Aktuelles
Aktuelles
- Konferenzen, Tagungen und Vorträge
25.-27.07.2025 Anne Schröder, Pawel Sickinger, Klaus P. Schneider: Regional variation in speech act realisation: Namibian English and English English in contrast. Accepted for presentation at the conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE26), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, July 25 to July 27, 2025.
Abstract-IAWE-2025.pdf06.02.2025 Anne Schröder, Pawel Sickinger: Disentangling multilingual and multicultural politeness norms in Namibian English. At Multilingual Politeness, Berlin, February 6, 2025.
Abstract-presentation-Schroder-and-Sickinger-Multilingual-Politeness-2025.pdf18.12.2024 Anne Schröder: The pragmatics of Namibian English. At the Rostock Linguistic Colloquium, University of Rostock, December 18, 2024. 31.05.2024 Pawel Sickinger, Anne Schröder: An Ethnographically Grounded Approach to Speech Act Research – the Case of Responses to Thanks in Namibian English. At the 10th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication (INPRA), Pisa, May 31, 2024. Abstract-INPRA-2024-An-Ethnographically-Grounded-Approach-to-Speech-Act-Research.pdf 23.05.2024 Pawel Sickinger, Anne Schröder: Meta-pragmatic reasoning and oral speech act performance in Namibian English – OFFERS and RESPONSES TO THANKS from a qualitative and quantitative perspective. At the 11th International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics (EPICS), Seville, May 23, 2024. Abstract-EPICS-2024-Meta-pragmatic-reasoning-and-oral-speech-act-performance-in-Namibian-English.pdf 04.12.2023 Anne Schröder, Pawel Sickinger: The PraProNE Project: A look at the interplay of quantitative and qualitative data analysis. At the colloquium of the Department of Linguistics, Bielefeld University, December 4, 2023. Abstract-Presentation-Schroder-and-Sickinger-Linguistics-Department-2023.pdf 18.08.2023 Anne Schröder: An Ethnographically Grounded Approach to Pragmatic Variation: Establishing a Pragmatic Profile of Namibian English. Keynote at: Pragmatic Variation across the New Englishes, Münster, August 18, 2023. Abstract-Keynote-Schroder-PVNE-2023.pdf 13.07.2023 Anne Schröder, Pawel Sickinger: Folk concepts of politeness, respect and successful communication in Namibian English. At the International Pragmatics Association conference, Brussels, July 13, 2023. Abstract-Presentation-Schroder-and-Sickinger-IPrA-2023.pdf 10.07.2023 Klaus P. Schneider, Anne Schröder, Pawel Sickinger, Selma Ashikuti and Nelson Mlambo: An ethnographic multimethod investigation of speech actions in Namibian English and English English. At the International Pragmatics Association conference, Brussels, July 10, 2023. Abstract-Presentation-Schneider-et-al-IPrA-2023.pdf 03.07.2023 Anne Schröder, Pawel Sickinger: Exploring the applicability of face theory in a study of Namibian English pragmatics. At the 14th Symposium on Politeness, Madeira, July 3, 2023. Abstract-SymPol-2023.pdf - Publikationen / Neuerscheinungen
Standards – Margins – New Horizons. Canons for 21st-century Teaching
Peter Schildhauer, Jochen Sauer, Anne Schröder, 2023.
Special issue (volume 5:3) of PraxisForschungLehrer*innenbildung (PFLB). Zeitschrift für Schul- und Professionsentwicklung.
