Michelle Weckermann

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Englische Sprachwissenschaft
Telefon: +49 821 598 - 5749
E-Mail:
Raum: 4038 (D)
Sprechzeiten: in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit nur nach Vereinbarung, während der Vorlesungszeit Dienstag, 10:00-11:00 Uhr
Adresse: Universitätsstraße 10, 86159 Augsburg

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seit 2019

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Universität Augsburg
 

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’
 

2014 - 2017

B.A. in English Language and Linguistics, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Forschungsinteressen

  • Pragmatics (also cross-cultural and variational pragmatics) 

  • Figurative language

  • Humour 

  • Cognitive linguistics

  • Language acquisition

  • Lexical semantics

  • Language Processing 

  • Flirting 

Laufende Projekte

Current projects: 
  • The Polysemy of Prepositions: A Cognitive Semantic, Cross-Linguistic Study (PhD project) 
  • You wanna flirt? - Let’s flirt!: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Flirting 

  • Over over again: A Cognitive Semantic Study of the Polysemy of the Preposition Over 

  • By Across Time: A Diachronic Analysis of the Polysemy of the Preposition By

 

Konferenzen

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]

 

ICAME 42: Prepositions in a Cognitive Linguistics Framework: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Semantic Networks Between German and English Prepositions. [2021, TU Dortmund]

 

ICAME 43: "Sitting on a Chair Writing a Paper on Prepositions": A Cognitive Semantic Study of the Polysemy of the Preposition 'On'. [2022, online]

 

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 Universität Mainz]

 

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]

 

18th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA): Delimiting Senses: Core Issues in the Polysemy of Prepositions. [2023, Université Libre de Bruxelles]

 

16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC): "At Work at University": A Cognitive Semantic Study of the Polysemy of the Preposition 'At'. [2023, Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf]

 

ICAME 46: 'Over' over again: A Cognitive Semantic Study of the Polysemy of the Preposition 'Over'. [2024, Universidad de Vigo]

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