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Bistra Andreeva is a full Professor of Phonetics and Phonology at Saarland University, Department of Language Science and Technology. She is also a principal investigator of the DFG-funded project “Judeo-Spanish in Bulgaria: a contact language between archaism and innovation” (2022-2025) and leads or co-leads several other externally funded projects on prosody, information structure, and language contact. She teaches and has taught at Saarland University, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, and other European universities. Education & Academic Background Habilitation (kumulative Habilitationsschrift): “Contrastive Prosody: Bulgarian vs. German”, Saarland University, 2016. PhD (Dr. phil.): “Zur Phonetik und Phonologie der Intonation der Sofioter-Varietät des Bulgarischen”, Saarland University, 2007. Research Interests Andreeva’s research focuses on the phonetics and phonology of intonation and rhythm, cross-language and individual differences in the production and perception of syllabic prominence, the relation between intonation and information structure, minority languages (especially Judeo-Spanish in Bulgaria), and the interaction between information density and prosodic structure. Her methodological expertise includes experimental phonetics, corpus-based studies, and acoustic analysis. Major Projects SFB 1102 C1: “Information Density and the Predictability of Phonetic Structure” (DFG, 2014-2026) JuSpa: “Judeo-Spanish in Bulgaria: a contact language between archaism and innovation” (DFG, 2022-2025) Prosodic aspects of Bulgarian compared to other languages with lexical stress (Bulgarian National Science Fund, 2019-2024) Prosodic manifestations of focus in French and English from a Bulgarian point of view (DAAD & Sofia University, 2021-2023) Scientific Awards & Recognition While no major named prizes are listed, Andreeva’s work has been continuously supported by competitive grants from the German Research Foundation (DFG), DAAD, and Bulgarian National Science Fund. Her publications appear in top-tier journals and conference proceedings (Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Interspeech, Speech Prosody, International Congress of Phonetic Sciences). Teaching & Supervision She offers a broad spectrum of courses including Experimental Phonetics, Prosody, Phonetics & Phonology of Slavic Languages, Introduction to Instrumental Phonetics, and seminars on language contact. She has supervised numerous BA, MA, and PhD theses and regularly teaches at the PhD School of Sofia University. Labs & Teams She is affiliated with the Phonetics Laboratory at Saarland University and collaborates closely with the Institute for Bulgarian Language (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), working in interdisciplinary teams involving phoneticians, computational linguists, and field linguists.

• Phonetics and phonology of intonation and rhythm
• Cross-language and individual differences in syllabic prominence
• Intonation and information structure
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Felicitas Kleber is Professor of Speech Science in the Department of Language Science and Technology at Saarland University (Universität des Saarlandes). Her research profile demonstrates extensive expertise in experimental phonetics and laboratory phonology with a particular focus on German dialects and sound change phenomena. She maintains active research collaborations, most notably with J. Harrington and Ulrich Reubold, resulting in numerous high-impact publications in leading linguistics and phonetics journals. Her research interests span experimental phonetics and laboratory phonology with specific expertise in speech production and perception , sound change processes, German dialectology , phonological acquisition , and prosody and intonation analysis. Her work frequently examines the acoustic, perceptual, and articulatory dimensions of speech, particularly focusing on vowel and consonant quantity phenomena in German varieties. Analysis of her publication record reveals consistent methodological rigor with emphasis on acoustic analysis, perception experiments, and longitudinal studies. Her research often investigates sound changes in progress, particularly examining vowel fronting phenomena in both German and English varieties, and the relationship between speech production and perception mechanisms. Much of her work employs apparent-time analyses to track diachronic changes through synchronic variation across age groups. Professor Kleber serves as an Associate editor for the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, reflecting her standing in the field. She has secured significant research funding including the DFG-funded project "Typology of vowel and consonant quantity in South German varieties: acoustic, auditory, and articulatory analyses of adult and child speakers" (2016-2024) and the DAAD-supported "Form and function of prosodic structure in Hungarian and German" (2015-2016). Her research methodology typically combines acoustic analysis with perception experiments and sometimes articulatory measurements to provide comprehensive insights into phonetic phenomena.

• experimental phonetics
• laboratory phonology
• speech production and perception
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Felicitas Kleber is a Professor of Speech Science at the Department of Language Science and Technology, Saarland University. Her research focuses on experimental phonetics and laboratory phonology, emphasizing the interplay between speech production and perception in sound change processes. Research Areas : experimental phonetics, laboratory phonology, coarticulation dynamics, prosody and intonation, diachronic sound change, German dialects. Projects : Directed DFG-funded research on vowel/consonant quantity typology in Southern German varieties (2016–2024); DAAD-funded study on prosodic structure in Hungarian and German (2015–2016). Collaborations : Key partnerships with Jonathan Harrington (phonetics), Ulrich Reubold (acoustic analysis), and interdisciplinary teams in computational linguistics and sociophonetics. She serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , integrating cognitive and social dimensions into sound change models.

