Latest news from the Department of Linguistics

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 "Sprachbeherrschung" 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 'Sprachbeherrschung', 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!

Vadim Rodt will start in June 2025 as a new employee and doctoral candidate at Professor Beate Hampe's Professorship of Language and its Structure (English Linguistics). Vadim is "changing sides", having recently completed his MA in Applied…

Juliane Wettmann, Jana Hasenäcker, and Frank Domahs recently published the article "Can Easy Language Be Too Easy? A Target-Group-Oriented Study on the Effectiveness of Genitive Avoidance."

This publication is the result of Juliane Wettmann's final…