Professor Dr. Dagmar Deuber

Current affiliations

  • Professur für Variationslinguistik (Prof. Deuber)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • varieties of English world-wide (special focus: Caribbean)
  • English-based Pidgins and Creoles
  • language contact
  • sociolinguistics
  • corpus linguistics
  • language use in media

Academic Education

01/2004 - 07/2010Post-doctoral degree (‘Habilitation’) in English Philology, University of Freiburg
10/1999 - 12/2003PhD in English Philology, University of Freiburg
04/2001 - 03/2003PhD scholarship, German National Academic Foundation
04/2000 - 10/2000Visiting PhD student, Department of English, University of Lagos, Nigeria (DAAD scholarship)
04/1992 - 07/1999MA in English, German and Romance Philologies, University of Freiburg
09/1995 - 03/1996Visiting student, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (DAAD scholarship)
10/1993 - 03/1994Visiting student, University of Durham, UK (DAAD scholarship)

Work Experience

since 10/2010Chair of Variation Linguistics, English Department, University of Münster
04/2004 - 09/2010Assistant professor, English Department, University of Freiburg
10/2006 - 09/2007Visiting researcher and lecturer, Department of Liberal Arts, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad (DAAD scholarship)
04/2003 - 03/2004Research assistant, English Department, University of Freiburg
10/2000 - 03/2001Research assistant in DFG project "Sprache als Mittel der Identitätskonstitution und Abgrenzung" as part of SFB 541 "Identities and Alterities", University of Freiburg
10/1999 - 03/2000Research assistant in DFG project "Sprache als Mittel der Identitätskonstitution und Abgrenzung" as part of SFB 541 "Identities and Alterities", University of Freiburg

Functions and Memberships

since 2015Member of the editorial advisory committee, Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
2013 - 2023member, Editorial board, English World-Wide
2016 - 2018Editorial board member, Journal of English Linguistics

Publications

Meer, Philipp; Fuchs, Robert; Deuber, Dagmar; Lacoste, Véronique; Hänsel, Eva Canan (2023)
In: World Englishes, 42(1)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Shakir, Muhammad; Deuber, Dagmar (2023)
In: ICAME Journal, 47(1)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Deuber, Dagmar; Hackert, Stephanie; Hänsel, Eva Canan; Laube, Alexander; Hejrani, Mahyar; Laliberté, Catherine (2022)
In: American Speech, 97(3)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Hänsel, Eva Canan; Westphal, Michael; Meer, Philipp; Deuber, Dagmar (2022)
In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 37(1)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Westphal, Michael; Lau, Ka Man; Hartmann, Johanna; Deuber, Dagmar (2022)
In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 37(2)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

Duration: 01/03/2021 - 28/02/2025
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 16/01/2020 - 28/02/2026 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 01/04/2015 - 15/01/2020 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 01/10/2006 - 30/06/2022
Type of project: Own resources project

Talks

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
Standard English in Trinidad, multinormativity, and translocality: Implications for the Dynamic Model and the Extra- and Intra-territorial Forces Model
Meer, Philipp; Deuber, Dagmar (28/03/2019)
Current Trends in Linguistics Conference – Multilingual Development and World Englishes, University of Hamburg, Germany
Type of talk: scientific talk
The use of question tags in different registers of English in Trinidad
Wilson, Guyanne; Westphal, Michael; Hartmann, Johanna; Deuber, Dagmar (27/09/2013)
5th International conference on the linguistics of contemporary English (ICLCE 5), University of Texas Austin, USA
Type of talk: scientific talk

Doctorates

Metadiscourse in Academic Lectures: A Comparative Analysis of MOOCs and University Lectures
Candidate: Gao, Cuicui | Supervisors: Deuber, Dagmar; Gut, Ulrike
Period of time: 01/04/2017 - 31/03/2025
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Influences on Trinidadian English Morphosyntax
Candidate: Durgasingh, Ryan | Supervisors: Deuber, Dagmar; Gut, Ulrike
Period of time: 01/10/2016 - 31/03/2025
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Standard accents in the Grenadian secondary and tertiary educational system: A study of attitudes and usage
Candidate: Hänsel, Eva | Supervisors: Deuber, Dagmar Gut, Ulrike
Period of time: 01/04/2015 - 31/03/2025
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Mobile outer circle speakers’ attitudes towards different varieties of English
Candidate: Hartmann, Johanna | Supervisors: Deuber, Dagmar
Period of time: 01/04/2011 - 31/03/2025
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Language use in social media marketing in Hong Kong: Variation and attitudes
Candidate: Lau, Ka Man | Supervisors: Deuber, Dagmar; Gut, Ulrike
Period of time: 01/04/2018 - 30/09/2024
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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