Jürgen Erfurt

Jürgen Erfurt (born May 30, 1954 in Arnstadt ) is a German Romance studies and linguist . He is professor at the Institute for Romance Languages and Literatures at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main .

biography

Erfurt studied Romance Studies and Linguistics (French, Romanian, Spanish) at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig from 1973 to 1977 . After studying Romanian studies in Leipzig and Bucharest under the direction of Klaus Bochmann , he received his doctorate in Leipzig in 1981 with a dissertation on Romanian in the 19th century. In 1985 and 1986 he completed a three-semester course in university education . His dissertation B (habilitation) on French, defended in 1986, was based on text and discourse analysis. In 1987 Erfurt was appointed professor for French linguistics at the University of Leipzig. In the years after 1989 he worked both at the University of Leipzig and as a visiting scholar and visiting professor at other universities (Oldenburg, Erfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Essen, Tübingen), including from 1993 to 1994 at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in Toronto (Canada). In 1996 he was offered the professorship for Romance Linguistics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, where he has been teaching and researching ever since. Erfurt has been visiting professor in Canada and the USA several times.

Scientific work

Erfurt published numerous books and essays on many topics of Romance philology , sociolinguistics and multilingualism research. His research interests extend to research on historical linguistics and language change of Romance languages, here on the role of Writing and the language change happening, the language policy in Romansh countries, the development of standard language varieties of Romance languages, including in the Canadian province of Quebec and the Republic of Moldova . Another focus is on research on Francophonie , the linguistic conditions and language practice of Francophone minorities in Canada and other regions. In addition to the French language, the phenomena of multilingualism and migration, which Erfurt addressed in several case studies in Germany, Canada, France and the Republic of Moldova, are central to these studies. In doing so, he investigates the models, problems and conflicts with which language learning is associated in the school context and also in language education on multilingualism. Finally, based on his research experience in Canada and in other Romansh-speaking areas, the investigations into the problem area of linguistic mixing processes as well as interculturality and transculturality should be mentioned.

honors and awards

2015 Appointment as Chercheur associé at the “Center de recherche en immigration, ethnicité et citoyenneté” (CRIEC) of the Université du Québec à Montréal
1993 Awarded the John G. Diefenbaker Prize by the Canada Council / Conseil des Arts du Canada (Ottawa).
1991 to 1996 scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn)

Publications (selection)

Editorships

Publishing activities
Founder and co-editor of Grenzgang magazine. Contributions to modern Romance studies since 1994 until the magazine was discontinued in 2011.
Co-editor of the journal Osnabrücker Contributions to Language Theory (OBST) since 1989.
Editor of the series "Language, Multilingualism and Social Change / Langue, multilinguisme et changement social", founded in 2003 at the publisher Peter Lang. International publishing house of the sciences.

