News
This page shows the latest information on what's going on in linguistics in Zurich. Be sure to also check out our calendar for talks in Zurich and the calendar for events in Switzerland and beyond. Also make sure to sign up for the weekly newsletter, which informs you about current linguistic activities in Zurich and beyond.
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New SNSF project of ZüKL members Balthasar Bickel und Martin Meyer (PIs)
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Martin Meyer and his research featured in Swiss TV magazin "PULS"
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Three new "Digital Lives" projects (SNSF) awareded to members of ZüKL (Bubenhofer, Dellwo, Dürscheid)
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Volker Dellwo in "20minuten"
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"Never too old to learn languages": Maria Kliesch in Tagblatt of the City of Zurich
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Website of ZüKL project 'anchorAGE' online
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PNAS article by co-author Balthasar Bickel in 'The New Yorker'
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New homepage for CMC corpora with reference to Switzerland
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Sabine Stoll talks about Citizen Science in Linguistics
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New administrative coordinator
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Volker Dellwo on SRF
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New technical coordinator
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SRF Interview about AGORA Project
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What does digitalisation mean for society?
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New ZüKL course: Basics in Linguistics
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Interview by ZüKL director Elisabeth Stark
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Language und Law - Stefan Höfler in UZH Journal
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Martin Meyer in the news
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Michaela Hnizda is the new coordinator
Michaela Hnizda is the new administrative coordinator. Welcome!
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Martin Meyer in UZH Magazin
In the current edition of UZH Magazin Martin Meyer is interviewed about creativity.
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ZüKL's SNF project proposal accepted
The SNF accepted the AGORA project proposal "Citizen Linguistics", which the ZüKL submitted in summer 2015. The two-year project starts in March 2016.
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UZH student featured in Spiegel Online
Computational Linguistics student Hernani Marques is featured with his master's thesis in Spiegel Online.
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Christa Dürscheid in UZH Magazin
Christa Dürscheid's research on grammatial variation in standard German is featured in the latest issue of UZH Magazin.
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StudentsHostStudents goes online
StudentsHostStudents is a new platform that allows local students to offer visiting students a place to sleep for the duration of their conference.
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Martin Meyer in UZH Journal
In the current edition of UZH Journal Martin Meyer answers the domino-question whether ageing-related impairment of the sensory organs can be compensated by training the brain
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International Summer School Language and Space
Andreas H. Jucker, Barbara Sonnenhauser and Elisabeth Stark organize summer school in 2016.
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Kenan Hochuli wins best presentation
Kenan Hochuliwins best presentation at the second linguistic afternoon
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Linguistic podcast in UZH journal
The linguistic podcast "angesprochen" with Juliane Schröteris featured in the latest issue of UZH Journal.
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Simone Pfenniger back on TV
Once again Simone Pfenningerappeared on Swiss television. See "More..." for links to article and video.
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New episode of angesprochen. Universals: What do all languages have in common?
angesprochenis a monthly series of interviews where we talk with linguists about their present research. In June 2015 Robert Schikowskiand Juliane Schrötertalked to Balthasar Bickelfrom the Department of Comparative Linguistics about language universals.
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André Huber is the new administrative coordinator
Starting from the 1st of July, André Huber (from the English Seminar) will take over from Charlotte Meisner as the new administrative coordinator. The ZüKL wishes both a good start!
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New episode of angesprochen. The linguistic podcast: „Trotzige Gesellen, stolze Pyramiden und hohe Berge“ – The description of the Alps through time
angesprochenis a monthly series of interviews where we talk with linguists about their present research. In May 2015 Juliane Schröterand Jekaterina Mažaratalked to Patricia Scheurer(UZH, German Department) about The description of the Alps through time.
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New episode of angesprochen. The linguistic podcast: Two countries divided by a common language? British and American English
angesprochenis a monthly series of interviews where we talk with linguists about their present research. In April 2015 Robert Schikowskiand Juliane Schrötertalked to Marianne Hundt (UZH, English Department) about British and American English and possible misunderstandings between speakers of the two varieties.
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Dialäkt Äpp in TA
The mobile dialect app "Dialäkt Äpp" created by Adrian Leemann and Marie-José Kolly was featured in the national press: Link to video
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Simone Pfenninger Mercator awardee 2015
The Mercator Awardsare granted to excellent young researchers at the University of Zurich. They use inter or transdisciplinary methods in research projects of societal relevance. This year, ZuKL member Simone Pfenninger has been awarded in the area of Arts and Social Sciences. The ZuKL congratulates Simone Pfenninger on her success!
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New episode of angesprochen. The linguistic podcast: Searching and finding on the internet
angesprochenis a monthly series of interviews where we talk with linguists about their present research. In March 2015 Robert Schikowskiand Juliane Schröter talked to the computational linguist Noah Bubenhoferabout searching and finding on the internet.
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The Swiss SMS corpus is online
Good news for linguists: the Swiss SMS corpusis now freely available on the ZuKL server. Interested researchers or teachers can registerfor non-commercial uses.
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New episode of angesprochen. The linguistic podcast: typography
angesprochenis a monthly series of interviews where we talk with linguists about their present research. In February 2015 Robert Schikowskiand Juliane Schröter talked to Jürgen Spitzmüller(UZH, German Department) about typography.
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Simone Pfenninger @ NZZ Campus
After the ZüKL-Newsand the UZH Mediadesk, now also NZZ Campus shows interest in one of the most exciting examples of current linguistic studies in Zurich. A short video shows the linguist Simone Pfenningerin a classroom at Gymnasium Zürcher Unterland, where she explains the results of her study regarding second language acquisition.
