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Education |
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2002 |
Habilitation, English Linguistics, Leipzig University and Max-Planck Institut for evolutionary Anthropology MPI Leipzig |
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| 1998 |
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Buffalo SUNY Buffalo |
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| 1995 |
M.A., Linguistics, University of Buffalo |
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| 1992 |
M.A., German Language and Literature, University of Hamburg |
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Employment |
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2004 |
Professor of English Linguistics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena |
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| 1998/04 |
Postdoc, Max-Planck Institut for evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig |
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Honors |
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2021 |
Francqui Chair of Linguistics, University of Leuven |
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2015/16 |
Senior Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (WIKO) |
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| since 2014 |
Member of the Saxonian Academy of Sciences |
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2011 |
Senior Fellow of the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) |
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Editorial Work |
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Editorial Board: Cognitive Linguistics (2005-2010) |
Associate Editor: Cognitive Linguistics (2011-2013) |
Editorial Board: Cognitive Linguistics (since 2014) |
Editorial Board: Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 2005-2019) |
| Consulting editor: Studies in Language (2011-2013) |
Editorial Board: Constructions (since 2015) |
Editorial Board: Functions of Language (since 2017) |
Scientific Board: Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads (since 2021) |
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Ad Hoc Reviews |
| Applied Psycholinguistics |
| Belgian Journal of Linguistics |
| Canadian Journal of Linguistics |
| Cambridge University Press |
| Cognition |
| Cognitive Science |
| Constructions |
| Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory |
| Diachronica |
| English Studies |
| English Language and Linguistics |
| First Language |
| Folia Historica |
| Frontiers in Psychology |
| Functions in Language |
| International Journal of American Linguistics |
| Journal of Child Language |
| Journal of Germanic Linguistics |
| Journal of Historical Linguistics |
| Journal of Pragmatics |
| Journal of Semantics |
| Journal of Linguistics |
| Language |
| Language Dynamics and Change |
| Language Learning |
| Language and Cognition |
| Language and Speech |
| Language Sciences |
| Language Science Press |
| Lingua |
| Linguistics |
| Linguistic Typology |
Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads |
| Nordic Journal of Linguistics |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Science |
| Studies in Language |
| Studies in Language Sciences |
| Synthesis |
| Te Reo, Online Journal of The Linguistic Society of New Zealand |
| Trends in Cognitive Science |
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Professional Services |
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| Reviewer for European Commission |
Reviewer for European Science Foundation |
| Reviewer for National Science Foundation |
| Reviewer for Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
Reviewer for The British Academy |
Reviewer for FWO Flanders |
Reviewer for Research Council University of Leuven |
Reviewer for professorships in Germany |
Reviewer for tenure promotions and full professor evaluation in the US |
Reviewer for professorships in the UK |
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Professional Organizations |
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| Association for Linguistic Typology |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Kognitive Linguistik |
| Linguistic Society of America |
| Societas Linguistica Europaea |
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Summer Schools and Guest Lectures |
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| 2024 |
Sprachtypologie in gebrauchsbasierter Perspektive, Japanische Gesellschaft fuer Germanistik (DAAD Kurzdozentur), College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2023 |
Language Variation and Language Use, Spring School on Language Variation, University of Bologna, Italy |
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| 2022 |
Six online lectures on Usage-based Construction Grammar, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade Federal Fluminese, Brazil |
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| 2021 |
Five lectures on Usage-based Construction Grammar, as Francqui Chair holder at KU Leuven, Belgien |
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| 2019 |
The Grammar Network. How Linguistic Structure is Shaped by Language Use. Summer school "Language Universals and Language Diversity in an Evolutionary Perspective". Lake Como School of Advanced Studies, Como, Italy |
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| 2015 |
Introduction to Language Typology, The LSA Summer Institute, (with Martin Haspelmath), Chicago, USA |
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| 2014 |
Usage-based Models of Language, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Freiburg, Germany |
