Education |
| June 1999 |
Habilitation Intonation and Information Structure – The Representation of Focus in Phonology and Semantics at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Konstanz, Germany. Venia legendi for General Linguistics |
| Nov. 1992 |
Dr. phil. in General Linguistics; Title of Dissertation: Epsilon-Ausdrücke als Semanteme für definite und indefinite Nominalphrasen und anaphorische Pronomen (Epsilon Terms as Semantemes for Definite and Indefinite NPs and Anaphoric Pronouns) - Summa Cum Laude, University of Konstanz |
| Oct. 1990 |
Master's Degree in Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Konstanz; Title of Thesis: Kategoriale Unifikationsgrammatiken (Categorial Unification Grammars) - Awarded With Honors |
| Sept. 1987 – July 1988 |
Studies in General Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Oriental Languages at the University of Edinburgh |
| Oct. 1984 – Oct. 1990 |
Studies in General Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Konstanz |
Academic Positions |
| May 2003 – Present |
Professor and Chair of German and General Linguistics, University of Stuttgart |
| Oct. 1999 – July 2000 |
Replacement of the Chair of German Linguistics at the University of Konstanz |
| April 1997 – Sept. 1999 |
Habilitation Grant, Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Foundation |
| Oct. 1990 – March 1997 |
Research Associate at the DFG Project Interaktion von Lexikon und Semantik (Interaction Between the Lexicon and Semantics) under the direction of Urs Egli |
Grants and Awards
|
| Jan. 2010 – June 2010 |
Award Winner and Senior Fellow at the Zukunftskolleg (Academic Research Forum) at the University of Konstanz |
| Oct. 2008 – Sept. 2010 |
Research Professorship for the Project Spezifizität als grammatische Kategorie zwischen Intentionalität und Indexikalität (Specificity as a Grammatical Category between Intentionality and Indexicality), supported by the Fritz-Thyssen Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation in the Context of the "Initiative Pro-Humanities" (Magnum Opus) |
| Aug. 2000 – April 2003 |
Heisenberg Grant by the German Science Foundation |
| April 1997 |
Habilitation Grant by the German Science Foundation (offered, but declined due to a competing offer by the Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Foundation) |
| April 1997 – Sept. 1999 |
Habilitation Grant, Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Foundation, administrated by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation) |
| 1989 – 1990 |
Academic Scholarship for the Master study, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation) |
| Sept. 1987 – July 1988 |
Academic Scholarship, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), awarded for the duration of stay at the University of Edinburgh |
Temporary Positions and Stays Abroad
|
| Nov. – Dec. 2009 |
Visiting Professor at the University of Zürich |
| Oct. – Nov. 2002 |
Visiting Fellow at the Human Communication Research Centre and Division of Informatics, University of Edinburgh (formerly Centre for Cognitive Science) |
| April – May 1998 |
Visiting Fellow at the Department of Linguistics, University of Texas, Austin |
| April – Dec. 1997 |
Associate at the Linguistics Research Center, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| March – April 1996 |
Visiting Fellow at the Linguistics Research Center, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 1993 - 1999 |
Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences in Prague and at the Institute of Formal and Algebraic Linguistic of the Karlsuniversität Prague |
| Feb. – April 1993 |
Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) and the Department of Linguistics, Stanford University |
