Gerd Antos
Gerd Antos (* 1. January 1949 in Markersdorf ) is a German linguist with the main focus Applied Linguistics and Professor of German Linguistics at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and an honorary professor at the German Department of the Faculty of Arts, University of Pannonia Veszprém (Hungary) .
He is co-editor (together with Karlfried Knapp ) of the Handbooks of Applied Linguistics series (De Gruyter).
Life
Gerd Antos studied German literature , philosophy and history at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1969 to 1973 . Afterwards he was employed as a research assistant and from 1976 as a "teacher for special tasks" at the chair for contemporary German at the University of Saarland . He received his doctorate in 1980 on “Basics of a theory of formulation. Text production in written and spoken language ”. The habilitation followed in 1992 with a thesis on “lay linguistics. Studies on language and communication problems in everyday life. Using the example of language guides and communication training "with the Venia legendi :" Modern German linguistics and applied linguistics ".
Since 1993 he has been Professor of German Linguistics at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and since 2006 Honorary Professor at the German Institute of the Philosophical Faculty of the Pannonian University of Veszprém (Hungary).
Other functions and memberships
- Founding member of the Görlitzer Kreis (Society for German-Polish Scientific Cooperation) (1992).
- Vice-President (1994–1996), Treasurer (1996–1998) and President (1998–2002) of the Society for Applied Linguistics .
- Membership in the “International Scientific Council” of the Institute for the German Language (2006).
- Member of the Heidelberg research network for language and knowledge .
- Scientific support of the BMJ project of the Society for German Language : “Understandability of Legal Language” (2007–2008) and co-initiator of the “Language Advice for the Federal Ministries at the Federal Ministry of Justice” (2009–2012).
- Expansion of the center for legal linguistics at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (together with Karin M. Eichhoff-Cyrus ).
- Foundation of the interdisciplinary scientific institution "IWE intelligibility research" (together with Christian Oberländer).
Research priorities
- Transfer science
- Language culture
- Knowledge transfer
- Expert-lay communication
- Text linguistics
- Intercultural literature
Fonts
- Basics of a theory of formulation. Text production in written and spoken language . RGL 39. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1982 ISBN 3-484-31039-1 (diss.)
- Lay linguistics. Studies on language and communication problems in everyday life. Using the example of language guides and communication training . RGL; Vol. 249. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1996 ISBN 3-484-31146-0 (Habil.)
- Together with Heike Tietz (ed.): The future of text linguistics. Traditions - Transformations - Trends . RGL; Vol. 188. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1997 ISBN 3-484-31188-6
- Together with Klaus Brinker , Wolfgang Heinemann and Sven F. Sager (eds.): Text and Conversational Linguistics. / Linguistics of Text and Conversation. An international handbook of contemporary research . HSK 16. 2 half volumes (1st half volume: text linguistics. 2nd half volume: conversation linguistics). de Gruyter, Berlin [a. a.] 2000/01 ISBN 3-11-013559-0 ISBN 3-11-016918-5
- Together with Sigurd Wichter (ed.) With the collaboration of Daniela Schütte and Oliver Stenschke: Knowledge transfer between experts and laypeople. Outlines of a transfer science . Transfer science; Vol. 1. Lang, Frankfurt [u. a.] 2001 ISBN 3-631-36572-1
- Karlfried Knapp with the assistance of Gerd Antos, Michael Becker-Mrotzek, Arnulf Deppermann, Susanne Göpferich, Joachim Grabowski, Michael Klemm, Claudia Villiger: Applied Linguistics. A textbook . UTB 8275. A. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2004 ISBN 3-7720-3015-7 (3rd edition 2008).
- Together with Sigurd Wichter: Transfer Science. Knowledge transfer through language as a social problem . Transfer science; Vol. 3. Lang, Frankfurt / M. 2005 ISBN 3-631-38986-8
- Together with Tilo Weber (ed.): Transfer quality . Transfer science; Vol. 4. Lang, Frankfurt [u. a.] 2005 ISBN 3-631-51665-7
- Together with Andrea Jäger and Malcolm H. Dunn (eds.): Masse Mensch. The "we" - linguistically asserted, aesthetically staged . Mitteldeutscher Verlag GmbH, Halle 2006 ISBN 978-3-89812-394-5
- Together with Csaba Földes (ed.): Interculturality: Method problems in research . Contributions to the international conference at the German Institute of the Pannonian University of Veszprém, October 7th - 9th, 2004. Iudicium, Munich 2007 ISBN 978-3-89129-197-9
- Together with Eija Ventola (eds.): Handbook of Interpersonal Communication . In cooperation with Tilo Weber. In: Karlfried Knapp / Gerd Antos (eds.): Handbooks of Applied Linguistics . Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin./NY 2008 ISBN 978-3-11-018830-1 .
- Together with Thomas Bremer / Andrea Jäger / Christian Oberländer (eds.): Cultures of perception. Knowledge - Mimesis - Entertainment . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2008 ISBN 978-3-89812-533-8
- Together with Karin M. Eichhoff-Cyrus (Ed.): Understandability as Citizenship? Legal and administrative language in public discussion . (“Topic German”, Volume 9/2008). Duden, Mannheim 2008 ISBN 978-3-411-04314-9
- Rhetoric and intelligibility . International Yearbook of Rhetoric; Vol. 28. Niemeyer, Tübingen 2009 ISBN 978-3-484-60580-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerd Antos in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Transfer science
- Center for Legal Linguistics
- Antos in the research portal Saxony-Anhalt
Individual evidence
- ↑ Verlaggseite ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Research network "Language and Knowledge"
- ↑ See BMJ project description "Understanding Legal Language" ( PDF ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ↑ Legal language editorial staff ( Memento of the original dated January 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ See regulations of the IWE intelligibility research ( PDF )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Antos, Gerd |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German linguist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Markersdorf (Saxony) |