Dr. Michael Westphal
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Further Profiles
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Research Focus
- Varieties of English
- Creole languages
- Sociolinguistics
- Language in the media
- Variational Pragmatics
- Language attitudes
- Linguistic Landscaping
Academic Education | |
| since 10/2016 | Post-doc University of Münster |
| 10/2010 - 03/2016 | Phd University of Münster |
| 10/2004 - 05/2010 | M.A. University of Freiburg |
| 08/2007 - 12/2007 | Exchange student at the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica |
Work Experience | |
| since 10/2010 | Research assistant, Chair of variation linguistics, University of Münster |
| 04/2021 - 03/2022 | Acting Professor for English Language Teaching at the University of Greifswald |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2018 | Discourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change (DiPVaC) Research network |
| since 2018 | Deutscher Anglistenverband e.V. |
| since 2013 | ISLE The International Society for the Linguistics of English |
| since 2011 | GAPS (Association for Anglophone Postcolonial Studies) |
| 05/2011 - 05/2013 | Treasurer of GAPS (Association for Anglophone Postcolonial Studies) |
Publications
Jansen Lisa, Westphal Michael (2022) Other scientific publication | online first | |
Westphal Michael (2022) In: ((Bitte Journal prüfen)), 192, 77-79. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2022.02.016 Review (journal) | Published | |
Westphal Michael (2022) In: Frontiers in Communication, 6, 1-16. doi:10.3389/fcomm.2021.777569 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Hänsel, Eva Canan; Westphal, Michael; Meer, Philipp; Deuber, Dagmar (2022) In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 37(1), 16-52. doi:10.1075/jpcl.00085.han Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Westphal, Michael; Lau, Ka Man; Hartmann, Johanna; Deuber, Dagmar (2022) In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 37(2), 357-394. doi:10.1075/jpcl.00098.wes Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published |
Projects
Duration: 01/10/2006 - 30/06/2022 Type of project: Own resources project |
Talks
| Variational Pragmatics and World Englishes: Speech acts and discourse markers Westphal, Michael (14/01/2022) Guest lecture, University of Bremen, Germany Type of talk: scientific Talk | |
| 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 | |
| Multilingual question tags in Nigerian and Philippine English Westphal, Michael (10/07/2021) Current Trends in Linguistics Conference (CuTLi), University of Hamburg, Germany Type of talk: scientific Talk | |
| Eh across Englishes: A corpus-pragmatic analysis of the GloWbE corpus Westphal, Michael (04/06/2021) 6th International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) conference, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland Type of talk: scientific Talk | |
| The multilingual pragmatics of New Englishes: Question tags in Nigerian English Westphal, Michael (30/04/2021) New Methods for Pragmatics of New Englishes, online, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim and University of Paderborn Type of talk: scientific Talk |
Prizes
| Doctoral Dissertation Award 2018 Awarded by: German Association for the Study of English Award given to: Westphal, Michael Announced at: 15/09/2018 | Date of awarding: 15/09/2018 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Graduate Award of the Association for Anglophone Postcolonial Studies (GAPS) Awarded by: Association for Anglophone Postcolonial Studies (GAPS) Award given to: Westphal, Michael Announced at: 15/06/2011 | Date of awarding: 15/06/2011 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Faculty award 2009 of the Philological Faculty of the University of Freiburg for the MA thesis A History of Jamaican Creole in the Jamican Broadcasting Media Awarded by: Philologic Faculty of the University of Freiburg Award given to: Westphal, Michael Date of awarding: 15/02/2010 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| Linguistic variation in Jamaican radio Candidate: Westphal, Michael | Supervisors: Deuber, Dagmar Period of time: 01/10/2010 - 18/03/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |