Florian Menz (Linguist)

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Florian Menz (born July 13, 1960 in Bozen , South Tyrol, † June 30, 2017 in Vienna ) was an Austrian linguist and professor of linguistics at the University of Vienna .

Life

Florian Menz was born in Bolzano, South Tyrol in 1960 and attended elementary school and grammar school there ( Franziskanergymnasium in Bolzano ). After graduating from high school (with the highest possible number of points), he studied general and applied linguistics and sociology at the University of Vienna and at the Free University of Berlin. In 1984 he completed his diploma studies and in 1989 his doctoral studies with honors. From 1984 he taught at the University of Vienna and supervised numerous diploma theses and dissertations. At the same time he worked for more than twenty years in teacher training for various institutions, and established himself in various (also interdisciplinary) research projects as an expert in the field of applied linguistics, especially in the area of sociolinguistics . In 1999 Florian Menz completed his habilitation and was then appointed as associate professor for applied linguistics at the University of Vienna. Since 2014 Florian Menz has been the head of the Institute for Linguistics at the University of Vienna. He held this position until the end.

Scientific research and publication

Menz's research interests were, among other things, in the area of ​​organizational and institutional communication, especially in the area of ​​medical communication, and communication in commercial enterprises. In the 1980s and 1990s he conducted research (together with Ruth Wodak, among others ) in the context of the Viennese critical discourse analysis on the social and political discourse in Austria. His focal points were “Language and Ideology” and “Language and Power”, “Language and Prejudice” and dealing with minorities in terms of language policy. With his dissertation on doctor-patient communication, he laid a fundamental work on researching the doctor-patient relationship and thus gained notoriety beyond the boundaries of his research area.

Menz led numerous (often interdisciplinary) research projects on medical and health communication (including doctor-patient communication, pain communication, migration and medical communication, communication and psychiatry) and, with his research team, developed the online research database on doctor-patient interaction (APO-on ©). From 1984–2016 he established the research focus “Medical Communication” at the Institute for Linguistics at the University of Vienna. As an expert in the fields of organizational and institutional communication, he worked as a consultant for the national research and planning institute Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (GÖG). In addition, Florian Menz was active as a lecturer in the university and non-university environment and was most recently active in the further and advanced training of psychiatrists.

Awards and grants

Publications (selection)

A complete list of publications can be found in the commemorative publication in his memory.

Monographs and co-publications

  • with Heinz K. Stahl: Handbook of Stakeholder Communication. Convincing language in corporate practice . 2nd edition Berlin 2014. ISBN 978-3-503-15607-8 .
  • with Johanna Lalouschek, Marlene Sator, Karin Wetschanow: Talking about pain. Duisburg 2010. ISBN 978-3-11-020548-0 .
  • with Johanna Lalouschek, Andreas Gstettner: Efficient medical discussion. Optimization of communicative competence in outpatient medical care. A conversation analytical training concept . Münster 2008.
  • Self- and external organization in the discourse. Internal communication in business enterprises. Wiesbaden 2000. ISBN 978-3-8258-1065-8 .
  • with Ruth Wodak, Richard Mitten, Frank Stern: The languages ​​of the past. Public commemoration in Austrian and German media. Frankfurt am Main 1994. ISBN 978-3-518-28733-0 .
  • The secret dialogue. Medical training and institutionalized obfuscation in doctor-patient communication. A discourse analytical study. Frankfurt am Main 1991a. ISBN 978-3-631-43259-4 .
  • with Johanna Lalouschek, Ruth Wodak: »Everyday life in the ambulance«. Conversations between doctors, nurses and patients. Tübingen 1990. ISBN 978-3-8233-4420-9 .
  • with Johanna Lalouschek, Wolfgang Dressler: "The fight goes on." The journalistic defensive struggle in Carinthian newspapers since 1918. A linguistic analysis of prejudices and enemy images. Klagenfurt 1989. ISBN 978-3-85435-116-0 .
  • with Ruth Wodak, Benedikt Lutz: Helmut Gruber: The language of the "mighty" and "powerless". The Hainburg case. A socio- and text-linguistic analysis. Vienna 1985.

