معرفی
Ulrike Schneider is a Professor of English Linguistics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. She holds a PhD (2014) and Habilitation (2024) in English linguistics, specializing in corpus-based studies of syntax, language variation, and diachronic change. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics and applied digital methods.
Education
- Habilitation: "Transitivity as an Explanatory Factor in Language Variation and Change", Mainz (2024)
- PhD: "Frequency, Hesitations and Chunks - A Usage-based Study of Chunking in English", Freiburg (2014)
- Diploma in Applied Modern Languages and Business, Giessen (2009)
Research Interests
- Language Variation & Change
- Corpus Linguistics
- Diachronic Syntax
- Modality & Negation
- Political Discourse Analysis
- Digital Humanities
Her work examines syntactic structures in historical and modern contexts, particularly focusing on modals, causatives, and corpus-based methods. Recent studies analyze Trump's political language and the diachronic evolution of verb constructions.
Publications highlight methodological innovations in corpus analysis and digital tools for linguistic research. Recent work addresses modal negation patterns, V+it up constructions, and legal aspects of social media corpus publication.
Teaching & Grants include innovative digital pedagogy projects funded by the Gutenberg Lehrkolleg. She has held visiting professorships at Hildesheim, Augsburg, Frankfurt, and Konstanz universities since 2023.
Awards include the JGU Teaching Award (2024) and a 2018 grant for digital humanities initiatives.
