Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Main Research Interests
- Sociolinguistics
- Dialectology
- Variational Linguistics
- Grammar
- Grammaticography
- Language History (of German)
- Language Change
- Phraseology
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Education/Academic qualification
German Philology (Linguistics), Venia Legendi, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
1 Apr 1997 → 3 Feb 2003
Award Date: 3 Feb 2003
German Philology, Dr. phil., Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
1 Aug 1993 → 30 Oct 1996
Award Date: 30 Oct 1996
German, English, Pedagogigs, Erste Staatsprüfung für die Lehrämter für die Sekundarstufe II und für die Sekundarstufe I, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
1 Oct 1989 → 8 Jun 1993
Award Date: 8 Jun 1993
German, English, Zwischenprüfung, Universität Trier
1 Oct 1986 → 30 Sept 1989
Award Date: 12 Dec 1989
English, Advanced Certificate in English Studies, Aston University
1 Oct 1988 → 30 Jun 1989
Award Date: 30 Jun 1989
External positions
Full Professor, Linguistics of German, Universität Augsburg
15 Dec 2004 → 30 Sept 2012
Lehrauftrag Deutsches Seminar, Universität Zürich
1 Sept 2004 → 28 Feb 2005
Lehrstuhlvertretung (Deutsche Philologie/Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft), Christian-Albrechts-University
15 Oct 2003 → 18 Feb 2004
Associate Professor, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
21 Feb 2003 → 14 Dec 2004
Assistent Professor, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
25 Mar 1997 → 20 Mar 2003
Lecturer, Aston University
18 Sept 1995 → 31 Mar 1997
Freelance teacher for German as a Foreign Language, Institut für Sprache und Gesellschaft, Bonn
4 Jul 1994 → 25 Aug 1995
Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison
16 Aug 1993 → 30 Jun 1994
Keywords
- P Philology. Linguistics
- PD Germanic languages
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
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
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MuSt: Räumliche Muster und Strukturen der regionalen Sprachwirklichkeit im deutschsprachigen Raum
Elspaß, S. (Principal Investigator), Pickl, S. (Principal Investigator) & Niehaus, K. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/22 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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Variational Pragmatics of German: Comparing Communicative Patterns
Elspaß, S. (Principal Investigator), Simon, H. (Co-Investigator), Ackermann, T. (Co-Investigator) & Dürscheid, C. (Co-Investigator)
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Wenker 2.0 – Citizens in Austria Explore Their Dialects
Elspaß, S. (Principal Investigator), Vergeiner, P. (Co-Investigator) & Wallner, D. (Co-Investigator)
15/04/22 → 14/04/25
Project: Research
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Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Varieties and Languages at Austrian Schools
Elspaß, S. (Principal Investigator), Fuchs, E. N. (Co-Investigator), Papaioannou-Rusch, Y. (Co-Investigator) & Buchner, E. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/20 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Variation and Change of Dialect Varieties in Austria (in Real and Apparent Time)
Elspaß, S. (Principal Investigator), Vergeiner, P. (Co-Investigator) & Wallner, D. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/20 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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The social versus the regional: A multivariate analysis of (morpho-)syntactic variation in Austria’s rural dialects
Vergeiner, P. C., Bülow, L. & Elspaß, S., 29 Nov 2024, Expanding Variationist Sociolinguistic Research in Varieties of German. Stratton, J. M. & Beaman, K. V. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge, p. 35-60 26 p. (Routledge Studies in Language Change; vol. 7).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding/Legal commentary › Chapter in Book › Research › peer-review
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Between formal and informal standards. ‘Double standards’ in French, German and (Brazilian) Portuguese compared
Elspaß, S. & Pöll, B., 31 Oct 2024, In: Energeia. Online Journal For Linguistics, Language Philosophy and History. 9, p. 166-205 40 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Introduction: Double Standards: Codified norms and norms of usage in European languages (1600–2020)
Elspaß, S., Mendoza, I., Pöll, B. & Schleef, E., 1 Oct 2024, (Accepted/In press) Double standards: Codified norms and norms of usage in European languages (1600–2020) . Oxford, Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, New York: Peter Lang Verlag, 19 p. (Historical Sociolinguistics).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding/Legal commentary › Chapter in Book › Research
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Der rheinische Wortschatz im Wandel
Elspaß, S. & Möller, R., 18 Sept 2024, In: Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter. 88, p. 1-27 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gebrauchsstandard in der deutschen Alltagssprache: Eine integrative Modellierung räumlicher und sozialer Variation
Wirtz, M., Pickl, S., Niehaus, K., Elspaß, S. & Möller, R., 18 Sept 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Zeitschrift für Germanistische Linguistik.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
Activities
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Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference 2025
Elspaß, S. (Consultant)
30 Nov 2024Activity: Consultancy and Expert Opinion › Expert opinion
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Variationslinguistik und die Relevanz ihrer Ergebnisse für die Sprecher:innen
Elspaß, S. (Speaker)
28 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art
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Diatopische Variation in der Grammatik des Standarddeutschen
Elspaß, S. (Speaker)
26 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art
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Variation und Wandel der (Morpho-)Syntax in den Non-Standard-Varietäten Österreichs
Elspaß, S. (Speaker), Bülow, L. (Speaker) & Vergeiner, P. (Speaker)
23 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art
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Modeling Context and the Individual
Wirtz, M. (Contributor), Pickl, S. (Contributor), Niehaus, K. (Contributor) & Elspaß, S. (Contributor)
10 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event
Press/Media
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Die vielfältigen Dialekte Österreichs
Elspaß, S. & Wallner, D.
15/03/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Österreicher halten stärker an regionaler Sprache fest als Deutsche
2/01/24
1 item of Media coverage
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