Michelle Weckermann

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Englische Sprachwissenschaft
Telefon: +49 821 598 - 5749
E-Mail: michelle.weckermann@philhist.uni-augsburg.de
Raum: 4038 (D)
Sprechzeiten: Donnerstags, 10:00 - 11:00 Uhr (in der Vorlesungszeit)
Adresse: Universitätsstraße 10, 86159 Augsburg

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seit 2019

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Universität Augsburg
 

2017 - 2018  

M.A. in Linguistics with a Specialisation in Pragmatics, University College London, UK

M.A. Thesis: ‘Polysemy: An Analysis from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective’
 

2014 - 2017

B.A. in English Language and Linguistics, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Forschungsinteressen

  • Pragmatics (also variational and cross-cultural pragmatics)

  • Figurative language

  • Cognitive linguistics

  • Language acquisition

  • Lexical semantics

  • Language Processing 

Laufende Projekte

My ongoing PhD project looks at prepositions through a cognitive semantic lens. The aim is to develop semantic networks modelling the polysemy of eight English prepositions based on natural corpus data. A cross-linguistic comparative perspective is also included, in order to see whether the polysemy of the English prepositions is mirrored when compared to their German translation counterparts.

Another project I am currently working on (in collaboration with Prof. Claridge) focuses on the preposition 'by'. The aim is to investigate the polysemy of 'by' but through a diachronic perspective, in order to see how its semantics developed over time.

Konferenzen

IPrA (2021): Prepositions in a Cognitive Linguistics Framework: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Semantic Networks Between German and English Prepositions.

 

ICAME 42 (2021): Prepositions in a Cognitive Linguistics Framework: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Semantic Networks Between German and English Prepositions.

 

ICAME 43 (2022): "Sitting on a chair writing a paper on prepositions": A cognitive semantic study of the polysemy of the preposition 'on'. 

 

ESSE (2022): "Sitting on a chair writing a paper on prepositions": A cognitive semantic study of the polysemy of the preposition 'on'. 

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