Michelle Weckermann
| Phone: | +49 821 598 - 5749 |
| Email: | michelle.weckermann@philhist.uni-augsburgphilhist.uni-augsburg.de () |
| Room: | 4038 (D) |
| Address: | Universit?tsstra?e 10, 86159 Augsburg |
Office Hours
During term:
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- Tuesdays, 10:00 - 11:00 am
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The office hours during term break will be announced in the News section.
Curriculum Vitae
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since 2019 |
Research Assistant at Augsburg University |
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2017 - 2018 |
M.A. in Linguistics with a Specialisation in Pragmatics, University College London, UK M.A. Thesis: ‘Polysemy: An Analysis from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective’ |
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2014 - 2017 |
B.A. in English Language and Linguistics, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK |
Research interests
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Pragmatics (also variational and cross-cultural pragmatics)
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Figurative language
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Humour
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Cognitive linguistics
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Language acquisition
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Lexical semantics
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Language processing?
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Flirting?
Current projects
Current projects:?
- The Polysemy of Prepositions: A Cognitive Semantic, Cross-Linguistic Study (PhD project)?
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You wanna flirt??- Let’s flirt!: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Flirting?
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Over?over again: A Cognitive Semantic Study of the Polysemy of the Preposition?Over?
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By?Across Time: A Diachronic Analysis of the Polysemy of the Preposition?By
Conferences
17th International Pragmatics Confernece (IPrA): Prepositions in a Cognitive Linguistics Framework: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Semantic Networks Between German and English Prepositions.?[2021, online]
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ICAME 42: Prepositions in a Cognitive Linguistics Framework: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Semantic Networks Between German and English Prepositions.?[2021, TU Dortmund]
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ICAME 43:?"Sitting on a Chair Writing a Paper on Prepositions": A Cognitive Semantic Study of the Polysemy of the Preposition 'On'.?[2022, online]
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European Society for the Study of English Conference (ESSE): ?"Sitting on a Chair Writing a Paper on Prepositions": A Cognitive Semantic Study of the Polysemy of the Preposition 'On'.?[2022, Johannes Gutenberg Universit?t Mainz]
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International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL):?'By' Across Time: A Diachronic Analysis of the Polysemy of the Preposition 'By'.?[Claridge & Weckermann, 2023, University of Sheffield]
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18th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA):?Delimiting Senses: Core Issues in the Polysemy of Prepositions.?[2023, Université Libre de Bruxelles]
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16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC):?"At Work at University": A Cognitive Semantic Study of the Polysemy of the Preposition 'At'.?[2023, Heinrich Heine Universit?t Düsseldorf]
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ICAME 46:?'Over' over again: A Cognitive Semantic Study of the Polysemy of the Preposition 'Over'.?[2024, Universidad de Vigo]