Books

Construction grammar and multilingualism, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt & Sabine De Knop, Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Duisburg: Universitätsverlag Rhein-Ruhr (UVRR), Volume 94/2019, 206 pp.
Éducation plurilingue et pratiques langagières, éd. par Jürgen Erfurt, Anna Weirich & Eloise Caporal-Ebersold. Berlin [u. a.]: Peter Lang 2018, 314 pp.
L'éducation bilingue en France: Politiques linguistiques, modèles et pratiques, éd. par Christine Hélot & Jürgen Erfurt, Limoges: Lambert-Lucas, 2016, 664 pp.
Multilingualism and Multilingualism: Linguistic Action in School, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt, Tatjana Leichsering & Reseda Streb, Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Duisburg: Universitätsverlag Rhein-Ruhr (UVRR), Volume 83, 2013, 204 pp.
La francophonie. Bibliography analytique de la recherche internationale 1980–2005, Jürgen Erfurt & Maria Amelina, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften 2011, 763 pp.
Elite migration and multilingualism, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt & Maria Amelina, Osnabrück Contributions to Linguistics (OBST), Duisburg: Gilles & Francke, Volume 75, 2008, 188 pp.
Écoles plurilingues - Multilingual Schools: Concepts, Institutions and Actors. International Perspectives, ed. by Gabriele Budach, Jürgen Erfurt & Melanie Kunkel, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. European Science Publishers 2008, 432 pp.
Standardization et déstandardisation / Estandarización y desestandarización. Le français et l'espagnol au XXe siècle / El francés y el español en el siglo XX, éd. par Jürgen Erfurt & Gabriele Budach, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften 2008, 254 pp.
Francophonie. Language - Discourse - Politics. Tübingen: Francke-Verlag / UTB 2005, XVI + 220 pp.
Transculturality and hybridity. L'espace francophone as a borderline experience of speaking and writing, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. European Science Publishing House 2005, 300 pp.
Multilingualism and Social Change. In: Crossing borders. Contributions to a modern Romance studies, Vol. 22/2004, 167 pp.
Multilingualism and Migration. Resources of Social Identification, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt, Gabriele Budach & Sabine Hofmann, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. European Publishing House of Science 2003, 259 pp.
“Multi-talk”: hybridity, variation. Identity, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt, Duisburg: Gilles & Francke 2003, [Series: Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory, Vol. 65], 203 pp.
Identité franco-canadienne et société civile québécoise. Avec une introduction de Klaus Bochmann, éd. par Gabriele Budach & Jürgen Erfurt, Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag 1997, 216 pp.
Language acquisition in minority situations, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt & Angelika Redder, Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Vol. 54/1997, 262 pp.
De la polyphony à la symphony. Méthodes, théories et faits de la recherche pluridisciplinaire sur le français au Canada. Ouvrage collectif sous la direction de Jürgen Erfurt, Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 1996, XXVI + 466 pp.
Glottopolitically initiated language change, Jürgen Erfurt (with the collaboration of Armin Bassarak and Katrin Kaiser) [= Vol. V: Sprachdynamik. Paths to a Typology of Linguistic Change, ed. by Benedikt Jeßing, 8 vols.] Bochum: Brockmeyer 1994, 141 pp.
Language policy in Romania. On the history of linguistic thought and action in Romance countries since the French Revolution. A joint work of the Leipzig research group "Sociolinguistics": Jenny Brumme, Gerlinde Ebert, Jürgen Erfurt, Ralf Müller, Bärbel Plötner under the direction of Klaus Bochmann, Berlin-New York: W. de Gruyter 1993, 528 pp.
Writing culture and linguistic change, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt & Joachim Gessinger, Series: Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Volume 47, 1993, 248 pp.
Romance studies between engagement and refusal, ed. by Klaus Bochmann & Jürgen Erfurt, Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Volume 45, 1991, 176 pp.

