My primary area of research and publication is historical phonology of the Germanic languages. This work is comparative and integrates modern dialect data into historical reconstruction. I am also interested in other areas of research, including the relationship of standard language and dialect and Germanic etymology.
Biographical Profile
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Languages, Literatures, & Cult.
Tenure Status
Tenured
International Activity
International Activities
Yes
Type of Activity
Research, Study abroad
Countries
Germany
Description
I am Director of the bilateral Exchange Program between USC and the University of Bamberg which involves undergraduate, graduate students and faculty. I am planning a project involving the Center for Digital Humanities at USC & the databases of the Institut für Deutsche Sprache in Mannheim. I am to be co-editor of the international journal for historical and comparative Germanic linguistics, titled NOWELE: North-Western European Language Evolution.
Institution/Entity
Otto-Friedrich Universitat Bamberg, Germany;
Forschungszentrum Deutscher Sprachatlas, Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany
Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim, Germany;
The journal NOWELE: North-Western European Language Evolution, Odense, Denmark.
Postgraduate Studies in German and Dutch linguistics and medieval literature
1987 - 1990
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
PhD
Germanic Philology
1984 - 1987
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
MA
Germanic Philology
1980 - 1984
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri
AB
German Language, Literature, and Linguistics
1982 - 1983
Eberhard-Karls-Universitat Tübingen
Tübingen, Germany
Undergraduate studies in German language, literature, and linguistics, Swedish
Memberships & Professional Activities
Dates
Type
Description
Institution/Entity
Membership
Linguistic Society of St. Petersburg, Russia
Membership
Society for Germanic Linguistics
Positions & Appointments
Dates
Description
Institution/Entity
1983 - 1984
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in German, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Washington University
1984 - 1988
Teaching Assistant in German, Department of German, University of Minnesota
1988 - 1989
Teaching Assistant in Swedish, Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Minnesota
1989 - 1990
Research Assistant in English, Department of English, University of Minnesota
1991 - 1996
Assistant Professor of German and Linguistics, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and Program in Linguistics, Louisiana State University
1996 - 2000
Assistant Professor of German and Linguistics, Department of Germanic, Slavic, and East Asian Languages and Literatures and Linguistics Program, University of South Carolina
2000 - 2006
Associate Professor of German and Linguistics, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and Linguistics Program, University of South Carolina
2002 - 2003
Visiting Professor of German Linguistics, Fakultat fur Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
2006
Professor of German and Linguistics, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and Linguistics Program, University of South Carolina
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Dates
Type
Description
Foundation/Entity
2019
Award
Russell Research Award for Humanities and Social Sciences
University of South Carolina
1990
Fellowship
German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn, Germany
1992
Fellowship
Swedish Institute, Stockholm Sweden
2003
Fellowship
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
Newberry Foundation
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