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New episode of angesprochen. The linguistic podcast: Can you feel the beat? Rhythm in language
angesprochenis a monthly series of interviews where we talk with linguists about their present research. In January 2015 Robert Schikowskiand Juliane Schrötertalked to Stephan Schmid(UZH, Phonetics Laboratory) about rhythm.
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New episode of angesprochen. The linguistic podcast: Phonetic accommodation
angesprochenis a monthly series of interviews where we talk with linguists about their present research. In December 2014 Robert Schikowski and Juliane Schröter talked to the postdoc Hanna Ruch(URPP "Language and Space") about phonetic accomodation.
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Simone Pfenninger in the UZH news
Simone Pfenninger's much-cited long-term study, which contributes to the optimal age debate in foreign language learning, has now reached the UZH Media Relations. Under the heading Anyone who is good at German learns English betterthe results have been made accessible to a large audience.
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Earlier is not always better
ZuKL-Member Simone Pfenningerfrom the University of Zurich contributes to the current media debate on early English and early French instruction in Swiss schools. Her study is the first and only systematic longitudinal study in Switzerland that analyzes the differences between early and late starters of English instruction. It shows that early learners do not have any short-term or long-term advantages compared to late starters.
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The ZüKL has a new president
On 1st October 2014 the Zurich Center for Linguistics has a new president. On 17 September 2014 the executive board elected the former vice-president Marianne Hundtas new president and Elisabeth Starkas new vice-president. The ZüKL says thank you to its former leader and founder Elvira Glaserand wishes the new president much success.
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Charlotte Meisner is the new ZüKL coordinator
Robert Schikowski, who has been managing the Administrative Coordination Unit until now, changes to the Department of Comparative Linguisticson 1 September. His position is taken over by Charlotte Meisner (Department of Romance Studies). We wish her a good start!
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Barbara Sonnenhauser changes to UZH
Barbara Sonnenhauser will move from Vienna to Zurich in January 2015. She has accepted the call to the Department of Slavonic Studies, where she will take over the chair of Slavic Linguistics from Daniel Weiss.
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Teaching award goes to Heiko Hausendorf
Heiko Hausendorf(UZH, Department of German Studies) has received the UZH/Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching 2014. He frequently teaches students outside of the classroom in order to explain communication right where it happens.
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Penny Boyes Braem becomes honorary doctor
The Faculty of Arts of the University of Zurich has awarded a honorary PhD degree to Penny Boyes Braemfor her contribution to sign language linguistics in Switzerland.
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Brook Bolander at FRIAS
Brook Bolander(UZH, English Department) will spend a year at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) as Junior Fellow, starting from September 2014.
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UZH News featuring Sabine Stoll
The UZH News have published an article about Sabine Stoll's ERC project "Acquisition processes in maximally diverse languages" (ACQDIV). The article describes the goals of the project, emphasises the high academic reputation associated with ERC projects, and poses questions about the future of the European research area.
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Prix de la relève 2014 goes to Charlotte Meisner
The Prix de la relève of the Collegium Romanicum2014 goes to Charlotte Meisnerfor her PhD thesis "La variation pluridimensionnelle : une analyse de la négation en français". Congratulations!
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Sabine Stoll
Sabine Stoll (Psycholinguistics Research Unit) has received a ERC Consolidator Grant worth 2.5 mio. Swiss francs. The title of the project is "Acquistion processes in maximally diverse languages: Min(d)ing the ambient language". Congratulations on behalf of all UZH linguists!
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GISLab UFSP
The GISLab of the URPP Language and Space has taken up work on 3 January under the direction of Curdin Derungs. It is located at the Department of Geography.
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Paul Widmer takes over chair of Indo-European Studies
Paul Widmer has accepted his call to Zurich and will take over the chair of Indo-European studies at the newly founded Institute of Comparative Linguistics starting from spring 2014.
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A new linguistic institute
From 2014 there will be a new linguistic institute at UZH: the Institute for Comparative Linguistics.
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CorpusLab URPP
The CorpusLab of the URPP "Language and Space" has taken up work under the direction of Dr. Tanja Samardžić.
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VideoLab URPP
The VideoLab of the URPP "Language and Space" has taken up work under the direction of Dr. Wolfgang Kesselheim.
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New ZüKL members
ZüKL welcomes eleven new members, who were accepted on 27 September 2013. In addition, ZüKL is now also affiliated with the Schweizerisches Idiotikon.
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UZH News article on Sabine Stoll
Sabine Stoll (Psycholinguistics Research Unit) has been interviewed for a UZH News article. The article describes her work on the typology of language acquisition.
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Johannes Kabatek changes to UZH
Johannes Kabatek- presently professor of Romance philology and linguistics at the University of Tübingen - will change to Zurich in autumn 2013. He follows Prof. Georg Bossong on the chair for Iberoromance philology at the Department of Romance Studies.
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Spoken language - signed language
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Catalogue of linguistic journals
The library of the Department of General Linguistics of the UZH has published a list of linguistic journals. Journals that are available online via a public license are linked from the site. You can browse the list on www.spw.uzh.ch/library/journals.html.
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Transalpine Typology Meeting 2013
The 3rd Transalpine Typology Meeting is hosted by the Department of General Linguistics of UZH. It will take place on the 30 and 31 May. The programme and further details are given on the website of the workshop.