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Prof. Dr. Jürg Fleischer is a Full Professor of German Language History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, leading the Chair of the History of the German Language within the Institute for German Language and Linguistics. He previously held professorships at Philipps University of Marburg and served as a visiting scholar at institutions including Columbia University and Indiana University. His research focuses on historical syntax, dialectology, Berlin dialect studies, and Yiddish linguistics, with particular emphasis on register variation and language contact phenomena.
Education:
- Studied German Linguistics, Russian Linguistics, and General Linguistics at the University of Zurich (1994–2000)
- Doctoral degree in German Linguistics (University of Zurich, December 2001)
- Appointment to Doctor of Philosophy (October 2003)
Research Interests:
- Historical grammar (especially syntax) of German
- Dialectology and areal typology of German
- Berlin dialect studies
- Yiddish and Frisian linguistics
- Language contact phenomena
Recent Article Trends: Fleischer's recent work emphasizes register variation in historical and dialectal contexts, including corpus-based studies of Martin Luther's writings and Berlin dialect evolution. His research bridges historical linguistics with sociolinguistic analysis, exploring how situational-functional factors shape linguistic variation.
Labs/Projects: Active in the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1412 'Register: Language Users’ Knowledge of Situational-Functional Variation' and directs the 'RegiL' corpus project analyzing register phenomena in Luther's writings.