• Experimental Phonetics
• Laboratory Phonology
• Speech Production and Perception
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Prof. Dr. Angelika Braun is a full Professor of Phonetics at the University of Trier since October 2009, with a career spanning forensic phonetics, sociophonetics, and cross-cultural speech analysis. She previously held roles at the Bundeskriminalamt (Wiesbaden/Düsseldorf) and Philipps-Universität Marburg, where she habilitated in Phonetics and Speech Processing (2000). Her work bridges academic research with forensic practice. Research Focus: Her Sociophonetics (language and emotions, gender-specific speech) Forensic Phonetics (speaker identification, voice analysis) Contrastive and Hawaiian Phonetics Speech prosody and toxin effects (smoking, alcohol) Intercultural dubbing studies Academic Contributions: Over 15 recent articles explore voice quality, emotional speech, forensic age estimation, and cross-cultural dubbing effects. Key conferences include Interspeech, International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, and ISCA. Her work appears in journals like Forensic Linguistics and The Phonetician . Scientific Honors: Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Founder Member and former Chairperson of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics (IAFP) Life-Member of the International Phonetic Association (IPA) Leadership roles in ISPhS and GAL Practical Impact: Developed the Almeida-Braun Transcription System for dialect analysis and contributed to forensic audio enhancement protocols (e.g., Rodney King case). Serves as reviewer for Language and Speech , Forensic Linguistics , and JIPA . Collaborates on longitudinal studies of vocal aging and speaker identification.

• Sociophonetics
• Forensic Phonetics
• Contrastive Phonetics
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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)

• Language Change
• Historical Linguistics
• Germanic Linguistics
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Dr. Giselle Valman is a Lecturer for Special Tasks (Spanish) at the Specialized Language Center of Bielefeld University , Germany, serving as module leader for Spanish language practice in Romance Studies since 2024. She holds a doctorate in German as a Foreign and Second Language from the University of Leipzig (2018) and is currently pursuing habilitation on Spanish phonetics in German schools under Prof. Carsten Sinner. Education Habilitation (in progress): Phonetics of Spanish in German schools, University of Leipzig PhD: German as a Foreign and Second Language, University of Leipzig (2018) Master: German as a Foreign Language, Herder Institute, University of Leipzig (2010) Teacher Training: German as a Foreign Language, Buenos Aires (2004) Piano/Music Education: Conservatory Manuel de Falla, Buenos Aires (1994) Her research focuses on interactive phonetics exercises for Spanish varieties, contrastive phonetics, pronunciation training methodologies, and comparative studies of Spanish-German phonetics in foreign language didactics. She leads an open-access course on Spanish phonetics through Bielefeld's OpenMoodle platform.

• Phonetics
• Linguistics
• Contrastive Phonetics
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Renáta Pavlová, PhD is a Lecturer for Slovak language at the Institute of Slavic Linguistics and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Regensburg since September 2020. Previously, she served as a Scientific Assistant at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (2017-2020) and as a Slovak Language Lecturer at the Slavic Institute, University of Cologne (2016-2013). Her academic journey includes completing her PhD at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra in 2011 with a dissertation on 'Slovak as a Foreign Language.' Dr. Pavlová's educational background includes: Studies in Slovak Language and Literature – German Language and Literature at Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra (1998-2003) PhD in Slovak as a Foreign Language from Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra (2011) Dr. Pavlová's research focuses on three interconnected areas: Slovak as a foreign language with emphasis on linguodidactic aspects, machine translation between German and Slovak, and the development of reading comprehension in foreign language learning. Her work in linguodidactics examines effective teaching methodologies for Slovak language acquisition, while her machine translation research analyzes error patterns and quality assessment. The reading comprehension strand investigates intervention programs for developing literacy skills in both native and foreign language contexts, with applications across primary and secondary education levels. Her recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on the intersection of language learning, technology, and literacy development. The trend shows increasing attention to machine translation quality assessment, particularly examining morphosyntactic and lexical errors in German-Slovak translation. Her work also reveals a strong commitment to practical applications, with numerous publications on language testing, certification (particularly ECL exams), and intervention programs for reading comprehension. The collaborative nature of her research is evident through multiple co-authored works with colleagues across various institutions. Dr. Pavlová has been involved in several significant research projects including VEGA projects on reading comprehension development (2019, 2017), APVV projects on machine translation error classification (2018), and KEGA projects on language preparation (2019). She also contributed to international initiatives like EUROPODIANS (2009) for developing online Slovak courses and EURONOUNCE (2009) analyzing Slovak pronunciation by German speakers. As an educator, Dr. Pavlová teaches various Slovak language courses at University of Regensburg, including Slovak I, Slovak III (general and translation-specific), Slovak Conversation, and specialized seminars on Machine Translation. She actively participates in cultural outreach, having recently attended events with the Slovak Ambassador and the President of the Slovak Republic, demonstrating her role in promoting Slovak language and culture internationally.