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| 2010 |
Frequency, Similarity, and Memory. Towards a usage-based theory of language, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Freiburg, Germany |
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| 2009 |
Demonstratives, joint attention, and emergent grammar, International Summer School on Embodied Language Games and Construction Grammar, Cortona, Italy |
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| 2008 |
Converging evidence: Linguistic typology and corpus linguistics, Leipzig Spring School on Linguistic Diversity (with Karsten Schmidtke-Bode), Leipzig, Germany |
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| 2007 |
Methodology of first language acquisition research, Societas Linguistica Europaea: Summer School on Linguistic Methodology, Molise, Italy |
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| 2007 |
Syntactic development, LOT Summer School, Leuven, Belgium |
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| 2004 |
Grammar and Language Use, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
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| 2004 |
Demonstratives in Grammar and Language Use, Summer School of Functional and Cognitive Linguistics, San Marino |
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Courses |
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Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena |
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| 2024-25 |
Usage-based Linguistics |
| 2024-25 |
Language and Cognition |
| 2024-25 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2024-25 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2024-25 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2024 |
Principles of Language Change |
| 2024 |
Language Development: Theory |
| 2024 |
Language Development: Methods |
| 2024 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2023-24 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2023 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2023 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2023 |
Principles of Language Change |
| 2023 |
Language and Cognition |
| 2023 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2022-23 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2022-23 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2022-23 |
Language Development. Theory |
| 2022-23 |
Language Development. Methods |
| 2022-23 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2022 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2022 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2022 |
Principles of Language Change |
| 2022 |
Language and Cognition |
| 2022 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2021-22 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2021-22 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2021-22 |
Language Development: Theory |
| 2021-22 |
Language Development: Methods |
| 2021-22 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2021 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2021 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2021 |
Principles of Language Change |
| 2021 |
Language and Cognition |
| 2021 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2020-21 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2020-21 |
Language Development: Theory |
| 2020-21 |
Language Development: Methods |
| 2020-21 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2020 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax (Mo) |
| 2020 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax (Tu) |
| 2020 |
Language and Cognition |
| 2020 |
Principles of Language Change |
| 2020 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2019/20 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2019/20 |
Language Development: Theory (MA) |
| 2019/20 |
Language Development: Methods (MA) |
| 2019/20 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2019 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2019 |
Language and Cognition (BA) |
| 2019 |
Grammar and Language Use (MA) |
| 2019 |
Principles of Language Change (MA) |
| 2019 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2018/19 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2018 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2018 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2018 |
Language Acquisition |
| 2018 |
Language Development: Theory (MA) |
| 2018 |
Language Development: Methods (MA) |
| 2018 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2017/18 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2017/18 |
Language and Cognition |
| 2017/18 |
Principles of Language Change (MA) |
| 2017/18 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2017 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2017 |
Linguistic Typology and Language Universals |
| 2017 |
Grammar and Language Use (MA) |
| 2017 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2016/17 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2016/17 |
Language Development. Theory (MA) |
| 2016/17 |
Language Development. Methods (MA) |
| 2016/17 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2016 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax (Vertretung) |
| 2016 |
Language Acquisition (BA) (Vertretung) |
| 2016 |
Statistics for Linguists (MA) (Vertretung) |
| 2016 |
Principles of Language Change (MA) (Vertretung) |
| 2016 |
Linguistics Colloquium (Vertretung) |
| 2015/16 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax (Vertretung) |
| 2015/16 |
Language Acquisition (BA) (Vertretung) |
| 2015/16 |
Language and Cognition (BA) (Vertretung) |
| 2015/16 |
