Prof. Dr. Ole Schützler

Prof. Dr. Ole Schützler

Institute Head

Institute of British Studies
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15
04107 Leipzig

Prof. Dr. Ole Schützler

Prof. Dr. Ole Schützler

Professor

Sprachwissenschaft: Varietäten des Englischen
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 4311
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37314

Abstract

Ole Schützler is Professor for Varieties of English at Leipzig University. He obtained his doctoral and postdoctoral (Habilitation) degrees at the University of Bamberg in 2012 and 2018, respectively.

Professional career

  • since 04/2021
    Professor for Varieties of English, Leipzig University
  • 04/2020 - 03/2021
    Associate Professor in English Linguistics, University of Bamberg
  • 10/2019 - 03/2020
    Professor (interim) for English Linguistics, University of Bayeuth
  • 07/2018 - 09/2019
    Associate Professor in English Linguistics, University of Bamberg
  • 08/2012 - 06/2018
    Assistant Professor in English Linguistics, University of Bamberg
  • 03/2011 - 07/2012
    Research stay in Edinburgh, Scotland. Visiting researcher at Queen Margaret University (10/2011 - 03/2012), funded by the DAAD
  • 07/2006 - 02/2011
    Researcher and instructor in English Linguistics, University of Bamberg

Education

  • 08/2012 - 04/2018
    Postdoctoral degree (Habilitation) in English Linguistics, University of Bamberg
  • 10/2007 - 07/2012
    Dr. phil. in English Linguistics, University of Bamberg
  • 10/1998 - 05/2006
    First State Board Examination in English, University of Mannheim
  • 10/2002 - 07/2004
    Teaching Diploma in Music Theory, University of Music and Performing Arts, Mannheim
  • 10/1998 - 02/2004
    First State Board Examination in Music, University of Music and Performing Arts, Mannheim
  • 10/1997 - 09/1998
    Studies at the University of Bonn: Musicology, English and German Literature

Ole Schützlers main research interests are

  • Language variation and change
  • Varieties of English / World Englishes
  • Scottish English and Scots
  • Sociolinguistics / Sociophonetics
  • Phonetics / phonology; acoustic phonetics
  • Corpus linguistics

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