Essays and Papers

  • with Patrick Frottier: Psychiatric counseling. The first psychiatric interview or: How do I get to a second interview. In: Ina Pick (ed.), Counseling in Interaction: A Conversational Typology of Counseling, 139–162. Bern et al .: 2017.
  • with Luzia Plansky: Communication training based on discourse analysis for doctors? In Peter Anreiter, Elisabeth Mairhofer & Claudia Posch (eds.), Argumenta. Festschrift for Manfred Kienpointner on his 60th birthday, 295–308. Vienna: 2015a.
  • with Regina Geisler: communication with pain patients. In: Armin Koerfer & Christian Albus (eds.): Communicative competence in clinic and practice. A textbook on the theory, didactics, empiricism and evaluation of medical interviewing, 1650–1670. Mannheim: 2015b.
  • with Marlene Sator, Peter Nowak: Improving the quality of discussions in health care. Practice Models and Development Initiatives - Results Report. Vienna: 2015c.
  • Constructing unity and flexibility in uncertain business environments: demands on and challenges for the people inside. In: Bylok, Felicijan, Cichobłaziński, Leszek (eds.): The role of Human Capital in Knowledge based management. Częstochowa: pp. 162-171. 2012a.
  • For comparing medical consultations on headaches in interpreted and non-interpreted conversations. In: Menz, Florian (ed.): Migration and medical communication. Vienna: 2012b.
  • Doctor-patient communication . In: Wodak, Ruth / Johnstone, Barbara / Kerswill, Paul (eds.): The Sage Handbook of Sociolinguistics. London: 330-344. 2011a.
  • Medical discussions with patients with little knowledge of German . In: Peintinger, Michael (ed.): Interculturally competent. A handbook for doctors. Vienna. Facultas: 225-236. 2011b.
  • with Ali Al-Roubaie: Interruptions, status, and gender in medical interviews: The harder you brake, the longer it takes. In: Discourse & Society 19 (5): 645-666. 2008.
  • “The languages ​​of the pasts”: on the re-construction of a collective history through individual stories. In: Wodak, Ruth / Martin, James (eds.): Re / Reading the Past. Amsterdam: 139-175. 2003.
  • with Julia Vodopiutz, Sabine Poller, Barbara Schneider, Johanna Lalouschek: Chest pain in hospitalized Patient: Cause specific and gender-specific differences. In: Journal of Women's health & gender based Medicine. Vol. 11, No. 8: 1-9. 2002.
  • Self-organization, Equivocality, and Decision-making in Organizations. In: Discourse and Society 10/1: 101-129. 1999a.

Editing

  • Migration and medical communication: Linguistic procedures for patient participation and ensuring understanding in medical discussions with migrants. Göttingen 2013. ISBN 978-3-89971-940-6 .
  • with Rudolf de Cillia, Helmut Gruber, Michał Krzyzanowski: Discourse, Politics, Identity / Discourse, Politics, Identity. Festschrift for Ruth Wodak. Tübingen 2010. ISBN 978-3-86057-669-4 .
  • with Andreas P. Müller: organizational communication. Basics and analyzes of the linguistic staging of organization. Munich 2008. ISBN 3-86618-286-4 .
  • with Helmut Gruber and Oswald Panagl: Language and Political Change. Fault lines and turning points in the public discourse of the 1990s. Frankfurt 2003. ISBN 978-3-631-51021-6 .
  • with Helmut Gruber: Interdisciplinarity in Applied Linguistics: Method Menu or Method Salad? Bern 2001. ISBN 978-3-631-36531-1 .
  • with Dieter Halwachs: Roma in Austria . Klagenfurt 1999.
  • with Ruth Wodak: Language in Politics - Politics in Language. Analysis of public language usage. Klagenfurt 1990. ISBN 978-3-8382-0466-6 .

literature

Rudolf de Cillia, Jürgen Spitzmüller, Helmut Gruber: Institutional and organizational communication: theory, methodology, empiricism and criticism: memorial for Florian Menz . Communication in focus; Volume 9. V & R Unipress, Göttingen 2020, ISBN 978-3-8471-1125-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Florian Menz. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Gruber, Helmut, Spitzmüller, Jürgen 1973-, Cillia, Rudolf de 1950-, Menz, Florian 1960-2017, V & R unipress GmbH: Institutional and organizational communication: theory, methodology, empiricism and criticism: memorial for Florian Menz . Göttingen 2020, ISBN 978-3-8471-1125-2 .
  3. ↑ Menz, Florian .: Self-organization and external organization in discourse: internal communication in business enterprises . German Univ.-Verl, Wiesbaden 2000, ISBN 3-8244-4357-0 (first edition: 1998, Zugl .: Wien, Univ., Habil.-Schr., 1999).
  4. ^ Menz, Florian .: The secret dialogue: medical training and institutionalized disguises in doctor-patient communication: a discourse-analytical study . P. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-631-43259-3 .
  5. ↑ Florian Menz, Peter Nowak, Anita Rappl, Sabine Nezhiba: http://www.gespraechsforschung-online.de/fileadmin/daten/heft2008/px-menz.pdf Doctor-patient interaction in German-speaking countries: an online research database ( API-on ©) as a basis for meta-analyzes. In: Conversation Research. Online journal on verbal interaction, issue 9, 2008, pp 129-163, accessed on July 12, 2020.
  6. ↑ Marlene Sator, Peter Nowak, Florian Menz: Improving the quality of conversation in health care. Ed .: Health Austria GmbH. ( goeg.at ).
  7. ↑ Rudolf de Cillia, Jürgen Spitzmüller, Helmut Gruber: Institutional and organizational communication: theory, methodology, empiricism and criticism: memorial for Florian Menz. V & R Unipress, Göttingen 2020, ISBN 978-3-8471-1125-2 , Bibliography Florian Menz, p. 189-199 .
personal data
SURNAME Menz, Florian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian linguist
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Bolzano
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 2017
Place of death Vienna