University of Edinburgh

An Ontology of Sociolinguistics in the 21st Century

Academic History:

09/2016 - present: PhD in Linguistics and English Language, University of Edinburgh

09/2014 - 09/2015: MA in Applied Linguistics (Research Methodology), University of Southampton

03/2014 - 06/2014: Semester abroad at the master-programme MOTION (multilingualism and Education), University of Hamburg

10/2010 - 03/2014 - BA in Linguistics, University of Vienna

Supervisors:

Professor John Joseph

Dr Josef Fruehwald

Research Interests:

• Sociolinguistics
• Variationism
• Indexicality
• Semiotics
• Linguistic Anthropology
• Philosophy of Science
• Scientific Realism

Previous Research Projects:

Turkish in Austria. An Assessment of Language Attitudes Towards a Minority Language (MA Dissertation)

"We are still a noble district". On the language-ideaological construction of the foreign, its institutional manifestation and its consequences for Austria. (Undergraduate Dissertation)

Scholarships:

Arts & Humanities Research Council Scholarship

Merit scholarship (Study Promotion Act of the University of Vienna) for extraordinary marks in the last study year

Contact Details:

Address: Dugald Stewart Building, 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AD

Work Tel No: +43 699 1095 1787

Email: s1666250@sms.ed.ac.uk

First published: 25 September 2017