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Geb. 1954, London, Großbritannien/Nordirland
Ältere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft - Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft - Sprachwissenschaft - Didaktik - DaF - German Studies (Fachgebiet) - Development and structure of the German language; Modern German language and linguistics (Lehrgebiet)
Anschrift: Queen Mary University of London, Modern Languages and Cultures, School of Languages, Linguistics and Film, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
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Besondere Forschungsgebiete: Swiss German sociolinguistics; German Swiss literature; Language and gender
Monographien: French and Italian lexical influences in German-speaking Switzerland (1550-1650) (1989). The German Language in Switzerland (1997*).
Aufsätze und Beiträge: The Cognate Language Teacher: A Modern Approach to Teach Medieval German, in Humanities and the Computer (ed. S. Miall) (1990). Le Reflet de Joi et Jauzimen chez les Minnesänger, in Perspectives Médiévales (1990). gwaggli and gwagglitante. The use of epithets for men and women in Swiss German past and present, in 'Das unsichtbare Band der Sprache' (ed. J.L.Flood et al.) (1993). 'Shoppen' in der Schweiz (Sprachspiegel, 1993). Amerikanismen in der deutschen Sprache der Schweiz (ibid., 1994). Attitudes to the Use of English Vocabulary in Swiss German Advertising Language (Web Journal of Modern Language Linguistics, 1996). Metaphors of Darkness and Light in Eveline Hasler's Anna Göldin, Letzte Hexe and Der Riese im Baum, in German Contemporary Writers: their Aesthetics and their Language (ed. A. Williams et al.) (1996). 'Rauhe Männer - zarte Frauen'. Linguistic and Stylistic Aspects of Sexual Stereotyping in German Advertising Texts 1949-1959 (ibid.). Neujungdenglisch (Sprachspiegel, 1996). Ein frühes Beispiel der Männersprache? (Sprachwissenschaft, 1996).
Zusätzliche Kurzinformationen: BA (London), MA (CNAA), PhD (London)