Dr. Philipp Meer
Current affiliations
- Professur für Englische Sprachwissenschaft (Prof. Gut)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Varieties of English World-Wide
- Sociolinguistics
- Language Variation and Change
- Sociophonetics
- Acoustic Phonetics
- Speech Prosody
- Language Attitudes and Ideologies
- Language in Education
- World Englishes in English Language Teaching
- Corpus Phonology/Corpus Linguistics
Academic Education | |
| since 06/2023 | Postdoc in English Linguistics, University of Münster |
| 10/2019 - 06/2023 | Sandwich PhD / Doutorado Sanduíche, Speech Prosody Studies Group, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil |
| 10/2016 - 06/2023 | PhD student in English Linguistics, University of Münster |
| 10/2014 - 08/2016 | M.Ed. English & Social Sciences, University of Münster |
| 10/2011 - 08/2014 | B.A. English & Political Science, University of Münster |
| 08/2013 - 01/2014 | Exchange Student at Hastings College, Nebraska, USA |
Work Experience | |
| since 05/2023 | Research Associate (Postdoc), Chair of English Linguistics (Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gut), University of Münster |
| 02/2020 - 08/2023 | Research Assistant, Chair of Variation Linguistics (Prof. Dr. Dagmar Deuber), University of Münster |
| 10/2016 - 07/2020 | Research Assistant, Chair of English Linguistics (Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gut), University of Münster |
| 04/2015 - 09/2016 | Student Research Assistant, Chair of Variation Linguistics (Prof. Dr. Dagmar Deuber), University of Münster |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2023 | Member, Teaching English & Teaching In English in Global Contexts |
| since 2023 | Co-founder, Classroom Linguistics (Special Interest Group) |
| since 2023 | Member, Association for Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon) |
| since 2021 | Member, European COST Action: Language in the Human-Machine Era (LITHME) - Working Groups 6 & 8 |
| since 2019 | Speech Prosody Special Interest Group (SProSIG) |
| since 2019 | Learner Corpus Association |
| since 2019 | International Phonetic Association (IPA) |
| since 2019 | International Association for World Englishes (IAWE) |
| since 2018 | Global Englishes in ELT in Germany |
| since 2017 | World Englishes in NRW (WEiN) |
| since 2016 | Society for Caribbean Linguistics (SCL) |
| since 2015 | International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) |
Publications
Meer, Philipp; Durgasingh, Ryan; (eds.) (2024) Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Type of Publication: Book (edited collection) | |
Meer, Philipp; Durgasingh, Ryan (2024) In: Bolton, Kinglsley (eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of World Englishes. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Meer, Philipp (2024) In: Schmalz, Mirjam; Vida-Mannl, Manuela; Buschfeld, Sarah; Brato, Thorsten (eds.), Acquisition and variation in World Englishes: Bridging paradigms and rethinking approaches. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Meer, Philipp; Francis, Ronald; Fuchs, Robert (2024) In: Proceedings of Speech Prosody, Leiden, Netherlands (Kingdom of the). ISCA Type of Publication: Research article in digital collection (conference) | |
Silva Jr., Leônidas; Silva, Jackciele; Meer, Philipp (2024) In: Proceedings of Speech Prosody, Leiden, Netherlands (Kingdom of the). ISCA Type of Publication: Research article in digital collection (conference) |
Projects
Duration: 31/12/2022 - 30/12/2025 Funded by: EC - Lifelong Learning Programme: Erasmus+ Type of project: EU-project hosted outside University of Münster | |
Duration: 16/01/2020 - 28/02/2026 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 08/02/2019 - 10/02/2019 Funded by: Participation / conference fees Type of project: Scientific Event |
Talks
| Global Englishes in Language Teaching Westphal, Michael; Hehner, Stefanie; Meer, Philipp (25/09/2021) Online Sprachentag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Fachverband Moderne Fremdsprachen M-V, Germany Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| An acoustic study of /s/-retraction in Trinidadian English Meer, Philipp; Ahlers, Wiebke (28/09/2019) BICLCE 2019 - 8th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English, University of Bamberg, Germany Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Rhotics in Scottish Standard English Meer, Philipp; Fuchs, Robert; Gerfer, Anika; Gut, Ulrike; Li, Zeyu (28/09/2019) BICLCE 2019 - 8th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English, University of Bamberg Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Vocalic variation in Standard English spoken by Trinidadian professionals Westphal, Michael; Hartmann, Johanna; Deuber, Dagmar; Lau, Kan Man; Meer, Philipp (27/09/2019) BICLCE 2019 - 8th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English, University of Bamberg, Germany Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Sibilant variation in New Englishes: A comparative sociophonetic study of Trinidadian and American English /s(tr)/-retraction Ahlers, Wiebke; Meer, Philipp (16/09/2019) INTERSPEECH 2019 - 20th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, Graz, Austria Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| GAPS Graduate Award Awarded by: Association for Anglophone Postcolonial Studies (GAPS) Award given to: Meer, Philipp Announced at: 27/05/2017 | Date of awarding: 15/05/2017 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| IPA Student Award Awarded by: International Phonetic Association (IPA) Award given to: Meer, Philipp Announced at: 01/01/2019 Type of distinction: Scholarship |
Doctorates
| Standard English in Trinidadian Secondary Schools: Accent Variation and Attitudes Candidate: Meer, Philipp | Supervisors: Deuber, Dagmar; Gut, Ulrike | Reviewers: Deuber, Dagmar; Gut, Ulrike Period of time: 01/10/2016 - 07/06/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |