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Universität Regensburg

SS 2023

  • Introduction to English Linguistics: English in Use (Lecture)
  • Understanding English in use (Seminar)

Universität Bayreuth

WS 2022/23

  • Methods in Linguistics (Proseminar)
  • Phonemic Transcription (Seminar)
  • Staatsexamenskurs (Seminar)
  • Theoretical Approaches to Language, Variation and Culture (Master seminar)
  • World Englishes from a Historical Perspective (Hauptseminar)

Universität Regensburg

SS 2022

  • Introduction to English Linguistics II: English in Use (Lecture)
  • Text Analysis (Seminar)
  • Understanding English linguistics II: English in use (Seminar)

WS 2021/22

  • Collecting and Analysing Speech Data (Hauptseminar)
  • Corpus Linguistics and World Englishes (Lecture)
  • Introduction to English Linguistics II: English in Use (Lecture)
  • Phonemic Transcription (Seminar)
  • Text Analysis (Seminar)

SS 2021

  • The phonetics and phonology of English (Lecture)
  • Introduction to English linguistics II: English in use (Lecture)
  • Language change (Hauptseminar)
  • Recent Research in English Linguistics (Colloquium)
  • Understanding English linguistics II: English in use (Seminar)

WS 2020/21

  • Varieties of English (Lecture)
  • From acquisition to teen talk: the language of children and adolescents (Hauptseminar)
  • Corpus Linguistics (Seminar)
  • Text analysis (Seminar)
  • Understanding English Linguistics I: Theory and Structure (Seminar)

SS 2020

  • Sociolinguistics (Lecture)
  • English in Africa (Hauptseminar)
  • Recent Research in English Linguistics (Colloquium)
  • Readings in Linguistics (MA seminar)
  • Understanding English Linguistics I: Theory and Structure (Seminar)

WS 2019/20

  • Research Methods of Investigating Variation in English (MA seminar)
  • Introduction to English linguistics (Seminar)

SS 2019

  • Introduction to English linguistics

WS 2018/19

  • World Englishes in a diachronic perspective (Seminar)
  • Introduction to English linguistics (Seminar)

SS 2018

  • Academic Research Sabbatical

WS 2017/18

  • (Historical) Sociolinguistics (Seminar, cancelled)
  • Introduction to English linguistics (Seminar, 2 courses)

SS 2017

  • Statistics in linguistics (Seminar)
  • Introduction to English linguistics (Seminar)

WS 2016/17

  • Morphology & word-formation (Seminar)
  • Introduction to English linguistics (Seminar)

SS 2016

  • English in the British Isles (Seminar)
  • Introduction to English linguistics (Seminar)

WS 2015/16

  • The structure of English (Lecture)
  • Introduction to English linguistics (Seminar)

SS 2015

  • Syntaktische Analysen (Seminar)
  • Introduction to English linguistics (Seminar)

Westfälische-Wilhems-Universität Münster

WS 2014/15

  • The Pronunciation of English (Lecture)
  • Accents of English (Lecture)
  • Research Workshop: Accents of English (Seminar)
  • Postgraduate Class (Linguistics) (Seminar)

Technische Universität Chemnitz

SS 2014

  • Basic research methods in linguistics (Seminar)
  • Advanced quantitative research in linguistics (Seminar)

WS 2013/14

  • English variation world-wide (Seminar)
  • Research colloquium (Seminar)

SS 2013

  • Research seminar (Seminar)
  • Advanced research methods (Seminar)

WS 2012/13

  • Using and learning English world-wide (Seminar)
  • Research colloquium (Seminar)

Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

WS 2011/12

  • An introduction to statistics in linguistics (Seminar)

SS 2011

  • Languages of Scotland: Historical and current perspectives (Seminar)

WS 2010/11

  • Phonetics and phonology (Lecture)
  • Grundkurs Promotion Fachmodul FB 05 (Linguistik) (Seminar for doctoral students of the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC))

SS 2010

  • Doing linguistics: A practical approach to linguistic research methodology (Seminar)

WS 2009/10

  • Doing linguistics: A practical approach to linguistic research methodology (Seminar)
  • Grundkurs Promotion Fachmodul FB 05 (Linguistik) (Seminar for doctoral students of the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC))

SS 2010

  • Doing linguistics: A practical approach to linguistic research methodology (Seminar)

WS 2009/10

  • Doing linguistics: A practical approach to linguistic research methodology (Seminar)
  • Grundkurs Promotion Fachmodul FB 05 (Linguistik) (Seminar for doctoral students of the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC))

SS 2009

  • African Englishes (Seminar)

WS 20008/09

  • Doing linguistics: A practical approach to linguistic research methodology (Seminar)
  • Introduction to English linguistics (Seminar)

SS 2008

  • Visible speech: a practical introduction to acoustic phonetics (Seminar)

WS 2007/08

  • Language change (Seminar)
  • Introduction to English linguistics (Seminar)

SS 2007

  • Urban accents in the British Isles (Seminar)

WS 2006/07

  • Forensic linguistics (Seminar)

SS 2006

  • Introduction to English linguistics (Seminar)

  1. Faculty of Languages, Literature, and Cultures
  2. Department of English and American Studies

English Linguistics

Dr. Thorsten Brato

Dr. Thorsten Brato

Room PT 3.2.80
Phone+49(0)941-943-3504
Fax+49(0)941-943-1990
thorsten.brato@ur.de

Office hour: please contact me by email to arrange a (Zoom) meeting