Personal profile
Research interests
- Soziolinguistik
- Diskursanalyse
- Sprache und Identität
- Sprachpolitik
- Sprachstandardisierung und Standarddeutsch
- Sprachgeschichte des Neuhochdeutschen
- Sprachvariation und Sprachwandel
- Dialektologie
Education/Academic qualification
Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft, Habilitation, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
Oct 2015 → Nov 2024
Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft, Dr. phil., Universität Augsburg
Oct 2010 → Jan 2015
Germanistik, Geschichte, Magister Artium, Universität Augsburg
Oct 2005 → Jul 2010
Keywords
- P Philology. Linguistics
Fields of Science and Technology Classification 2012 (Level 2, 3-digit codes).
- 602 Linguistics and Literature
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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MuSt: Räumliche Muster und Strukturen der regionalen Sprachwirklichkeit im deutschsprachigen Raum
Elspaß, S. (Principal Investigator), Pickl, S. (Co-Investigator) & Niehaus, K. (Co-Investigator)
1/10/22 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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ASA: Atlas zur Salzburger Alltagssprache
Kaiser, I. (Co-Investigator), Mauser, P. (Principal Investigator) & Niehaus, K. (Co-Investigator)
21/12/20 → 30/09/23
Project: Research
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Diatopische Variation im Standarddeutschen historisch betrachtet. Forschungsüberblick und methodische Problemfelder am Beispiel der Lexik.
Translated title of the contribution :Research on the diatopic variation within historic standard German: An overview and problem areas, using lexicon as an example Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Double standards in Austria? Enregistering ‘Austrian German’ and ‘German German’ in the late 20th century.
Niehaus, K., Dec 2025, Double Standards. Codified norms and norms of usage in European languages (1600–2020). .Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding/Legal commentary › Chapter in Book › Research › peer-review
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Reconciling the social and spatial: An apparent-time analysis of variation intensity in colloquial German
Wirtz, M. (Corresponding author), Pickl, S., Niehaus, K., Elspaß, S. & Möller, R., 24 Nov 2025, In: Journal of Linguistic Geography. 2025, p. 57-70 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mapping real-time language stability and change in colloquial German: A 20-year trend study
Wirtz, M. A., Elspaß, S., Möller, R., Pickl, S. & Niehaus, K., 21 Aug 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik. 39 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Regional and social influences on pragmatic variation in colloquial German
Wirtz, M., Elspaß, S., Pickl, S. & Niehaus, K., 16 May 2025, In: Zeitschrift für Sprachvariation & Soziolinguistik / Journal of Language Variation and Sociolinguistics. 1, 1, p. 73-94 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Postdoc-Stipendium „Regionale Sprache und Identität in Altbayern. Das Enregisterment bairischer Dialekte“
Niehaus, K. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Scholarship
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Stipendium für „international summer school “Tools and Techniques in Geolinguistics“
Niehaus, K. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Scholarship
Activities
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"Wandel in der deutschen Alltagssprache in real und apparent time. Eine Trendstudie über 20 Jahre"
Wirtz, M. A. (Speaker), Elspaß, S. (Speaker), Möller, R. (Speaker), Pickl, S. (Speaker) & Niehaus, K. (Speaker)
18 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art
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Historische Plurizentrik? Anmerkungen zur Diachronie diatopischer Standardvariation des Deutschen
Niehaus, K. (Speaker)
25 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art
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The roots of diatopic variation in standard German
Niehaus, K. (Speaker) & Fischlhammer, L. (Speaker)
21 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art
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"Real- and Apparent-Time Change in Colloquial German: A 20-Year Trend Study"
Wirtz, M. (Speaker), Elspaß, S. (Speaker), Möller, R. (Speaker), Pickl, S. (Speaker) & Niehaus, K. (Speaker)
1 Apr 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art
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Gutachter für ÖAW
Niehaus, K. (Consultant)
2025 → …Activity: Consultancy and Expert Opinion › Expert opinion
Press/Media
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Thank God, it’s Saturday?! Einblicke in die Sprachgeschichte eines Wochentags
1/10/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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Dialekt und Alltagssprache auf der Spur
Niehaus, K., Kaiser, I. & Mauser, P.
15/10/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Piefke, Preissn & Co. Warum man sich in Österreich sprachlich von „den Deutschen“ abgrenzt
14/12/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
Impacts
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Blog: Im Ö-Ton
Elspaß, S. (Organizer), Hartinger, M. (Actor), Niehaus, K. (Actor), Scheutz, J. (Actor), Mauser, P. (Actor), Vergeiner, P. (Actor), Wirtz, M. (Actor), Luttenberger, J. (Actor), Gschösser, D. (Actor), Kaiser, I. (Actor), Pickl, S. (Actor), Ender, A. (Actor), Blaßnigg, J. G. (Actor), Niehaus, K. (Actor) & Scheutz, J. (Actor)
Impact: Third-mission activity › Culture