ANGLISTIK III: ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
Dr. Heidrun Dorgeloh
Curriculum Vitae
since 1991 full-time lecturer in the Department of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Düsseldorf (see teaching experience) |
2 children (Pauline, Frederik) |
1997-1998 Maternity leave |
2001-2004 on leave with a research grant (Lise Meitner Stipendium) |
1991-1994 Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Ph.D. in English Linguistics; title of dissertation: "Word Order in Discourse. Form and Function of Inversion in Modern English" |
1989-1991 Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart (Department of Public Relations) |
1988 Diplom; title of thesis: "Vertextungsstrategien in 'Nachricht' und 'Kommentar' der französischen Pressesprache" |
1985/86 London School of Economics and Political Science 1983/84 Université de Paris II (Sciences Economiques) |
1982-88 Justus-Liebig-Universiät Gießen; subjects: French, English, business admininstration (funded by the German National Scholarship Foundation) |
Research Interests/Projects
English word order / Grammar and discourse |
Text typology and registers of English |
Narrativity and the evolution of genres (Habilitationsprojekt) |
Genres and syntactic variation (research project with Anja Wanner, UWM Madison) |
Teaching
Introduction to English Linguistics (language structure and language use) |
Syntax, Functional Syntax, Syntax and Pragmatics |
Pragmatics, Gricean Theory, Relevance Theory |
Text linguistics and cohesion, text typologies |
English phonology |
Semantics and mental lexicon |
Linguistics for literary translators |
Registers of English |
Selected Publications
2010 | Syntactic variation and genre (ed., together with Anja Wanner). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. |
2009 | and Wanner, Anja Wanner. "Formulaic argumentation in scientific discourse". In: Corrigan, Roberta, Edith A. Moravcsik, Hamid Ouali and Kathleen M. Wheatley (eds.), Formulaic Language: Volume 2. Acquisition, loss, psychological reality, and functional explanations. Amsterdam/ Philadelphia: John Benjamins. |
2006 | "Inversion in descriptive narrative discourse: a text-typological account following functional principles." Christine Copy - Lucie Gournay (eds.), Points de vue sur l'inversion, Cahiers de Recherche Tome 9: 101-114. |
2005 | "Patterns of Agentivity and Narrativity in Early Science Discourse". In: Peikola, Matti et al. (eds.), Opening windows in discourse and texts from the past, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. |
2004 | und Wanner, Anja. "The limits of variation in scientific abstracts – syntactic and functional constraints." I.T.L. Review of Applied Linguistics 143/144: 199-222. |
"Conjunction in sentence and discourse: sentence initial and and discourse structure." Journal of Pragmatics 36: 1761–1779. | |
2003 | und Wanner, Anja. "Too abstract for agents? The syntax and semantics of agentivity in abstracts of English research articles." Holden, H. – S. Olsen – H. Tappe (Hrsg.), Mediating between Concepts and Grammar (Series 'Trends in Linguistics'), Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter: 433-453. |
2000 | "Inversion in English discourse: system-based function vs. context-based effect". In: Anglistentag 2000 Berlin. Trier: Wiss. Verlag. |
1997 | Inversion in Modern English: Form and Function. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. |