• Slovak as a foreign language
• Machine translation
• Reading comprehension development
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Laura Becker is an Assistant Professor at the Department of General Linguistics, University of Freiburg. Her research focuses on linguistic typology, quantitative methodology, and the role of coding efficiency in grammatical structures. She holds a PhD exploring article systems across languages and has contributed to cross-linguistic studies on syntax, morphology, and sociolinguistics. Her work emphasizes statistical rigor and computational tools, such as the glottospace R package for geospatial linguistic analysis. Recent projects include investigating phoneme inventories in Polynesian languages and socio-linguistic influences on conditional constructions. Publications highlight her expertise in morphosyntax, language contact, and corpus-based approaches. No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided materials. Dr. Becker has advised no recorded students in the available data and has not listed specific grants or labs. Her current research trends prioritize quantitative frameworks to address typological and evolutionary questions in linguistics.

• Linguistic Typology
• Quantitative Linguistics
• Coding Efficiency
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Dr. Jenny Arendholz is a Senior Lecturer at the Chair of English Linguistics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). She holds a PhD in English Philology (summa cum laude, University of Augsburg) and an M.A. in English Philology, Romance Philology, and Communication Science. Her research focuses on syntax, pragmatics, multimodality, computer-mediated communication (CMC), and discourse analysis. She coordinates ERASMUS+ student exchange programs, advising on UK visa requirements and funding. Professional activities include reviewing for journals like Pragmatics and presenting at international conferences such as the International Pragmatics Conference. Her teaching spans introductory linguistics courses to specialized seminars on syntax, phonetics, conversation analysis, and digital communication. She actively engages in linguistic fieldwork and intercultural training for study abroad programs. Recent publications explore mitigation strategies in online discourse, quotation pragmatics, and narrative structures in message boards. Key responsibilities include managing student exchange logistics, advising on language certification requirements for UK universities post-Brexit, and maintaining partnerships with institutions like the University of Leicester and King’s College London. She also oversees LMU’s ERASMUS International Option funding and promotes summer schools via partnerships with universities in the UK and Ireland.

• Grammar/Syntax
• Phonetics & Phonology
• (Interpersonal) Pragmatics
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Florian Haas is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the Institute for English and American Studies , Friedrich Schiller University Jena , where he has taught since 2009 across BA, MA, and teacher training programs. His research focuses on recent morphosyntactic changes in English , contrastive linguistics , typology , and usage-based construction grammar , with a notable Habilitation thesis on the history of human impersonal pronouns in English. Education : PhD in Linguistics (2008, Free University of Berlin, summa cum laude), MA in European Master's Degree in Linguistics (2002), MA in English Studies (2002). His research interests span corpus-driven analysis of language change, cross-linguistic contrasts (particularly English-German), and cognitive approaches to grammar. His publications emphasize diachronic shifts in pronouns, genre-specific linguistic patterns, and constructionist analyses of syntax. He has supervised numerous student theses on topics like political framing, bilingualism, and sociolinguistic variation in English. Academic service includes roles as Erasmus coordinator, reviewer for journals like Journal of Pragmatics , and memberships in societies such as the Association for Linguistic Typology .

• Linguistics
• Corpus Linguistics
• Historical Linguistics
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Dr. Rasmus Puggaard-Rode is a Researcher at the Spoken Language Processing Group within the Institute of Phonetics and Speech Processing (IPS) at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His work focuses on phonetics, speech processing, and linguistic analysis, with a particular emphasis on Danish dialects, articulatory phonetics, and cross-linguistic studies. He employs advanced methodologies like electromagnetic articulography and functional data analysis to investigate phonological and phonetic phenomena. Research interests include sound change dynamics, prosodic patterns in Australian languages, and the interplay between phonetic detail and phonological systems. His recent articles explore topics such as stop consonant articulation, vowel duration in indigenous languages, and the development of computational tools for speech analysis. He has contributed to projects like the DanTIN initiative, advancing the study of Danish talk-in-interaction. His publications span phonetic education, language acquisition, and the application of statistical methods to speech data. While no awards or grants are listed, his extensive body of work demonstrates significant contributions to experimental phonetics and theoretical linguistics.

