features of English(es) (S2015, S2016, S2019)
• Morphology and Syntax (regularly since S2020)

Seminars, BA advanced and MA

• Investigating real language (S2011)
• Language in the new media (W2011)
• City talk: Studies in urban dialectology (S2012)
• Classical texts of linguistics (W2012)
• Bilingualism (W2012, W2013, S2023, S2024)
• Linguistic Typology (S2013, S2021, S2022, S2023, S2024)
• Computer-mediated communication: the sociotechnical dimensions of digital talk (S2014, W2015, S2016)
• Syntax (W2014)
• Introduction to Dialectology (S2016, W2016)
• Contrasting Languages: The Structures of English and German (W2016)
• Corpus Linguistics (W2016)
• Language Variation: Introduction to Dialectology and Sociolinguistics (W2018, S2019, W2019, S2020)
• Speech communities: Dimensions of Variation in Language (W2019, W2020)
• Conversation Analysis (S2020, S2021, S2022, W2022, W2023)
• Language and Identity: Communities of Practice (W2021, S2023, S2024)

Other

• Lecture Series (Ringvorlesung) "Mehrsprachigkeit": session on "Codeswitching als sprachlicher Ausdruck soziokultureller Identität: Theoretische Hintergründe und Datenanalyse" (W2014, 2015, 2016, 2023, 2024)
• Lecture Series (Ringvorlesung) "Going Abroad": session on "Pragmatic Competence" (S2015)
• Term paper workshops ("How to write your first academic paper") (S2013, now part of LING2 seminars)

Examinations

Module exams, oral and written
BA theses, MA theses (selected candidates)

W = winter term
S  = summer term

2024 (t.a.), with Susanne Wagner. "The Freiburg Corpus of English Dialects: Constructing and Using a Corpus of Oral Histories." In: Chris Fitzgerald (ed.), Linguistics and Oral History: Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach. Bloomsbury Academic.

2021. "Personal pronouns: Variation and ambiguity." In: Anatol Stefanowitsch (ed.), ZAA Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. A Quarterly of Language, Literature and Culture. Special issue: Ambiguity (Non-)Avoidance in English, 237–265. publisher's website

           now also available via the UDE University Library and the Deep Green project: https://duepublico2.uni-due.de/receive/duepublico_mods_00077199

2018. Birte Bös, Sonja Kleinke, Sandra Mollin and Nuria Hernández (eds). The Discursive Construction of Identities On- and Offline: Personal - Group - Collective. (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 78.) Amsterdam: John Benjamins. university library

2018. Sonja Kleinke, Nuria Hernández and Birte Bös. "Introduction: Identity construction in complex discourse contexts." In: The Discursive Construction of Identities On- and Offline: Personal - Group - Collective. (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 78.) Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 1-12. university library

2016. "Bilingual encounters online: Constructing a common linguistic code in German-English WhatsApp." Christoph Ehland, Ilka Mindt and Merle Tönnies (eds.), Proceedings of the German Association of University Teachers of English, Anglistentag 2015, Paderborn. Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. 253-266. university library

2015. "Free self-forms in discourse-pragmatic functions: The role of viewpoint and contrast in picture NPs". In: Sandrine Sorlin and Laure Gardelle (eds), The Pragmatics of Personal Pronouns. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 45-67. university library

2013. “New media, new challenges: Exploring the frontiers of corpus linguistics in the linguistics curriculum.” Research in Corpus Linguistics 1, Special issue “The use of corpora for language teaching and learning”. 17-31. PDF

2012. Personal Pronouns in the Dialects of England: A Corpus Study of Grammatical Variation in Spontaneous Speech. Freiburg: University of Freiburg online publications. URL: http://www.freidok.uni-freiburg.de/volltexte/8431 (doctoral dissertation; print on demand)

2011. Nuria Hernández, Daniela Kolbe and Monika Schulz (eds.). A Comparative Grammar of British English Dialects II: Modals, Pronouns, and Complement Clauses. Topics in English Linguistics 50.2. Berlin/ New York: Mouton de Gruyter. university library

2011. "General Introduction." In: Hernández/ Kolbe/ Schulz (eds.), 1–17. university library

2011. “Pronouns.” In: Hernández/ Kolbe/ Schulz (eds.), 53–191. university library

2008. Entry for the FRED corpus in the Corpus Resource Database of Helsinki University, http://www.helsinki.fi/varieng/CoRD/corpora/FRED.

