Christa Heilmann

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Christa M. Heilmann (born November 6, 1946 in Leipzig ) is a German speech scholar . Until 2012 she was a university professor and head of the Speech Science department at the Philipps University of Marburg .

Life

Christa Heilmann grew up in Leipzig. After graduating from high school in 1965, she studied speech science and German at the Institute for Speech Science and Phonetics of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , where she received her doctorate in 1972 on the subject of rhetorical communication. She then worked at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń . At the then Karl Marx University in Leipzig , she was a university teacher for foreign students of German studies for the subjects of rhetoric and phonetics from 1975–1982 , then an aspirant at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. Because of a departure request she had from 1984 to 1987 in the GDR , a professional ban . During this time she worked in church training institutions.

After moving to the Federal Republic of Germany in November 1987, Heilmann worked at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and at the Georg-August University in Göttingen . Since the winter semester 1990 she has been head of the Speech Studies department at the Institute for German Linguistics at the Philipps University of Marburg. In April 2001 she completed her habilitation at the University of Jena with the thesis "New approaches to linguistic conversation research". She was appointed adjunct professor for speech science in 2005. In 2012 she retired.

Heilmann has been chairwoman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Society for Speech Science and Speech Education (DGSS) since 2001 . From 2009 to 2011 she was 1st Chairman of the DGSS. She is also a founding member of the Soroptimist Club Marburg and was its president from 2009 to 2011.

Heilmann is married and has three children.

Awards

  • Women's advancement award of the Philipps University of Marburg (2004)
  • Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (2015)

Publications (selection)

  • Rhetoric and gender difference. A linguistic approach . In: Doerte Bischoff, Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf (eds.): Participation, right to speak, power to vote. Gender-critical strategies and transformations in rhetoric. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2006, pp. 59–74.
  • History of Speech Science in Marburg . Münster 2002, LIT publishing house.
  • Linguistic conversation analysis as a management tool . In: Norbert Gutenberg (Ed.): Die Rhetorik der Wirtschaft und die Wirtschaft der Rhetorik Attikon, Tostedt 2000, pp. 27–40.
  • Methodological problems in studying spoken language in natural situations . In: Sigrun Lemke, Susanne Thiel (eds.): Speaking, talking, sharing. Language and speaking . Vol. 32, Reinhardt, Munich / Basel 1996, pp. 154-160.

literature

  • Wilfried Kürschner: Linguist Handbook: Biographical and Bibliographical Data of German-Speaking Linguists of the Present , Tübingen: Narr 1994 ISBN 3-8233-5000-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Federal Cross of Merit for Professor Dr. Christa Heilmann. Hessian Ministry of Finance, March 13, 2015.
  2. ^ Philipps University of Marburg: Curriculum Vitae
personal data
SURNAME Heilmann, Christa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heilmann, Christa M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German speech scientist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig