Michelle Weckermann
Office Hours
During term:
- Tuesdays, 9:00 - 10:00 am
The office hours during term break will be announced in the News section.
Curriculum Vitae
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since 2019 |
Research Assistant at Augsburg University |
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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’ |
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2014 - 2017 |
B.A. in English Language and Linguistics, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK |
Research interests
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Pragmatics (also variational and cross-cultural pragmatics)
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Figurative language
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Cognitive linguistics
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Language acquisition
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Lexical semantics
Current projects
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.
Conferences
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.