Eva Wittenberg
Room: 1.05.1.08phone: +49 331 977-4226
mail: eva.wittenberg
uni-potsdam.de
Research interests
- syntax and semantics
- psycholinguistics
- linguistic varieties in contemporary German
- history of linguistics
Publications and talks
- with Heike Wiese (2009): Processing Predictions of Linguistic Theories: Light Verbs as a Testing Battery. Poster at AMLaP 2009, Barcelona.
- (2009): German Light Verb Constructions as a Testing Battery for Linguistic Theory. MA thesis, Potsdam University. [Abstract]
- with Kerstin Paul (2009): 'Aşkım, Baby, Schatz...' – Anglizisme
n in einer multiethnischen deutschen Jugendsprache, in: Falco Pfalzgraf (Hg.): Englischer Sprachkontakt in den Varietäten des Deutschen / English Language in Contact with Varieties of Germ
an. Wien: Peter Lang, pp. 95–122. pdf
- with Kerstin Paul and Ulrike Freywald (2008): 'Kiezdeutsch goes School' – A multiethnic variety of German from an educational perspective. In: Proceedings of CLIE-2008. Alba Iulia: Aeternitas Publishing House, pp.663-682. pdf
- with Maria M. Piñango: The Mental Representation of Light Verbs. Poster presented at "The Sixth International Conference on the Mental Lexicon", Banff, 7.-10.10.2008.
- with Maria M. Piñango: When Verbs Share Their Power: The case of the German Light Verb Construction. Talk given at "Verb Concepts: Cognitive Science Perspectives on Verb Representation and Processing", Montreal, 3.-4.10.2008.
- with Kerstin Paul and Heike Wiese: "Ich mag soPART Wasserpfeifeladen". The interaction of grammar and information structure in Kiezdeutsch. Talk given at the Fifth International Conference on Youth Language, Copenhagen, 27.-29.3.2008.
- with Maria M. Piñango: Argument Structure in Nominalizations: The Case of the Light Verb Construction in German. Poster presented at "Nominalizations across Languages", Stuttgart, 29.11.-1.12.2007.
Short CV
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2009-2010: |
Visiting Scholar, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University (European Recovery Program scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes). Supported by Ray Jackendoff, Gina Kuperberg, Maria M. Piñango, and Heike Wiese. |
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Fall 2008: |
Tufts University: Research for MA thesis (supervisor: Prof. Heike Wiese), supported by Ray Jackendoff (DAAD scholarship). |
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2007-2009: |
student assistant at the chair for contemporary German language, Potsdam University. studies at Potsdam University and Humboldt University Berlin (German Linguistics and History). |
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2006-2007: |
"Visiting Fellow", Yale University, Psycho-/Neurolinguistics Lab, supported by Maria M. Piñango. |
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2005-2006: |
studies at Bologna University, Italy (ERASMUS scholarship). |
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since 2003: |
studies at Humboldt University Berlin (German Linguistics and History). |
