CV Annette Becker 2012-02

Annette Becker M.A., Julius-Maximilians-University Wuerzburg, Germany
[email protected]
Research Interests
Pragmatics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Media Discourse, Political Discourse Analysis,
Politeness Theory, Appraisal Theory
Teaching
Since Oct 2011
2009–2011
2002–2009
Julius-Maximilians-University Wuerzburg, Institute of English and
American Studies (Introduction to English Linguistics, English Syntax,
Old English, forthcoming English Pragmatics, Text Linguistics)
Ruhr-University Bochum, English Department (Linguistics I,2, Language
and Politeness, Pragmatics Across Cultures, Institutional Discourse,
Medical Discourse, News Interviews, Communication II, Grammar I+III)
Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Institute of English and American
Studies (Introduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Pragmatics,
Introduction to Discourse Analysis, Introduction to Language and Politics,
Introduction to Media Language, Intercultural Communication, Language
and Politeness, Analysing News Interviews, Talk at Work – DoctorPatient Communication)
Education
• Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main: Book and Media Studies (Postgraduate)
• Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg and Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main: English,
German and Slavonic Studies (M.A.)
Books (co-author)
2010 Bieswanger, Markus and Becker, Annette. Introduction to English Linguistics. Third
Edition. Tübingen: Francke.
2008 Bieswanger, Markus and Becker, Annette. Introduction to English Linguistics. Second
Edition. Tübingen: Francke.
2006 Becker, Annette and Bieswanger, Markus. Introduction to English Linguistics. Tübingen:
Francke.
Articles, book chapters
2011 "Modality and engagement in British and German TV interviews." In: Aijmer, Karin, ed.
Contrastive Pragmatics. Special Volume of Benjamins Current Topics. Amsterdam:
Benjamins. 5–22.
2009 "Modality and engagement in British and German TV interviews." In: Aijmer, Karin, ed.
Contrastive Pragmatics. Special Issue of Languages in Contrast 9.1. 5–22.
2007a "'Are you saying …?' A cross-cultural analysis of interviewing practices in TV election
night broadcasts." In: Lauerbach, Gerda and Anita Fetzer, eds. Political Discourse in the
2007b
2007c
2005a
2005b
2004
Media: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Amsterdam: Benjamins (= Pragmatics & Beyond
New Series 160). 109–137.
"Between 'us' and 'them': Two TV interviews with German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
in the run-up to Gulf War II." In: Hodges, Adam and Chad Nilep, eds. Discourse, War
and Terrorism (= Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 24).
Amsterdam: Benjamins. 161–183.
"The appropriateness of questions." In: Fetzer, Anita, ed. Context and Appropriateness.
Amsterdam: Benjamins (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 162). 147–166.
"Interviews in TV election night broadcasts: A framework for cross-cultural analysis." In:
Betten, Anne and Monika Dannerer, eds. Dialogue Analysis IX. Dialogue in Literature
and the Media. Selected Papers from the 9th IADA Conference, Salzburg 2003 (=
Beiträge zur Dialogforschung 27). Tübingen: Niemeyer. 61–71.
"'Ja, Herr Bundeskanzler, aber ...': Zum Lesen von Fernsehinterviews." In: Lotz, Stefanie
and Bettina Migge, eds. GrenzBereiche des Lesens. <http://publikationen.ub.unifrankfurt.de/volltexte/2005/884/>
"To challenge or not to challenge: Two TV interviews with German Chancellor Gerhard
Schröder in the Run-Up to Gulf War II." In: Greschonig, Steffen and Christine Sing, eds.
Ideologien zwischen Lüge und Wahrheitsanspruch. Wiesbaden: Deutscher UniversitätsVerlag. 155–171.
Review
2008 Review of Discourse. A Critical Introduction, by Jan Blommaert. Linguistische Berichte
214: 253–254.
Conference report
2005 "Pragmatik, Philosophie und Pasta. Die 9. International Pragmatics Conference der
International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) in Riva del Garda. " UniReport 8,
21.12.2005: 17. < http://www.muk.uni-frankfurt.de/Publikationen/UniReport/
dokumente/ur_5_6/unireport_05_08.pdf>
Presentations
2012 forthcoming "The pragmatics of evidentiality in British and German political interviews."
Łodz, 6th Łodz Symposium, New Developments in Linguistic Pragmatics
2011 "Questioning Strategies in British and German Election Night Interviews." RuhrUniversity Bochum, English Department, English Study Group
2010a "Körper – Metamorphosen: Einführung zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung von Merit Esther
Engelke und Natascha Pranz." Gießen, FrauenKulturZentrum
2010b "Third order positioning in political interviews." Würzburg, International Association for
Dialogue Analysis (IADA), Würzburg International Symposium on Dialogue in Politics
2009a "Appraisal in context." Melbourne, 11th Conference of the International Pragmatics
Association (IPrA), Diversity, Context, and Structure
2009b "The visual rhetoric(s) of body metamorphoses." Presentation and live performance. With
Merit Esther Engelke, artist and photographer, and Günther Grollitsch, dancer. East
Lansing, MI, 7th Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference, Enabling
Complexities: Communities/Writing/Rhetoric
2008 "Appraisal in (inter-)action." Freiburg, 1st Triennial Conference of the International
Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE)
2007a "Drinking hemlock, dinner party wakes and the use of graduation in British and German
election night interviews." Seville, 1st International Conference on Political Discourse
Strategies, Estrategias del Discurso Político (EDIPO)
2007b "Modality and heteroglossia in British and German TV interviews." Göteborg, 10th
Conference of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), Language Data, Corpora,
and Computational Pragmatics
2007c "The language of evaluation in British and German TV interviews." Münster, 11th
Conference of the International Association for Dialogue Analysis (IADA), Dialogue
Analysis and Rhetoric
2006a "Facework and appraisal in political interviews." Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz,
IADA Workshop 2006, Dialogue In and Between Different Cultures
2006b "'How deep is the mess you’re in at present?' Questions in political interviews." GoetheUniversity Frankfurt am Main, Symposium "Discourse, Media, Culture" in honour of
Prof. Dr. Gerda Lauerbach
2005 "The appropriateness of questions." Riva del Garda, 9. Konferenz der International
Pragmatics Association (IPrA), Pragmatics and Philosophy
2004 "'Ja, Herr Bundeskanzler, aber ...': Zum Lesen von Fernsehinterviews."
Kulturwissenschaftliche Vortragsreihe "Grenzbereiche des Lesens" des
wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses am FB 10 der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
2003a "To challenge or not to challenge: Two TV interviews with German chancellor Gerhard
Schröder in the run-up to Gulf War II." Regensburg, Internationale Konferenz des DFGGraduiertenkollegs "Kulturen der Lüge" Ideologien zwischen Lüge und
Wahrheitsanspruch
2003b "Interviews in TV election night broadcasts: a framework for cross-cultural analysis."
Salzburg, 9. Konferenz der International Association for Dialogue Analysis (IADA),
Dialogue in Literature and the Media
Journalism
Editorial work and freelance writing for magazines and broadsheet newspapers
Leisure
Travelling, sports, music