Courses taught: Introductory level (BA and Lizentiat basic studies)
 
 
Introduction to Linguistics
What is linguistics?, language myths, morphology (synchronic and diachronic), overview of macrolinguistics.
(WS 06/07, WS 05/06, WS 04/05, WS 03/04; including syntax WS 02/03, WS 01/02, WS 99/00)
Syntax and Semantics
An introduction to both fields with different course books.
(SS05, WS 02/03, WS 01/02, WS 99/00)
Macrolinguistics
Introduction to Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, first- and second language acquisition, corpus linguistics, accompanied by work in the virtual classroom.
(SS08, SS07, SS 06, WS 04/05, WS 03/04, WS 02/03)
Pragmatics
Pragmatics, Relevance Theory, Conversation Analysis, Discourse Analysis, cross-cultural communication.
(SS 03, SS 04, SS 02, SS 00)
Historical Linguistics
External and internal processes of change in the English language.
(WS 05/06 with Prof. Daniel Schreier; HS07)
Old and Middle English (Tutorials)
Tutorials accompanying courses at the University in Zurich.
(SS 94, WS 93/94)
The History of the English Language
SS08