2007, with Benedikt Szmrecsanyi. Manual of Information to Accompany the Freiburg Corpus of English Dialects Sampler FRED-S. Freiburg: University of Freiburg online publications. URL: http://www.freidok.uni-freiburg.de/volltexte/2859.

2006.  User’s Guide to FRED: Freiburg Corpus of English Dialects. Freiburg: University of Freiburg online publications. URL: http://www.freidok.uni-freiburg.de/volltexte/2489.

2002. “A Context Hierarchy of Untriggered Self-Forms in English.” In: Ekkehard König and Volker Gast (eds.), ZAA Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. A Quarterly of Language, Literature and Culture. Special issue 3/2002: Reflexives and Intensifiers: The Use of Self-forms in English, 269–284. publisher's website

Get in touch for:

DMC - Digital Media Corpus

FRED - Freiburg Corpus of English Dialects

How to improve your English

https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/anglistik/guide_improving_your_english.pdf

Linguistics links

Linguistics Style Sheet https://www.uni-due.de/anglistik/linguistics/academicpapers_and_exams.shtml

Visit our linguistics website at http://www.uni-due.de/ELE/

Check out our dictionary of linguistics at http://www.uni-due.de/ELE/PDF_Dictionary.htm

Read more about the history of English at http://www.uni-due.de/SHE/

Read more about varieties of English at http://www.uni-due.de/SVE/

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Looking for a tandem partner?

www.awali.de

Term papers

Please hand in 1) printed copy in loose leaf binder with transparent front cover, and 2) MSWord document (.doc/.docx)

For papers in English Linguistics, stick to our "Linguistics Style Sheet" on

https://www.uni-due.de/anglistik/linguistics/academicpapers_and_exams.shtml

5 golden rules:

Start working on your paper in due time to meet the official deadline.

Choose a feasible topic: interesting, but not too wide for the size of paper you are writing. Agree on the topic with your lecturer before you start writing.

Don't just reproduce the literature. A good paper is an innovative paper. It should reflect your own opinions and ideas, formulated in academic style.

For papers in English linguistics, use our Linguistics Style Sheet ('Academic Papers and Exams' on the left); for papers in other sections of the department you will get different style sheets.

Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. I am there to support you all the way through the writing process.

Tips for reading research papers: ​

Practise your formatting skills:
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Dictionaries of linguistics (available at the university library)

Hadumod Bußmann. 2006. Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics. London: Routledge.

                             (also available in German as Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft)

David Crystal. 2008._⁶ A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Peter Matthews. 2007._² The concise Oxford dictionary of linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Jack Richards, John Platt and Heidi Weber. 1985. Longman dictionary of applied linguistics. Harlow: Longman.

... many more to be found in the university library ...

A good online source is: http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOflinguisticTerms/

Books on academic writing (available at the university library)

Murray, Neil. 2012. Writing Essays in English Language and Linguistics. Principles, Tips and Strategies for

    Undergraduates. Cambridge University Press. (ordered, should be in university library soon)

Bailey, Stephen. 2006. Academic writing: a handbook for international students. London: Routledge.

Gibaldi, Joseph (ed.). 2010⁷. MLA handbook for writers of research papers. New York: Modern Language                

    Association of America.

Swales, John. 2007. Academic writing for graduate students: essential tasks and skills. University of Michigan

Walter, Krämer. 2009. Wie schreibe ich eine Seminar- oder Examensarbeit? Frankfurt: Campus-Verlag.

Templates

Click here for a project report template which you can copy and edit if you wish (OpenOffice document).

Click here for a minutes template.

Useful documents and links

Grammar, punctuation and style (University of Houston-Victoria, Texas)

Subject-Verb Agreement (University of Houston-Victoria, Texas)