Christine S. Sing

Christine S. Sing is a linguist and educator affiliated with the Department of English Studies at the University of Siegen, Germany. She holds a PhD from the University of Regensburg, focusing on American presidential rhetoric and ideological discourse. Her research integrates discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and cognitive linguistics, with specialization in ESP (English for Specific Purposes), second language writing, and business communication. She has taught at multiple institutions, including the Universities of Vienna, Giessen, and Heidelberg, as well as the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Her ongoing post-doctoral project examines technicality in L2 student writing through corpus and qualitative analysis. Key research areas include Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), critical discourse analysis (CDA), and the role of English as an international lingua franca (ELF). She actively publishes on topics such as multimodal discourse analysis, academic writing pedagogy, and the intersection of business communication and multilingualism.

• Education:
• PhD in Linguistics, University of Regensburg
• Masters in General Linguistics, University of Poitiers
• Undergraduate Studies in English/French/German, University of Heidelberg

Her teaching spans courses on corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, business English, and academic writing. She has contributed to interdisciplinary research projects, including the DFG-funded 'Cultures of Lying' at the University of Regensburg.