Latest news from the Department of Linguistics

The Graduate Centre "Mastering Language" welcomes two new members: Miriam Grundwald and Jasmin Wend. While Miriam Grundwald completed the Master's programme in Clinical Linguistics at the Philipps University of Marburg, Jasmin Wend completed the…

The Hungarian Minister for Culture and Innovation has awarded Professor Dr Dr Csaba Földes the Medal of Honour for his services to education. This award recognises his commitment to university teaching, his international cooperation and the…

The university's own funded Graduate Centre "Mastering Language" has been recertified for the period from 2026 to 2029. We look forward to four more years full of exciting projects, lectures and activities!

Jasmin Wend is joining us as a research assistant and doctoral candidate in the "Writing Weak Syllables" project. We wish her every success!

The Graduate Centre "Mastering Language" welcomes two new members: Anna Thomas and Vadim Rodt, both of whom have also completed the Master's programme in Applied Linguistics at the University of Erfurt.

A warm welcome!

Congratulations to Gila Schauer, Professor of English and Applied Linguistics in our department, on the publication of the edited volume “Second Language Pragmatics and Young Language Learners - EFL Primary School Contexts in Europe” with European…

Sarah-Maria Thumbeck, member of the Graduate Centre "Mastering Language", together with Laima Eicke, whose dissertation was also awarded summa cum laude, has received the 2025 Doctoral Prize for her 2024 dissertation on ‘Text comprehension disorders…

Congratulations to Dr. Frank Lorenz, member of the University of Erfurt linguistics department, on publishing his book “English Phonetics and Phonology” with the Cambridge University Press!