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BAEL Linguistics & Crime
From June 24 to 28, BAEL welcomes Dr. Alison Johnson (University of Leeds), international expert in forensic linguistics and former police officer. She will join us for a theme week on linguistics and crime, including a talk titled 'Rape, Murder and Blackmail: All in a day's work'.
Linguistics & Crime: List of all events
Past news and events
BAELc2 wrap-up
The BAELc2 conference last weekend has been a full success and a great experience for us organizers. The BAEL team would like to thank everyone for their attendance, contributions and some very interesting encounters. We are already looking forward to hosting BAELc3 next year.
You can see the conference program here: BAELc2 primer
Guest lecture by Prof. Gila Schauer
On Monday, June 10, we are pleased to welcome Prof. Gila Schauer (University of Erfurt) for a guest lecture titled: "Interlanguage pragmatics: what do learners need to know and what do teachers need to teach?" The lecture - which is part of the lecture series "Language Use in Interaction" - takes place in lecture hall 17 from 10-12am. Visitors are welcome!
BAELc2 - Second Bonn Applied English Linguistics Conference
On 7th and 8th June 2013, the Second Bonn Applied English Linguistics Conference with a special focus on Variational Pragmatics will take place at the University of Bonn. The keynote will be held by Markus Bieswanger (University of Bayreuth).
Probationary lectures
On Friday, 12th April 2013 the shortlisted applicants for the chair in the Linguistics of Present-Day English and Second Language Acquisition will give probationary lectures and classes. These are public and anyone interested is welcome to join in. A detailed schedule can be downloaded here.
New book release: Pragmatics of Computer-Mediated Communication
The latest publication in the "Handbook of Pragmatics" series, co-edited by Klaus P. Schneider, is now available at De Gruyter. Volume editors Susan Herring, Dieter Stein, and Tuija Virtanen present Handbook of Pragmatics 9: "Pragmatics of Computer-Mediated Communication."
BAEL presentation at the English Profile Seminar in Cambridge
Bonn Applied English Linguistics gave a presentation at the English Profile seminar no. 14 in Cambridge, talking about the importance of pragmatic competence and methods for assessing it ins learners. We also presented the BAEL research project PRA.PRO including some sample results from previous studies.
More information and the presentation slides can be found here.
BAEL presentation at Dies Academicus
English is a universal means of communication in multi-national organisations where it is used by many non-native speakers. Even though their overall competence is outstanding, communicative challenges may still arise. These challenges may be of high costs to the organisations.
At this semester's Dies Academicus (December 5, 2012) we presented our new research project "Business English in International Organisations" (BEIO). The talk was held by Terry Haggerty, SAP manager in the UK and the initiator of this project, together with Susanne Strubel-Burgdorf and Katharina Weber, researchers from Bonn Applied English Linguistics.
The slides of the presentation are available here:
M.A. Applied Linguistics
Application period released.
You can apply to our program between May 6 and May 23, 2013. It might be possible to apply at a late application period at the end of August (if there are still vacancies).
New book release: Cognitive Pragmatics
The latest publication in the "Handbook of Pragmatics" series, co-edited by Klaus P. Schneider, is now available at De Gruyter. Volume editor Hans-Jörg Schmid present Handbook of Pragmatics 4: "Cognitive Pragmatics."
New M.A. Applied Linguistics
We are excited to see our new interdisciplinary master's program "M.A. Applied Linguistics" start now and would like to welcome all of our new master students. Note that classes for this program begin in the second week of the semester (Oct 16).
Office hours
There will be no weekly office hours during the summer term 2012, as Professor Schneider is on sabbatical. Upcoming office hours will be published here.
Next office hour:
RCEP Office Hours
Our RCEP facilities are available to students for experiments like measuring reaction times, conducting interviews, etc.
Office hours on the Walter-Flex-Straße 3 are on Thursday 10 - 12 o'clock, otherwise you can make an appointment with us, contact us at bael(at)uni-bonn.de.
First BAEL Conference: Pragmatics and Beyond
On Saturday, January 28, 2012 we held our first conference, Pragmatics and Beyond - Investigating varieties, processes and functions of language.
Thanks to all speakers for their great presentations and to our visitors. We hope you enjoyed the conference and to see you again next time.
New book release: Pragmatics of Society
The latest publication in the "Handbook of Pragmatics" series, co-edited by Klaus P. Schneider, is now available at De Gruyter. Volume editors Gisle Andersen and Karin Aijmer present Handbook of Pragmatics 5: "Pragmatics of Society."
BAEL presentation at Dies Academicus
When it comes to writing emails to a professor, students often hesitate. Which form of greeting is appropriate and which is too formal? And how do the recipients really perceive these emails?
We will present results from our research project "Emerging E-mail Etiquette" (EEE) at this semester's Dies Academicus, December 7, 2011. The presentation takes place in HS II of the Hauptgebäude from 11 - 12 o'clock (c.t.).
Tutorials for "Introduction to Linguistics"
Update: we no longer offer tutorials on Friday.
The tutorials for the part of the "Introduction to Linguistics" lecture that is taught by Professor Schneider (currently Thursday, 16 - 18 o'clock, HS XIV) are now available.
Stepin announces raffle winners among Canada exchange students
Our cooperation partner Stepin raffled off three Musicload coupons among all students of the Canada Highschool exchange programme who participated in every QEU survey over the past year.
Congratulations to Alexandra B. (Mahlow), Jonas L. (Dresden) and Sophie G. (Wuppertal) - and many thanks to Stepin for providing the coupons!
Two PhD scholarships at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Anne Barron, Professor of English Linguistics at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and former assistant professor at BAEL, is looking for two PhD students in the area of interlanguage pragmatics and variational pragmatics.
Applicants are required to have a Master's degree or equivalent (e.g. Magister) in English Studies, linguistics or a related field, with an above-average grade.
Guest Lecture on German Names
The lecture period is coming to an end, and one last time BAEL and Linguistisches Forum present a guest lecture in the lecture series "Sprachwelten". This time Dr. Tobias Vogelfänger will give a talk titled: "Zum baldigen Comeback der Lehramtsstudiengänge: Linguistik an der Schnittstelle Schule/Hochschule - das Beispiel Personennamen".
Join us for this event on July 11, 2-4pm in lecture hall XVII (IAAK).
on the guest lecture (in German)Guest lecture Silvia Ulivi
The next talk in our guest lecture series "Sprachwelten", presented by BAEL and Linguistisches Forum, will be held by Silvia Ulivi, MA: "Zugmäßig fährt hier alles planmäßig: eine profimäßige Organisation!" Wortbildungsmittel zwischen Komposition und Derivation.
Come and join us on July 4, 2-4pm in lecture hall XVII (IAAK).
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