CV
since 98/2019 | Retired. New affiliation at the Univerity of Cologne: Senior Researcher at the Collaborative Research Centre 1252 "Prominence in Language" |
since 1998 | Professor of German Linguistics at the University of Cologne |
1997–1998 | Professor of German Linguistics at the University of Stuttgart |
1996–1997 | Professor of German as a Foreign Language at the University of Heidelberg |
1995–1997 | Associate Professor of German Theoretical Linguistics at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich |
1995 | Habilitation (post doctoral lecture qualification) |
1986 | Doctor of Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich |
1975-1980 | German and English Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich |
Memberships
External memberships and awards
- „Written Language and Literacy“ (2014-2018 general editor, 2003-2014 associate editor)
- Leo-Spitzer-Prize 2015 for outstanding research granted by the Excellent Research Support Program of the University of Cologne
- Advisory Council "Journal of Linguistics“
- „Linguistische Arbeiten“ (2003-2017 associate editor)
- Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung (Council for German Orthography)
- Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (German Academy of Language and Literature)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): Senats- und Bewilligungsausschuss für die Graduiertenkollegs (2012-2017, Grants Committee on Research Training Groups)
- Advisory Council „Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft“ (2008-2017)
- Member of the International Scientific Advisory Council of the Institute for German Language in Mannheim (2006-2011 President, since 2011 member)
- Scientific Advisory Council of the Institute for German Language in Mannheim (2006-2011 President)
- Association for Written Language and Literacy (2003-2005 Vice-President)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (German Linguistic Society)
- Societas Linguistica Europaea
- Association for Linguistic Typology