Welcome

On these pages, you find information about my research, supervised projects and classes in linguistics. I will add links, photos and powerpoint presentations for classes I regularly teach:

Introduction to English Linguistics

Introduction to General Linguistics

Semantics

Syntax

Multimodal Media Analysis

Sociolinguistics

Language, Gender and Sexuality

Language and Ethnic Identity

Begleitseminar für BA und MA Kandidatinnnen

Downloads of some my publications are possible. If you are interested in writing a BA, MA or PhD thesis with me, please send a research proposal to me and we arrange a meeting. Here are some of the projects I currently supervise.

Currently supervised MA projects:

German and British relations in flux (Bremen)

Morphological and Syntactical Constraints of Migrant Youth Language (Vechta)

Employment of the Media in Language Teaching (Vechta)

Glocal Hip-Hop Culture and Linguistic Identity Change (Bremen)

Currently co-consulted PhD projects

Linguistic and Sociocultural Dynamics in Computer Mediated Communication (Osnabrück, Presley Ifukor- Supervisor: Prof. Berg)

Currently supervised BA projects:

Language and power in intercultural communication (Bremen)

On the loss of land, the traditional social framework and language of the indigenous people of Australia as a result of colonisation.

(Bremen)

Structural innovations in Kanak Sprak (Vechta)

British Monarchy - a current or ancient concept (Vechta)

Currently co-supervised BA projects (selection):

The influence of media on personal satisfaction with body shape (Bremen)

Aborigines and Maoris in the modern world. - A Comparison of the integration of indigenous people of Australia and of New Zealand in their countries (Bremen)

African American and Asian American stereotypes in the media (Bremen)

Anglicisms in the German youth magazine 'BRAVO' and how German
teenagers use Anglicisms in their speech (Bremen)

The politeness of salespersons on the telephone in areas of German cities that are and are not highly frequented by international tourists (Bremen)

The use of "Denglish" in social online networks Facebook and Studi-VZ (Bremen)

Language Attitudes: Ghanian English (Bremen)

Aboriginee English in Cultural Contexts (Bremen)