Heiko Girnth

Heiko Girnth is an Adjunct Professor at the Research Center Deutscher Sprachatlas (DSA) under the Department of German Studies and Arts at Philipps-University Marburg. His research spans multiple domains including Variational Linguistics, Dialectology, Political Communication, Grammaticalization, and Text Linguistics.

• Research Focus: Political discourse analysis, grammaticalization processes in German dialects, multimodal communication in political talk shows, and geolinguistic mapping of language variation.
• Key Publications: Authored and co-authored works on political rhetoric, dialectological studies, and text typology, including books on language in politics and edited volumes on political talk shows.
• Teaching: Offers courses like 'Sagen und Meinen' (Seminar) and 'Textlinguistik' (Lecture) at Philipps-University Marburg.
• Collaboration: Active in interdisciplinary projects, notably the Mittelrheinischer Sprachatlas (MRhSA), focusing on morphological and phonological dialect variation.
• Labs/Teams: Affiliated with the Research Center Deutscher Sprachatlas, contributing to linguistic mapping and dialectological research.