Individual evidence

↑ Jürgen Erfurt biography
↑ See Jürgen Erfurt (with the collaboration of Armin Bassarak and Katrin Kaiser), Glottopolitically initiated language change [= Vol. V: Sprachdynamik. Paths to a Typology of Linguistic Change, ed. by Benedikt Jeßing, 8 vols.] Bochum: Brockmeyer 1994; Jürgen Erfurt, “Language change and written form” (Article No. 119). In: Hartmut Günther / Otto Ludwig (eds.), Scripture and writing. Writing and its Use [series: Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Studies], Berlin / New York: W. de Gruyter 1996, 2nd half volume, 1387-1404; Writing culture and linguistic change, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt / Joachim Gessinger, Series: Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Volume 47, 1993.
↑ Cf. u. a. Language policy in Romania. On the history of linguistic thought and action in Romance countries since the French Revolution. A joint work of the Leipzig research group “Sociolinguistics”: Jenny Brumme, Gerlinde Ebert, Jürgen Erfurt, Ralf Müller, Bärbel Plötner under the direction of Klaus Bochmann, Berlin-New York: W. de Gruyter 1993.
↑ See Standardization et déstandardisation / Estandarización y desestandarización. Le français et l'espagnol au XXe siècle / El francés y el español en el siglo XX, éd. par Jürgen Erfurt / Gabriele Budach, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. International Science Publishing 2008.
↑ See Jürgen Erfurt, “Pluricentric language expansion and the development of standard varieties in Moldova and Québec”. In: Quo Vadis Romania? Journal for a current Romance studies, No. 22/2003, 8-21; Jürgen Erfurt, "Limba română vorbită în dimensiunile sale sociolingvistice". In: Klaus Bochmann / Vasile Dumbrava (eds.), Limba română vorbită în Moldova istorică, Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2002, 15-36, Jürgen Erfurt, “Le standard, une variété à apprendre. Regards sur le français parlé au Québec ”. In: Standardization et déstandardisation / Estandarización y desestandarización. Le français et l'espagnol au XXe siècle / El francés y el español en el siglo XX, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt / Gabriele Budach, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaft 2008, 139-183.
↑ See Jürgen Erfurt, Francophonie. Language - Discourse - Politics. Tübingen: Francke-Verlag / UTB 2005; Jürgen Erfurt / Maria Amelina, La francophonie. Bibliography analytique de la recherche internationale 1980-2005, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. International Publishing House of Science 2011; Jürgen Erfurt, "Canada's Domestic French-Speaking Groups and the International Francophonie Compared". In: Michael Morris (ed.), Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press 2010, 206-240.
↑ See Jürgen Erfurt, "Ma langue maternelle c'est l'anglais - oui, well, mon père était anglais, pis ma mère était française". In: James R. Dow / Michèle Wolff (eds.), Languages and Lives, New York: P. Lang 1997, 155-170; Jürgen Erfurt, “Unilinguism versus bilingualism. Linguistic Discourses of Francophone Associations in Ontario (Canada) ”. In: Peter Stein (Ed.), Frankophone Sprachvarietitäten / Variétés linguistiques francophones. Homage to Daniel Baggioni, Tübingen: Stauffenburg 2000, 191-210; Language acquisition in minority situations, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt & Angelika Redder, Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Vol. 54/1997.
↑ cf. a. Multilingualism and Migration. Resources of Social Identification, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt / Gabriele Budach / Sabine Hofmann, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. European Science Publishing 2003; Elite migration and multilingualism, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt / Maria Amelina, Osnabrück Contributions to Linguistics (OBST), Duisburg: Gilles & Francke, Volume 75, 2008.
↑ Cf. Écoles plurilingues - Multilingual Schools: Concepts, Institutions and Actors. International Perspectives, ed. by Gabriele Budach / Jürgen Erfurt / Melanie Kunkel, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. European Science Publishing 2008.
↑ See Jürgen Erfurt, “Accommodements raisonnables. Which cultural and language concepts does a migration society need - or: What can we learn from Québec? ”In: Cichon, Peter et al. : Languages - speaking - writing. Look at multilingualism. Vienna: Edition Praesens 2010, 65-85; Erfurt, Jürgen / Monica Heller / Normand Labrie, “Language, power and identity in French-speaking Canada. A research report ”. In: Journal of Canada Studies, Vol. 21, Vol. 39, No. 1/2001, 44-67. (10)
↑ Cf. L'éducation bilingue en France: Politiques linguistiques, modèles et pratiques, éd. par Christine Hélot / Jürgen Erfurt, Limoges: Lambert-Lucas, 2016.
↑ See Jürgen Erfurt / Anna Weirich, "Linguistic dynamics in the Republic of Moldova". In: Thomas Stehl / Claudia Schlaak / Lena Busse (Eds.), Language contact, language variation, migration: methodological questions and process analyzes. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang 2013, 307-332.
↑ Cf. Multilingualism and Multilingualism: Linguistic Action in School, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt / Tatjana Leichsering / Reseda Streb, Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Duisburg: Universitätsverlag Rhein-Ruhr (UVRR), Volume 83, 2013; L'éducation bilingue en France: Politiques linguistiques, modèles et pratiques, éd. par Christine Hélot / Jürgen Erfurt, Limoges: Lambert-Lucas, 2016; Éducation plurilingue et pratiques langagières, éd. by Jürgen Erfurt / Anna Weirich / Eloise Caporal-Ebersold. Berlin [u. a.]: Peter Lang 2018; Construction grammar and multilingualism, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt / Sabine De Knop, Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Duisburg: Universitätsverlag Rhein-Ruhr (UVRR), Volume 94/2019.
↑ Cf. u. a. De la polyphony à la symphony. Méthodes, théories et faits de la recherche pluridisciplinaire sur le français au Canada. Ouvrage collectif sous la direction de Jürgen Erfurt, Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 1996; Identité franco-canadienne et société civile québécoise. Avec une introduction de Klaus Bochmann, éd. par Gabriele Budach et Jürgen Erfurt, Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag 1997.
↑ Cf. u. a. 'Multi-talk': hybridity, variation, identity, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt, Duisburg: Gilles & Francke 2003, [Series: Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory, Vol. 65]; Jürgen Erfurt, "de même I hope j'te bother pas": Transculturality and hybridity in Francophonie. In: Erfurt, Jürgen (Ed. 2005), Transculturality and Hybridity. L'espace francophone as a borderline experience of speaking and writing. Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. European Science Publishing 2005, 9-36.
↑ See transculturality and hybridity. L'espace francophone as a borderline experience of speaking and writing, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. European Science Publishing House 2005; Jürgen Erfurt, "Interculturalisme: les défis glottopolitiques pour l'État québécois et pour la nouvelle francophonie". In: Yvan Lamonde / Jonathan Livernois (dir.): Culture québécoise et valeurs universelles. Québec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval 2010, 417-435; Jürgen Erfurt, "Le concept de transculturalité: un atout pour le débat sur l'éducation bilingue?" In: Hélot, Christine / Erfurt, Jürgen (dir.): L'éducation bilingue en France: Politiques linguistiques, modèles et pratiques. Limoges: Lambert-Lucas, 2016, 592-609.

