معرفی
Tanja Ackermann is a Professor of German Linguistics with a focus on Variation and Change at Bielefeld University, holding the position since 2023. She serves as project leader in two subprojects of the Collaborative Research Center 1646: Linguistic Creativity in Communication (projects A06 and B03), and as a member of BiSEd (Bielefeld School of Education). Her academic affiliations include the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies and its Habilitation Committee.
- Doctorate in Linguistics (2017)
- Habilitation, Venia legendi in German Linguistics (2023)
- Prior academic roles: Acting Professor at University of Mainz (2020–2022), Research Associate at Freie Universität Berlin (2011–2023), and short-term lectureship at Peking University (2017).
Research interests span diachronic and synchronic analysis of language variation (areal/sociolinguistic), language change (functional/contrastive), historical grammar (morphology/morphosyntax), and pragmatics (speech acts, address forms, (im)politeness, expressivity). She specializes in onomastics (name grammar, sociopragmatic aspects, phonology) and interactive linguistic creativity (interrogative forms, indirect meaning).
Publications reflect trends in Germanic morphosyntax, historical pragmatics, and onomastic variation. Key themes include inflectional erosion, possessive markers, and gendered phonological patterns in proper names.
Scientific Recognition
- Awarded Wilhelm von Humboldt Prize by the DGfS in 2019
Affiliation Highlights
- Project leader for SFB 1646 (linguistic creativity in communication)
- Previous involvement in SRC 980 'Episteme in Motion' (subproject C08, 2016–2020)