Carolin Biewer
Carolin Biewer (* 1975 in Merzig ) is a German linguist. She is a professor of English linguistics and a professor at the University of Würzburg .
Life
Biewer attended the Peter-Wust-Gymnasium . She studied English, mathematics and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg . There she did her doctorate in 2005 on the language of love in Shakespeare's comedies. She then went on a research trip. She completed her habilitation in South Pacific English at the University of Zurich .
Act
Biewer's research focuses on the description of the variation and change in English as a second language in Hong Kong and the South Pacific, as well as on digital linguistics.
Publications (selection)
- Biewer, C. (2015) South Pacific Englishes. ISBN 9789027249128
Awards
- Book Award of the European Society for the Study of English in the category English Language and Linguistics (2015)
- Habilitation award from the German English Association (2016)
Web links
- Chair of English Linguistics , University of Würzburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d o. V. (2017) Linguistic research: Merzigerin researches English in the South Pacific. Saarbrücker Zeitung, September 29, 2017. https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/merzig-wadern/merzig/merzigerin-erforscht-englisch-im-suedpazifik_aid-5350827
- ↑ a b c d Ebbinghaus, U. (2018) Language Laboratory South Pacific: Is a new English emerging here? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 20, 2018. http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/hoch-schule/sprach-labor-suedpazifik-entstands-hier-ein-neues-englisch-15832753-p6.html?printPagedArticle = true # pageIndex_5
- ↑ http://essenglish.org/book-awards-2016/
- ↑ http://www.anglistenverband.de/en/awards/postdoctoral-dissertation-award
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biewer, Carolin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Merzig |