Das Themenheft dokumentiert die Beiträge der gleichnamigen Konferenz , die im Frühjahr 2022 an der Universität Bielefeld stattfand. Diese stellen die Fortsetzung der ersten New Horizons-Konferenz vom Frühjahr 2019 dar, die 2020 als Themenheft der Zeitschrift PFLB (4. Jg., H. 2) dokumentiert wurde. Die Beiträge der „New Horizons II“ diskutieren die Frage, welche sprachlichen, literarischen und kulturellen Kanones für den Fremdsprachenunterricht des 21. Jahrhunderts in den neuen und alten Sprachen maßgeblich sein sollten. Sie widmen sich dabei auch der Problemstellung, welche impliziten und expliziten Kanones derzeitig ausgemacht werden können, welche Akteur*innen diese propagieren und welche Machtstrukturen daraus ersichtlich werden. Die Beiträge überlegen weiterhin, welche Kriterien und Leitlinien für die Canons for 21st-century Teaching genutzt werden können sowie welche konkreten Texte dabei in den Blick geraten. Übergreifend fragen die Beiträge außerdem, was fremdsprachliche Bildung im 21. Jahrhundert bedeutet und welche professionstheoretischen Implikationen sich daraus ergeben. Die neunzehn Beiträge sind in vier Sektionen gegliedert: Critical Literacy, Literaturwissenschaft und Literaturdidaktik, Sprache und Sprachvariation sowie Digitalität.
- Projekte
Gefördertes Projekt
A Pragmatic Profile of Namibian English (PraProNE): Exploring norms of communicative behaviour in a multilingual ecology
This project aims to fill a research gap that exists in the field of World Englishes (WE) as well as Variational Pragmatics (VP). Taking Namibian English (NamE) as its primary research object, it will construct a pragmatic profile of this African variety of English that characterizes the unique aspects of the pragmatic norms and practices entertained by its speakers. The methodological framework for this endeavour will be developed specifically for the case of Namibia, taking into account its particular linguistic ecology. At the same time, we envision the framework as a valuable tool for future research on the pragmatics of WE, one that can be adjusted to the specific parameters of other varieties while maintaining its methodological viability and principles.
The research project addresses the following desiderata: First, it will update the still nascent body on the pragmatics of African Englishes in general and NamE specifically, adding much needed data to the endeavour of compiling a comprehensive account of the pragmatics of Englishes worldwide. Second, in this it will pay specific attention to the impact of pragmatic transfer from a variety of first and second languages spoken in Namibia, underlining the relevance of this factor for the pragmatic description of multilingual, post-colonial language ecologies such as found in Namibia. To this end, it will thirdly develop a research methodology that serves these goals by adapting a robust empirical framework to the specific characteristics of the Namibian linguistic ecology, carried out in close collaboration with local research partners. This centrally includes a systematic and synergistic combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, allowing us to adhere to the principle of contrastivity central to VP while properly taking into account the emic perspective and socio-cultural complexity of the language community in question. As a fourth point, this framework will function as a proposed blueprint for systematically introducing pragmatic inquiry into WE research, and establish a reliable starting point for further investigating the pragmatics of NamE, e.g. through natural language data or corpus methodology.
This project aims to fill a research gap that exists in the field of World Englishes (WE) as well as Variational Pragmatics (VP). Taking Namibian English (NamE) as its primary research object, it will construct a pragmatic profile of this African variety of English that characterizes the unique aspects of the pragmatic norms and practices entertained by its speakers. The methodological framework for this endeavour is being developed specifically for the case of Namibia, taking into account its particular linguistic ecology. At the same time, we see our framework as a valuable tool for future research on the pragmatics of WE, one that can be adjusted to the specific parameters of other varieties while maintaining its methodological viability and principles.
PraProNE addresses the following research desiderata: First, it updates the still nascent body on the pragmatics of African Englishes in general and NamE specifically, adding much needed data to the endeavour of compiling a comprehensive account of the pragmatics of Englishes worldwide. Second, in this we pay specific attention to the impact of pragmatic transfer from a variety of first and second languages spoken in Namibia, underlining the relevance of this factor for the pragmatic description of multilingual, post-colonial language ecologies such as found in Namibia. To this end, we are in the process of developing a research methodology that serves these goals by adapting a robust empirical framework to the specific characteristics of the Namibian linguistic ecology, carried out in close collaboration with local research partners. This centrally includes a systematic and synergistic combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, allowing us to adhere to the principle of contrastivity central to VP while properly taking into account the emic perspective and socio-cultural complexity of the language community in question.
The project started in October 2022.
Third-party funding: DFG – Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: 497900728
Gefördertes Projekt
Authentic Englishes. Verstehen. Beschreiben. Vermitteln.
