Internationales Doktorandenprogramm Linguistik.
Eine Einrichtung der Universitäten Basel und Freiburg.
Am Romanischen Seminar der Universität Freiburg sind zum 1. April 2023 bis zu drei Prae-Doc-Stipendien von 1.000,00 Euro monatlich für sechs Monate und maximal 12 Monate ausgeschrieben (vorbehaltlich der Mittelfreigabe). Aussagekräftige Unterlagen sind in deutscher, englischer, französischer, spanischer oder italienischer Sprache bis spätestens 31. Januar 2023 einzureichen. Nähere Informationen zu Bewerbung und Fristen finden Sie hier.
Die HPSL freut sich,
Aline Bieri für ihre Arbeit
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in a Swiss Context: The Linguistic Challenges and Implications of Teaching Biology in English (CLIL) and German (non-CLIL) Analyzed Through the Lens of Translanguaging and Technicality
und Florian Dreyer für seine Arbeit
Gestaltorientierungen in der Psychotherapie – Rekurrente Orientierungen am Modell und ihre therapeutische Wirksamkeit
mit dem Hermann-Paul-Preis 2022 auszuzeichnen.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Aline und Florian!
Die Preisverleihung fand am 28. Oktober 2022 an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg statt.
Former HPSL scholarship holder Dr. Stefanie Meier’s PhD on “Language education & the global care work economy. Mapping structural inequalities in Philippine nurse migration to Germany” is now available open access: https://edoc.unibas.ch/90104/
HPSL-Doktorand Philipp Freyburger verteidigte erfolgreich seine Doktorarbeit “Narrative Rekonstruktion sinnlicher Erfahrungswelten. Multimodale und multimediale Analysen von italienisch-, französisch- und deutschsprachigen Zeitzeugenberichten aus Arbeits- und Konzentrationslagern”. Die Arbeit wurde mit der Bestnote summa cum laude ausgezeichnet. Die HPSL gratuliert Philipp herzlich zu diesem Erfolg!
HPSL-Stipendiat Dr. des. Robert Reinecke verteidigte erfolgreich seine Doktorarbeit “Die interaktive Hervorbringung von Kreativität – Eine interaktionslinguistische Perspektive auf Kreativität in Werbeagenturen”. Die Arbeit wurde mit der Bestnote summa cum laude ausgezeichnet. Die HPSL gratuliert Robert herzlich zu diesem Erfolg!
Dr. des. Joelle Loew successfully defended her PhD study entitled “‘Communication is everything.’ Identities and gender at work: a linguistic perspective on agile IT” and received a summa cum laude for her work. The HPSL congratulates Joelle on this achievement.
Am Seminar für Iberoromanistik wird ein neues Forschungsprojekt von Prof. Dr. Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr durch den SNF finanziert.
Kontakt: Prof. Dr. Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr
Background: Equatorial Guinea presents an exceptional research field within the studies of the Spanish language. Geographically located in southern Africa, on the equator, in the Gulf of Guinea, it is today the only Hispanophone country in Africa (except for the politically sensitive case of Western Sahara) and thus offers a completely unique view of the world language Spanish, complementary to Europe and America. Despite this outstanding position, Equatorial Guinea still occupies a marginal status in studies on the dialectology, history, sociolinguistics and language contacts of Spanish. Although some important authors in the field of Spanish linguistics, such as De Granda, Quilis, Casado-Fresnillo or Lipski, have dedicated part of their work to Equatorial Guinea, modern publications are rare, which is why knowledge of the Equatoguinean variety of Spanish is still fragmentary. Its invisibility in studies about Spanish is intensified by a widespread lack of knowledge and consciousness about this only Hispanophone country in southern Africa and a still dominantly European view on African realities based on (post)colonial stereotypes, evaluations and hierarchizations. In fact, the general knowledge about Equatorial Guinea within the Spanish-speaking world is very incomplete, which is particularly surprising in the case of Spain, since Equatorial Guinea only gained its independence from Spain just over 50 years ago (1968).
Overall aim of the project: The proposed research project aims at filling the existing research gap about Equatorial Guinea and at improving its visibility as part of the global Hispanophone world. Modern research data will be provided and critical questions answered, to show its relevance for Hispanic studies and to overcome traditional images about Equatorial Guinea and its Spanish, often perceived as a “peripheric”, “incomplete”, “incorrect”, “exceptional” or “non-standard” variety. The proposed project is divided into two complementary subprojects.
Objectives, methods and expected results: The main part of this research project focuses on dialectological and sociolinguistic data collection in Equatorial Guinea (both on the island of Bioko and on mainland Río Muni). Its main objective is to generatemodern dialectological and sociolinguistic descriptions of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea through the collection and analysis of sociolinguistic guideline interviews and linguistic tests and questionnaires. The interview transcripts will constitute the first modern and digital corpus of spoken Equatoguinean Spanish. Sociolinguistic analyses on language perception, attitudes and ideologies will be possible; and the digital analyses of specific linguistic features combined with the results from the tests and questionnaires will allow to elaborate modern dialectological descriptions on different linguistic levels. Classical summaries about Equatoguinean Spanish in linguistic manuals can be revised and completed, and an answer can be given to the important question about the internal (diatopic, diastratic, diaphasic, ethnic) homogeneity or diversity of Equatoguinean Spanish. Furthermore, this Equatoguinean corpus can be compared with existing interviews with Equatoguineans in Madrid, Spain (habilitation project S. Schlumpf-Thurnherr).
Impact: The proposed project offers multiple and diverse views on Equatorial Guinea, raises awareness about its importance within the linguistic research community and in Equatorial Guinea itself, and contributes considerably to the knowledge about and the visibilization of this unique Hispanophone country in Africa.