personal data
SURNAME	Erfurt, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Romanist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 30, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Arnstadt

[1] Jürgen Erfurt biography

[2] See Jürgen Erfurt (with the collaboration of Armin Bassarak and Katrin Kaiser), Glottopolitically initiated language change [= Vol. V: Sprachdynamik. Paths to a Typology of Linguistic Change, ed. by Benedikt Jeßing, 8 vols.] Bochum: Brockmeyer 1994; Jürgen Erfurt, “Language change and written form” (Article No. 119). In: Hartmut Günther / Otto Ludwig (eds.), Scripture and writing. Writing and its Use [series: Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Studies], Berlin / New York: W. de Gruyter 1996, 2nd half volume, 1387-1404; Writing culture and linguistic change, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt / Joachim Gessinger, Series: Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Volume 47, 1993.

[3] Cf. u. a. Language policy in Romania. On the history of linguistic thought and action in Romance countries since the French Revolution. A joint work of the Leipzig research group “Sociolinguistics”: Jenny Brumme, Gerlinde Ebert, Jürgen Erfurt, Ralf Müller, Bärbel Plötner under the direction of Klaus Bochmann, Berlin-New York: W. de Gruyter 1993.

[4] See Standardization et déstandardisation / Estandarización y desestandarización. Le français et l'espagnol au XXe siècle / El francés y el español en el siglo XX, éd. par Jürgen Erfurt / Gabriele Budach, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. International Science Publishing 2008.

[5] See Jürgen Erfurt, “Pluricentric language expansion and the development of standard varieties in Moldova and Québec”. In: Quo Vadis Romania? Journal for a current Romance studies, No. 22/2003, 8-21; Jürgen Erfurt, "Limba română vorbită în dimensiunile sale sociolingvistice". In: Klaus Bochmann / Vasile Dumbrava (eds.), Limba română vorbită în Moldova istorică, Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2002, 15-36, Jürgen Erfurt, “Le standard, une variété à apprendre. Regards sur le français parlé au Québec ”. In: Standardization et déstandardisation / Estandarización y desestandarización. Le français et l'espagnol au XXe siècle / El francés y el español en el siglo XX, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt / Gabriele Budach, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaft 2008, 139-183.

[6] See Jürgen Erfurt, Francophonie. Language - Discourse - Politics. Tübingen: Francke-Verlag / UTB 2005; Jürgen Erfurt / Maria Amelina, La francophonie. Bibliography analytique de la recherche internationale 1980-2005, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. International Publishing House of Science 2011; Jürgen Erfurt, "Canada's Domestic French-Speaking Groups and the International Francophonie Compared". In: Michael Morris (ed.), Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press 2010, 206-240.

[7] See Jürgen Erfurt, "Ma langue maternelle c'est l'anglais - oui, well, mon père était anglais, pis ma mère était française". In: James R. Dow / Michèle Wolff (eds.), Languages and Lives, New York: P. Lang 1997, 155-170; Jürgen Erfurt, “Unilinguism versus bilingualism. Linguistic Discourses of Francophone Associations in Ontario (Canada) ”. In: Peter Stein (Ed.), Frankophone Sprachvarietitäten / Variétés linguistiques francophones. Homage to Daniel Baggioni, Tübingen: Stauffenburg 2000, 191-210; Language acquisition in minority situations, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt & Angelika Redder, Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Vol. 54/1997.

