Hans-Georg Wolf
Hans-Georg Wolf (* 1963 in Wiesbaden ) is a German English graduate and has been a professor at the University of Potsdam since 2009 .
Life
Wolf studied American studies , German linguistics and educational science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main from 1986 to 1991 . During this time he completed study and research stays in the United States, namely at Southern Illinois University and the University of California . This was followed by work on his doctoral thesis, which he published in 1994 under the title A Folk Model of the 'Internal Self' in Light of the Contemporary View of Metaphor - the Self as Subject and Object . He then worked as a research assistant in English and American Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin until 2000 , and then as a research assistant until 2002.
In 2003 he worked for the first time at the University of Hong Kong , initially as a Research Assistant Professor, then until 2009 as a professor at the Institute for English. Since 2009 he has held the chair for the development and variety of English at the University of Potsdam . In addition, he worked as an honorary professor in Hong Kong until 2016 .
His main research interests include dialectology and the variety of English. Particularly noteworthy is his collaboration on the Dictionary of West African English, which deals with the forms of English in West Africa.
Publications (selection)
- Dissertation: A Folk Model of the 'Internal Self' in Light of the Contemporary View of Metaphor - the Self as Subject and Object. Peter Lang 1994, ISBN 978-3-631-47840-0 .
- English in Cameroon. de Gruyter 2001, ISBN 978-3-11-017053-5 .
- with Frank Polzenhagen : World Englishes: A Cognitive Sociolinguistic Approach. de Gruyter 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-019633-7 .
- with Patrick J. Cummings : A Dictionary of Hong Kong English . Words from the Fragrant Harbor. Hong Kong University Press 2011, ISBN 978-988-8083-30-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Author page at Verlag Peter Lang , last accessed: August 20, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolf, Hans-Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden , Germany |