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Joline Schmallenbach is a Scientific Associate and research assistant in the Department of German Studies at the University of Siegen, Faculty I. She is actively engaged in research on socio- and discourse linguistics, particularly focusing on political communication, legal linguistics, and corpus-based analysis. She contributes to the Discourse Monitor project and serves as Managing Editor of the International Journal of Language and Law. Additionally, she is a board member of diskursiv – Academy for Participatory Communication e.V.
Research Interests:
- Discourse and socio-linguistics
- Corpus linguistics and digital methods
- Legal and political communication
- Strategic communication and framing
- Language in lobbying and public discourse
- Adult and academic education
Her recent publications and projects reflect a strong trend toward analyzing strategic language use in politics and law, particularly through corpus-based and qualitative methods. She is deeply involved in creating open educational resources and digital tools for linguistic research and teaching. Her work often addresses public understanding of legal texts, greenwashing, and the linguistic mechanisms of political influence.
Scientific Contributions:
- Managing Editor, International Journal of Language and Law
- Board Member, diskursiv – Academy for Participatory Communication e.V.
- Contributor to the Discourse Monitor and its Glossary of Strategic Communication
- Project involvement in digGer and digGer|net (OER for German Studies)
Joline Schmallenbach advises on discourse research methodologies and has contributed to evaluation projects on legal text comprehensibility. She teaches courses such as Introduction to Corpus Linguistics and Political Communication, integrating research and pedagogy. She is also involved in collaborative research grants related to digital competencies and public discourse analysis.
Labs and Research Teams:
- Research Group Discourse Monitor and Discourse Intervention
- Team member in computer-assisted socio- and discourse linguistics at the University of Siegen