[8] . a. Multilingualism and Migration. Resources of Social Identification, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt / Gabriele Budach / Sabine Hofmann, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. European Science Publishing 2003; Elite migration and multilingualism, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt / Maria Amelina, Osnabrück Contributions to Linguistics (OBST), Duisburg: Gilles & Francke, Volume 75, 2008.

[9] Cf. Écoles plurilingues - Multilingual Schools: Concepts, Institutions and Actors. International Perspectives, ed. by Gabriele Budach / Jürgen Erfurt / Melanie Kunkel, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. European Science Publishing 2008.

[10] See Jürgen Erfurt, “Accommodements raisonnables. Which cultural and language concepts does a migration society need - or: What can we learn from Québec? ”In: Cichon, Peter et al. : Languages - speaking - writing. Look at multilingualism. Vienna: Edition Praesens 2010, 65-85; Erfurt, Jürgen / Monica Heller / Normand Labrie, “Language, power and identity in French-speaking Canada. A research report ”. In: Journal of Canada Studies, Vol. 21, Vol. 39, No. 1/2001, 44-67. (10)

[11] Cf. L'éducation bilingue en France: Politiques linguistiques, modèles et pratiques, éd. par Christine Hélot / Jürgen Erfurt, Limoges: Lambert-Lucas, 2016.

[12] See Jürgen Erfurt / Anna Weirich, "Linguistic dynamics in the Republic of Moldova". In: Thomas Stehl / Claudia Schlaak / Lena Busse (Eds.), Language contact, language variation, migration: methodological questions and process analyzes. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang 2013, 307-332.

[13] Cf. Multilingualism and Multilingualism: Linguistic Action in School, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt / Tatjana Leichsering / Reseda Streb, Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Duisburg: Universitätsverlag Rhein-Ruhr (UVRR), Volume 83, 2013; L'éducation bilingue en France: Politiques linguistiques, modèles et pratiques, éd. par Christine Hélot / Jürgen Erfurt, Limoges: Lambert-Lucas, 2016; Éducation plurilingue et pratiques langagières, éd. by Jürgen Erfurt / Anna Weirich / Eloise Caporal-Ebersold. Berlin [u. a.]: Peter Lang 2018; Construction grammar and multilingualism, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt / Sabine De Knop, Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory (OBST), Duisburg: Universitätsverlag Rhein-Ruhr (UVRR), Volume 94/2019.

[14] Cf. u. a. De la polyphony à la symphony. Méthodes, théories et faits de la recherche pluridisciplinaire sur le français au Canada. Ouvrage collectif sous la direction de Jürgen Erfurt, Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 1996; Identité franco-canadienne et société civile québécoise. Avec une introduction de Klaus Bochmann, éd. par Gabriele Budach et Jürgen Erfurt, Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag 1997.

[15] Cf. u. a. 'Multi-talk': hybridity, variation, identity, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt, Duisburg: Gilles & Francke 2003, [Series: Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory, Vol. 65]; Jürgen Erfurt, "de même I hope j'te bother pas": Transculturality and hybridity in Francophonie. In: Erfurt, Jürgen (Ed. 2005), Transculturality and Hybridity. L'espace francophone as a borderline experience of speaking and writing. Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. European Science Publishing 2005, 9-36.

[16] See transculturality and hybridity. L'espace francophone as a borderline experience of speaking and writing, ed. by Jürgen Erfurt, Frankfurt / M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang. European Science Publishing House 2005; Jürgen Erfurt, "Interculturalisme: les défis glottopolitiques pour l'État québécois et pour la nouvelle francophonie". In: Yvan Lamonde / Jonathan Livernois (dir.): Culture québécoise et valeurs universelles. Québec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval 2010, 417-435; Jürgen Erfurt, "Le concept de transculturalité: un atout pour le débat sur l'éducation bilingue?" In: Hélot, Christine / Erfurt, Jürgen (dir.): L'éducation bilingue en France: Politiques linguistiques, modèles et pratiques. Limoges: Lambert-Lucas, 2016, 592-609.