Grammar and Language Use (MA) (Vertretung) |
| 2015/16 |
Linguistics Colloquium (Vertretung) |
| 2015 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2015 |
Language Development - Theory (MA) |
| 2015 |
Language Development - Methods (MA) |
| 2015 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2014/15 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2014/15 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2014/15 |
Language and Cognition (BA) |
| 2014/15 |
Statistics for Linguists (MA) |
| 2014/15 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2014 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2014 |
Linguistic Typology and Language Universals (MA) |
| 2014 |
Principles of Language Change (MA) |
| 2014 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2013/14 |
Grammar and Language Use (MA) |
| 2013/14 |
Language Development: Theory (MA) |
| 2013/14 |
Language Development: Methods (MA) |
| 2013/14 |
Language and Cognition (BA) |
| 2013/14 |
Introduction to Linguistics: Morphosyntax |
| 2013/14 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2013 |
Statistics for Linguists (MA) |
| 2013 |
Language and Cognition (BA) |
| 2013 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2012/13 |
Principles of Language Change (MA) |
| 2012/13 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2012 |
Linguistic Typology and Language Universals (MA) |
| 2012 |
Principles of Language Change (MA) |
| 2012 |
Language and Cognition (BA) |
| 2012 |
Introduction to Linguistics 1: Morphosyntax |
| 2012 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2011/12 |
Language Development: Methods (MA) |
| 2011/12 |
Language Development: Theory (MA) |
| 2011/12 |
Statistics for Linguists (MA) |
| 2011/12 |
Introduction to Linguistics 1: Morphosyntax |
| 2011/12 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2011 |
Introduction to Linguistics 2 (Vertretung) |
| 2011 |
Introduction to Linguistics 2 (Vertretung) |
| 2011 |
Language and Cognition (BA) (Vertretung) |
| 2011 |
Cognitive Linguistics (MA) (Vertretung) |
| 2011 |
Linguistics Colloquium (Vertretung) |
| 2010/11 |
Historical Linguistics |
| 2010/11 |
Linguistic Typology and Language Universals |
| 2010/11 |
Introduction to Linguistics 1: Morphosyntax |
| 2010/11 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2010/11 |
Language and Cognition |
| 2010 |
First Language Acquisition |
| 2010 |
Contrastive Linguistics: English German |
| 2010 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2009 |
Language and Cognition |
| 2009 |
First Language Acquisition |
| 2009 |
Empirical Methods of Linguistic Research |
| 2009 |
Introduction to Linguistics 1: Morphosyntax |
| 2009 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2008/9 |
Historical Linguistics |
| 2008/9 |
Language and Cognition |
| 2008/9 |
Introduction to Linguistics 1: Morphosyntax |
| 2008/9 |
Quantitative methods for analyzing linguistic data |
| 2008/9 |
Linguistic colloquium |
| 2008 |
Introduction to Linguistics 1 (Morphosyntax) |
| 2008 |
Contrastive Linguistics: English/German |
| 2008 |
Statistics for Linguistics |
| 2008 |
Linguistic Typology and Language Universals |
| 2008 |
Quantitative methods for analyzing linguistic data |
| 2007/8 |
Language and Cognition |
| 2007/8 |
Empirical Methods of Linguistic Research |
| 2007/8 |
Syntactic Development |
| 2007/8 |
Contrastive Linguistics: English/German |
| 2007/8 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2007 |
Linguistic Typology and Language Universals |
| 2007 |
Historical Linguistics |
| 2007 |
Second Language Acquisition |
| 2007 |
Second Language Acquisition |
| 2006/7 |
Language and Cognition |
| 2006/7 |
First Language Acquisition |
| 2006/7 |
Contrastive Linguistics: English/German |
| 2006/7 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2006 |
Introduction to Linguistics 2: Morphosyntax |
| 2006 |
Introduction to Linguistics 2: Morphosyntax |
| 2006 |
Empirical Methods of Linguistic Research |
| 2006 |
Contrastive Linguistics: English/German |
| 2005/6 |
History of the English Language |
| 2005/6 |
Syntactic Development |
| 2005/6 |
Historical Linguistics |
| 2005/6 |
Contrastive Linguistics: English/German |
| 2005 |
Linguistics Colloquium |
| 2005 |
Formal and Functional Approaches to the Study of Language |
| 2005 |
Cognitive Linguistics |
| 2005 |
Introduction to Linguistics 2: Morphosyntax |
| 2004/5 |
History of the English Language |
| 2004/5 |
Linguistic Typology and Language Universals |
| 2004/5 |
First Language Acquisition |
| 2004/5 |
Contrastive Linguistics: English/German |
| 2004 |
Historical Linguistics |
| 2004 |
Cognitive Linguistics |
| 2004 |
First Language Acquisition |
| 2004 |
English Syntax |
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Universität Osnabrück |
| 2003/4 |
Cognitive Linguistics |
| 2003/4 |
English Syntax |
| 2003/4 |
Introduction to Linguistics |
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Universität Leipzig |
| 2003 |
Cognitive Linguistics |
| 2002 |
Language Acquisition |
| 2001/2 |
Language Acquisition |
| 2000/1 |
Introduction to Linguistics |
| 2000 |
Introduction to Linguistics |
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State University of New York at Buffalo |
| 1997 |
Language, Society, and the Individual |
| 1997 |
Introduction to Linguistic Analysis |
| 1996 |
Introduction to Linguistic Analysis |
| 1995 |
Introduction to Linguistic Analysis |
| 1995 |
Introduction to Linguistic Analysis |
| 1994 |
Introduction to Linguistic Analysis |
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Universität Hamburg |
| 1993 |
Grammatik und sprachliches Handeln |
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