Produktion von digitalen Lehr- und Lernangeboten zu verschiedenen Varietäten des Englischen für das Landesportal Digitale Hochschule NRW. Das Projekt wurde finanziert in der Förderlinie OERContent.nrw und erfolgte in Zusammenarbeit mit Prof. Dr. Ilka Mindt (Universität Paderborn), Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gut (Universität Münster) und Dr. Peter Schildhauer (Universität Bielefeld). Die Fördersumme betrug insgesamt ~500.000€.
Projektlaufzeit: 10/2020 - 03/2023
Bereitstellung von Materialen auf ORCA.nrw
Weitere Informationen zu diesem Projekt finden Sie hier.
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ARCHIV 18.08.2023 |
Anne Schröder: An Ethnographically Grounded Approach to Pragmatic Variation: Establishing a Pragmatic Profile of Namibian English. Keynote at: Pragmatic Variation across the New Englishes, Münster, August 18, 2023. |
| 13.07.2023 | Anne Schröder, Pawel Sickinger: Folk concepts of politeness, respect and successful communication in Namibian English. At the International Pragmatics Association conference, Brussels, July 13, 2023. |
| 10.07.2023 | Klaus P. Schneider, Anne Schröder, Pawel Sickinger, Selma Ashikuti and Nelson Mlambo: An ethnographic multimethod investigation of speech actions in Namibian English and English English. At the International Pragmatics Association conference, Brussels, July 10, 2023. |
| 03.07.2023 | Anne Schröder, Pawel Sickinger: Exploring the applicability of face theory in a study of Namibian English pragmatics. At the 14th Symposium on Politeness, Madeira, July 3, 2023. |
| 14.12.2022 | Anne Schröder, Pawel Sickinger: A Pragmatic Profile of Namibian English: Exploring norms of communicative behaviour in a multilingual ecology. Kolloquium Linguistik, Bielefeld, December 14, 2022. |
| 31.03./01.04.2022 |
Standards - Margins - New Horizons II: Canons for 21st-century Teaching. |
| 05.02.2020 | Schröder, Anne. The Dynamics of English in Namibia: Focussing on the Pragmatics of Namibian English. Presentation at the University of Augsburg, February 5, 2020. |
Standards - Margins - New Horizons. Teaching Language and Literature in the 21st Century.
Peter Schildhauer, Jochen Sauer, Anne Schröder, 2020.
Special issue (volume 2:4) of PraxisForschungLehrer*innenbildung (PFLB). Zeitschrift für Schul- und Professionsentwicklung. http://www.pflb-journal.de/index.php/pflb.
(Dis-)Harmony. Amplifying Voices in Polyphone Cultural Productions
Julia Andres, Brian Rozema, Anne Schröder, 2020.
The present volume investigates the representation and use of multilingualism, language variation in English and other languages in a variety of media and cultural production (stand-up comedy shows, drag shows, musical genres, TV series, sports commentary, to name some). Scholars from various disciplines – from literary or cultural studies, from linguistics, language teaching, and media studies – discuss a (dis-)harmony of voices, identity formation, (media)representation, power distribution and awareness. They look at the (linguistic) representations of (marginalized) groups or communities in films, TV series, novels, songs etc. and some include the analysis of the language(s) and language varieties used. They discuss the visibility, agency, empowerment, stereotyping or ridiculing of different social groups and treat issues of authenticity, (self-)identity formation, style-shifting, audiences, media types and genres. With this, the present volume explores and expands the concept of polyphony as it was famously employed by Mikhail Bakhtin in 1929.
The Dynamics of English in Namibia. Perspectives on an emerging variety.
Anne Schröder, 2021.
The English language as spoken in Namibia has virtually been overlooked in most textbooks, handbooks, and surveys of varieties of English around the world, or else has only been mentioned in passing. However, this variety of English has recently attracted the attention of several researchers and the present volume brings together most scholars actively involved in the research on English in Namibia from various linguistic fields to present their current research. It covers a wide range of linguistic issues, such as empirical analyses on various levels of linguistic description and use, as well as the application of diverse methodologies, from questionnaire surveys, sociolinguistic interviews and focus group discussions, to corpus linguistics, linguistic landscaping, and digital ethnography. This book represents the first comprehensive collection of articles and in-depth discussions of this emerging variety of World Englishes.