In der Abteilung Linguistik des Instituts für England- und Amerikastudien ist zum 1.4.2025 eine studentische Hilfskraftstelle zu besetzen.
(eine geringere Studenzahl oder eine kürzere Vertragslaufzeit sind auf Wunsch möglich)
Die gesuchte Hilfskraft soll die Abteilung im Lehr- und Forschungsbetrieb unterstützen. Continue reading Hilfskraft gesucht!
The following course has been added to the IEAS course program. Registration is still open for it.
Instructor: Manfred Sailer
Monday, 12.15-13.45, starting 4.11.2024
Room: IG 3.201
Modules:
There is a growing interest in and a growing need for accessible and available presentation of scientific research and insights. According
to linguistic-TikToker Simon Meier-Vieracker (Dresden), linguistics is in an ideal situation for science communication: (i) Everyone uses
language and has some opinion on language and language use. This Continue reading New course: Linguistics and Science Communication
In der Arbeitsgruppe „Syntax-Semantik-Schnittstelle“ (Sailer) der Englischen Sprachwissenschaft ist zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine studentische Hilfskraftstellen zu besetzen.
Die gesuchte Hilfskraft soll die Arbeitsgruppe technisch und inhaltlich unterstützen. Das beinhaltet Scan-Aufträge, Computerbetreuung (Mac), Unterstützung bei LaTex-Projekten, Aktualisierung des Internetauftritts (www.english-linguistics.de), Continue reading Studentische Hilfskraft gesucht!
The linguistics department of the IEAS has welcomed a new member this term, Jana-Elina Jordan. She will present herself in this blog entry.
AboutMy academic journey started with a bachelor’s degree in English
Studies and Romance Studies at Goethe-University Frankfurt, where I
specialized in English and French linguistics. To expand and deepen my
knowledge in theoretical linguistics, I continued my studies at
Goethe-University Frankfurt with a master’s degree in Linguistics.
Having previously worked as a student assistant and tutor in the
linguistics department of the IEAS, I am excited to return as a PhD
student. Continue reading New colleague: Jana-Elina Jordan
Dr. Janina Radó is offering a colloquium for exam preparation during the summer semester 2024, wednesday 2.15-3.45pm, SH 3.101. The colloquium is open to all students who take their Erstes Staatsexamen in English linguistics, independently of the exam topics and the examiner. You are also welcome to join if you are writing your wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit or your BA/MA thesis in English linguistics. Continue reading Exam preparation colloquium
This position has been posted on linguistlist: https://linguistlist.org/issues/35/440/
At the Institute of English and American Studies, Faculty of Modern Languages, at Goethe University Frankfurt, the position of a
Research associate (m/f/d)
(E 13 TV-G-U, 65% part time)
is to be filled on 01.04.2024 within the project B05: “Negative polarity items in non-negative contexts“. The project is part of the CRC 1629 “Negation in Language and Beyond (NegLaB)“, which is established at the Institute of Romance Languages and Literatures. The position will be non-permanent until 31.12.2027. The salary grade is based on the job characteristics of the collective agreement (TV-G-U) applicable to Goethe University. Continue reading PhD position: Semantics and pragmatics of Negative Polarity Items
In order to promote a discussion between formal and constructional approaches to grammar, Nurit Melnik & Manfred Sailer edited a special issue of the Journal of Language Modelling devoted to “Constructional approaches in formal grammar”. Continue reading Melnik & Sailer edit special issue on “Constructional approaches in formal grammar”
Note: The position has been filled
In der Arbeitsgruppe „Syntax-Semantik-Schnittstelle“ (Sailer) der Englischen Sprachwissenschaft ist zum 1.4.2024 eine studentische Hilfskraftstellen zu besetzen.
Die gesuchte Hilfskraft soll die Arbeitsgruppe technisch und inhaltlich unterstützen. Das beinhaltet Scan-Aufträge, Computerbetreuung (Mac), Unterstützung bei LaTex-Projekten, Aktualisierung des Internetauftritts (www.english-linguistics.de), Continue reading Studentische Hilfskraft gesucht!
The proceedings of this year’s HPSG conference are now available! The volume includes a contribution by Manfred Sailer & Nicolas Lamoure on “Superlative ever in Dutch, French, German, and Spanish.”
The paper examines borrowed instances of emphatic superlative ever (ES-ever) into two Germanic languages (Dutch and German) and Continue reading Sailer & Lamoure in HPSG 2023 Proceedings
Hiwa Asadpour has published a paper on “A corpus analysis of the effects of definiteness and animacy on word order veration”. In this article deals with the analysis of word order variation regarding subjects, direct objects, and non-direct object phrases called the “Target” in the corpus of languages of northwestern Iran, viz., Armenian, Mukri Kurdish, and Northeastern Kurdish (Indo-European), Jewish Northeastern Neo-Aramaic Continue reading Asadpour on Effects of Definiteness and Animacy in Word Order Variation