Linguistic Laboratory

The Linguistic Laboratory (LingLab) is a work-in-progress colloquium organized by the Chair of English Linguistics. LingLab showcases ongoing research in English Linguistics at the University of Bayreuth and is open to presenters from all stages of academic life (advanced MA students, PhD students, postdocs, visiting researchers, professors).
We meet every second Tuesday of the month between 4 and 6pm (c.t.).

Program WiSe 2022/2023

16:15-17:45

November 8: Sofia Rüdiger
via Zoom
Indirect Complaints from a Diachronic Perspective

December 13: Glory Essien Otung
room: S93 (GWI)
Identities and Power in Colonial Letters: The Case of British Cameroons (1916 - 1961)

January 10: Johannes Trüdinger (NEW DATE: January 17, 4-6pm)
room: S93 (GWI)
Scottish Standard English: A Description of Its Grammar in Relation to Standard English and Standard American English

Previous Programs

SoSe 2022

May 10: Sofia Rüdiger & Daria Dayter - Book Launch: The Language of Pick-Up Artists - Online Discourses of the Seduction Industry

June 14: Somaye Akbari - Introducing the Concept of Âberu and an Âberu-Damaging Act in Iranian Political Discourse: Focus on Presidential Debates

July 12: Yannis Wong - From Chaos to Governance: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study on the Media Representations of National Security Law in Hong Kong

WiSe 2021/2022

November 9: Jude Ssempuuma - Code Switching and Translanguaging in the Classroom: Their Implication in the Teaching and Learning of English in Elementary, High and Academic High Schools in Saxony, Germany

December 14: Ryan Fountain - Rethinking Standard Language Ideologies: A Mixed-Methods Approach to the Language Attitudes of Students in English-Medium Instruction (EMI) Programs

January 11: Jocelyne Kenne - Language and Interaction in the Chinese Community in Cameroon: A Sociolinguistic Profile

February 8: Susanne Mühleisen - Puns and Picong, Boasting and Complaining: The Language of Calypso