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I am a Heisenberg professor for German linguistics at the Ruhr-University of Bochum (RUB).
My research interests are in semantics, pragmatics, syntax and their interfaces. I am working on various expressions contributing non- truth-conditional meaning, including expressives, modal particles, sentence mood and verum focus.
More broadly, I am interested in multidimensional semantics, projective meaning, contextual influences on interpretation, the syntax-semantics interface and the question of where to draw the boundary between semantics and pragmatics and how to differentiate between various kinds of meaning.
Download full CV (February 2, 2022)
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Work
Work
Talks
Talks
Upcoming talks
(with Katharina Turgay) Climbing up the context – From temporal adverb to discourse particle: The case of German jetzt. Adverbs and adverbials at the form-meaning interface: diachronic and synchronic perspectives. University of Göttingen. May 18-20, 2022.
Give me one, give me two, give me MULTIcontexts! Institutskolloquium Philosophie. Ruhr-Universität Bochum. April 27, 2022.
Recent talks
2022. (with Katharina Turgay) Expressive Punctuation!?!! Punctuation between grammar(?) and pragmatics! Workshop »The graphematics/pragmatics interface«. 44th Annual Meeting of the German Linguistics Society (DGfS). University of Tübingen. Online. February 23, 2022.
2021. (with Katharina Turgay) Phrasal compounds are quotational compounds. Colloque de Syntaxe et Sémantique à Paris 2021 (CSSP). Université de Paris. Online. December 10, 2021.
2021. Nicht ein, nicht zwei, nicht drei Kontexte: Multikontexte! Bewerbungsvortrag W3-Professur für Germanistische Linguistik. Ruhr-Universität Bochum. October 22, 2021.
2021. You linguist! On vocatives and expressivity. Maryland Linguistics Colloquium. University of Maryland. Online. November 12, 2021.
Teaching
Teaching
Current classes
During the winter semester 2018/119 I’m teaching the following courses at Frankfurt.
Semantik 1 (Wednesday 12-14)
The Semantics and Pragmatics of Mood (Thursday 10-12)
Semantics 3 (Thursday 14-16)
Semantics colloquium (Thursday 16-18)
CV
CV
Education
2018 – Habilitation. German Linguistics. University of Cologne. Thesis: The Grammar of Expressivity.
2013 – PhD. General Linguistics. University of Frankfurt. Thesis: Use-conditional meaning. Studies in multidimensional semantics. Committee: Ede Zimmermann, Elin McCready, Hans-Martin Gärtner.
2008 – MA. German Studies, Philosophy, Indology. University of Mainz. Thesis: On the interaction between modal particles and sentence mood in German. Committee: Jörg Meibauer, Jochen Geilfuß-Wolfgang.
Academic Appointments
University of Bochum
since 02/2022. Full Professsor (Heisenberg-Professor) for German Linguistics. Germamistisches Institut.
University of Cologne
10/2020–01/2022. Senior Lecturer (Akademischer Oberrat auf Zeit). Institute of German Language and Literature.
04/2019–09/2020. Lecturer (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit). Institute of German Language and Literature.
University of Frankfurt
10/2018–03/2019. Visiting/Stand-in Professor (Vertretungsprofessor). Institute of Linguistics.
University of Cologne
03/2017–09/2018. Lecturer (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit). Institute of German Language and Literature.
04/2015–03/2017. Visiting/Stand-in Professor. (Vertretungsprofessor). Institute of German Language and Literature.
University of Frankfurt
05/2013–03/2015. Postdoc. Institute of Linguistics.
10/2009–03/2013. Research Fellow. Institute of Linguistics.
University of Landau
04/2010–02/2013. Lecturer. Institute of German Studies.
University of Mainz
04/2009–07/2009. Lecturer. German Institute.
04/2006–05/2010. Student Project Member. Interdisciplinary Research Project Quotation and Meaning.
Awards and Honors
11/2019. Offermann-Hergarten Prize. Faculty of Philsophy, University of Cologne & Offermann.Hergarten Found.
03/2016. Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Science Foundation).
03/2014. Wilhelm von Humboldt Award. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (German Linguistic Society).
04/2010–10/2010. PhD Fellowship. Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation).
12/2008–04/2010. PhD Fellowship Research Training Group Sentence Types: Variation and Interpretation, University of Frankfurt.
07/2007. Student Fellowship Linguistic Society of America, Linguistics Institute 2007.
09/2006–12/2008. Student Fellowship. Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation).
I am very happy to be able to report that on November 21, 2019, my book “The Grammar of Expressivity”, which I submitted as my so-called “habilitation thesis” to the faculty, was awarded the Offermann-Hergarten Price 2019. This yearly award, which is sponsored by the Offermann-Hergarten Found, is given by a the faculty of philosophy to monographs of “young scholar”. I am very happy the jury considered my work to be innovative and interesting enough and worthy of this price.