Curriculum Vitae
| November 1980: |
began studying English and French at the University of Würzburg with the dual aim of attaining an M.A. degree and the academic qualifications for becoming a grammar school teacher; also studied Spanish for two years |
| Oktober 1982 - March 1983: |
studied at Bangor University (Wales; full DAAD scholarship); linguistics classes under Prof. Andrew Radford |
| Oktober 1983 - März 1984: |
studied at Poitiers University (France; full DAAD scholarship) |
| Juli 1986: |
Master's degree at Würzburg University; subjects: 'English philology' (linguistics, main subject), 'American philology' and 'Romance philology' (French linguistics) |
| autumn 1987: |
state exam in the subjects English and French at Würzburg University |
| Nov. 1987 - Sept. 1988: |
postgraduate studies in "Linguistic data- und informa-tion processing" at Würzburg University (with postgraduate degree) |
| 1991: |
PhD degree in the subjects 'English philology' (linguistics), 'American literature' and 'Romance philology' (French linguistics); Thesis: Das englische Perfekt [Perfective aspect in English] (publ. 1992, Tübingen: Niemeyer) |
| 1998: |
habilitation (post-doctoral degree) completed; teaching
authorization ('venia legendi') for the field 'English philology';
postdoctoral thesis: Determination in der englischen Nominalphrase: Eine korpuslinguistische Studie [Determination in the English noun phrase: A corpus-based study] |
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summer term 1999, winter term 1999/2000 |
substitute professor of English linguistics at Bayreuth University |
| summer term 2000-winter term 2001/02 |
substitute professor of English linguistics at Magdeburg University |
| since winter term 2002/03 | full professor of English linguistics at Kiel University |