• Phonetics
• Speech Processing
• Linguistics
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Wagner is a Professor of English Linguistics at the Department of English and Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Previously, she held positions including Departmental Lecturer at the University of Oxford (teaching and supervising MSt/MA/DPhil students) and Leverhulme Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Kent. Her academic trajectory includes a postdoctoral habilitation at Chemnitz University of Technology (2012), a PhD from the University of Freiburg (2003), and studies in English Philology, Latin Philology, and General Linguistics (Magister Artium, 1998). Her research focuses on sociolinguistics, language variation and change in L1 English, morphosyntactic features, and dialectology. Key interests include traditional dialects of Southwest England and Newfoundland, corpus linguistics, and statistical modeling. She has supervised theses on topics such as Multicultural London English, Twitter hashtag usage, and 19th-century Irish emigrant letters. Wagner is affiliated with the Teaching and Learning Research Lab (LLF) and actively engages in quantitative sociolinguistics and comparative studies. Her work bridges historical and contemporary dialect analysis, emphasizing corpus-driven approaches. She maintains a website at http://tinyurl.com/wagnersu .

• Sociolinguistics
• Language Variation and Change
• Morphosyntactic Features
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Phil Hoole is a Professor of Phonetics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, affiliated with the Institute of Phonetics and Speech Processing. His work focuses on articulatory phonetics, speech production mechanisms, and advanced imaging techniques like real-time MRI and electromagnetic articulography (EMA). He leads research on topics such as consonant clusters, vowel nasalization, and speech motor control, with applications to speech disorders and language variation. Hoole has developed extensive MATLAB-based software for EMA data analysis and collaborates internationally on projects involving speech production dynamics and clinical speech assessment. Research Interests: Articulatory kinematics, real-time imaging, cross-linguistic phonetics, speech motor control, and clinical speech analysis (e.g., stuttering, glossectomy speech). His work integrates experimental methods with computational modeling to explain phonological and phonetic patterns. Key Contributions: Advances in EMA and MRI techniques for studying vocal tract movements. Investigations into consonant cluster production across languages (e.g., German, Moroccan Arabic, Russian). Studies on vowel nasalization, tense-lax contrasts, and sound change mechanisms. Teaching: Courses on experimental phonetics, speech production, and acoustic phonetics, with extensive teaching materials and software tools publicly available.

• Articulatory Phonetics
• Speech Production
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
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Dr. Heidi Altmann is a Researcher at the University of Stuttgart , affiliated with the Institute of Linguistics and the Division of English Linguistics (IfLA). She is also the Study Programme Manager and Academic Advisor for the BA English (Teacher Training) and M.Ed English programmes. Her research focuses on Second Language Acquisition , particularly L2 phonology , L2 teaching and testing , and the interfaces between phonology, morphology, and sociolinguistics (e.g., language and gender). Education: PhD in Linguistics (2006), University of Delaware (USA) M.A. in Linguistics (2000), University of Delaware (USA) M.A. in Foreign Languages (German) (1998), University of Wyoming (USA) Intermediate Exam in English and Sinology (1992), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) Her publications bridge phonology and second language acquisition , with a focus on stress, segmental length, and prosodic features in L2 English and German. She has presented at conferences such as GASP 2024 , EUROSLA, and the Manchester Phonology Meeting, emphasizing the persistence of L1 phonological knowledge in L2 processing. Altmann’s work integrates experimental methodologies across subfields like vowel reduction, syllable structure, suprasegmental features, and the role of prosody in grammatical disambiguation. Her research has implications for language teaching, particularly in pronunciation strategies and L2 assessment frameworks. She has held academic roles at multiple institutions, including the University of Konstanz, University of Würzburg, and University of Delaware. Her teaching experience spans ESL, German as a foreign language, and linguistic theory, with an emphasis on empirical approaches to language learning.

• Second Language Acquisition
• L2 Phonology
• L2 Teaching and Testing
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Martin Klotz is a Researcher at the Institute for German Language and Linguistics, Humboldt University of Berlin, affiliated with the Collaborative Research Center (SFB1412) and the Research Unit for Emerging Grammars (RUEG). His work focuses on corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, and digital humanities infrastructure. He holds an MSc in Cognitive Systems (2019, University of Potsdam) and a BA in German Linguistics & Computer Science (2015, Humboldt University). Key research interests include corpus architectures, historical and parallel corpora, language modeling for non-standard varieties, and research software engineering. He contributes to projects like the RUEG corpus and FALKO learner corpus, emphasizing multilingual and multimodal corpus development. His publications span corpus design, software tools (e.g., Annatto), and analyses of heritage languages. He actively organizes academic events, such as the 2021 DGfS short working group on contrastive corpus methodology. He participates in lab collaborations like Deutsch Diachron Digital and contributes to open-source corpus tools. His work bridges computational methods with linguistic theory, focusing on dynamic language systems.

• Corpus architectures
• Historical corpora
• Parallel corpora
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