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Dr Falco Pfalzgraf

Lecturer in German Linguistics
and Medieval German

Room: Arts Building 2.09
Tel: (+44) 020-7882.8321
Fax: (+44) 020-8980.5400
email: f.pfalzgraf (at) qmul.ac.uk

Office hours:
DURING TEACHING TERMS:
Wednesdays: 11.00 - 12.00
Fridays: 10.00 - 11.00
OUTSIDE TEACHING TERMS:
By appointment only

Research Interests

Dr Falco Pfalzgraf's main area of research is the influence of English upon German, and the related subject of Linguistic Purism (the latter field being understood in its widest sense and with both a synchronic and diachronic focus). He also conducts research on the relationships between politics, language, and culture.

Affiliations

Publications

Monographs

  • Neopurismus in Deutschland nach der Wende. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang, 2006. (Publication fully financed by the Austrian Ministry for Education, Science and Culture). ISBN 978-3-631-54854-7.

Reviewed in:

Studia Neophilologica 79:1/2007, pp. 92-95 (Göran Inghult). Germanistik 48:3-4/2007, pp. 620-621 (Ryszard Lipczuk). MLR 104:1/2009, pp. 219-220 (Felicity Rash).

  • Working title: Sprachpurismus in Österreich und der Schweiz. Currently in preparation.

Edited Volumes

  • Englischer Sprachkontakt in den Varietäten des Deutschen / English Language in Contact with Varieties of German. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang, 2009 (Österreichisches Deutsch. Sprache der Gegenwart Vol. 12). ISBN 978-3-631-58132-2. Publication substantially supported by the Austrian Ministry for Education, Science and Culture.
  • Anglo-German Linguistic Relations (with Felicity Rash). Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang, 2008. (Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik, Reihe A, Band 98). ISBN 978-3-03911-656-0.

    Articles

  • "Linguistic Purism in the History of the German Language". Geraldine Horan, Nils Langer & Sheila Watts (eds). Landmarks in the History of the German Language. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang, 2009. (British and Irish Studies in German Language and Literature Vol. 52), pp. 137-168. ISBN 978-3-03911-890-8.
  • "Sprachpurismus und Globalisierung". Englischer Sprachkontakt in den Varietäten des Deutschen / English Language in Contact with Varieties of German. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang, 2009. (Österreichisches Deutsch. Sprache der Gegenwart Vol. 12), pp. 215-225. ISBN 978-3-631-58132-2.
  • "Bestrebungen zur Einführung eines Sprachschutzgesetzes seit der Deutschen Vereinigung". German Life and Letters 61:4/2008, pp. 451-469. ISSN 0016-8777.
  • "Einstellungen zu Fremdwörtern und Anglizismen. Anmerkungen zu einer Repräsentativerhebung des Instituts für Deutsche Sprache" (with Torsten Leuschner). Germanistische Mitteilungen 64/2006, pp. 85-107. ISSN 0771-3703.
  • "Auffassungen von Laien zum Gebrauch von Anglizismen im Deutschen". Carol Fehringer & Holger Briel (eds.). Field Studies. German Language, Media and Culture. CUTG Proceedings, vol. 5. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2005. pp. 29-49. ISBN 978-3-039-10309-6.
  • "Recent Developments Concerning Language Protection Organisations and Right-Wing Extremism". German Life and Letters 56:4/2003, p. 398-409. ISSN 0016-8777.
  • "Fremdwortdiskussion und Rechtsextremismus". German Life and Letters 56:1/2003, p. 102-116. ISSN 0016-8777.
    The publisher have declared this article as one of GLL's five highlights.

    Other

  • "Studying and working in Germany. A student guide". Review. Deutsch: Lehren und Lernen 26/2002, p. 32. ISSN 0953 - 4822.
  • Imagination in Romanen von Tim O'Brien. Staatsexamen Thesis (MA equiv.), 104 pages. ISBN 978-3-8370-9220-2.

    • Organised Conferences

  • Conference "Anglo-German Linguistic Relations", 9-10 November 2007, co-organised with Prof Felicity Rash.
  • Conference "The Implementation of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in UK Higher Education Institutions – Chances and Challenges", 24 November 2006, co-organised with Dr Susanne Frane.

Postgraduate Teaching & Supervision

I taught and supervised theses on the MA in Anglo-German Cultural Relations. Currently, I am co-supervising a PhD thesis.

Undergraduate Teaching

I am the organiser of the following courses:

  • GER/029 - German Phonetics and Phonology
  • GER/212 - German II
  • GER/215 - German II N
  • GER/621 - Power and the German Language
  • GER/626 - The Development of the German Language I
  • GER/628 - Medieval German Language and Literature

In the past, I was the organiser of the following courses:

  • GER/026 - Introductory German, Part 1
  • GER/027 - Introductory German, Part 2
  • GER/051 - German I
  • GER/100 - Introductory German
  • GER/103 - German I Intensive
  • GER/203 - German II Intensive
  • GER/611 - Working with German Grammar
  • GER/619 - Advanced Translation and Précis
  • GER/999 - Year Abroad Assessment

I also teach / taught the following courses, or parts of them,
or I am / was examiner for the following courses:

  • GER/061 - German III
  • GER/081 - German for Business
  • GER/083 - Advanced German for Business
  • GER107 - Germany Then and Now: Literary Epochs, Cultural Trends and Conceptions of Language
  • GER/117 - Foundations of German Studies
  • GER/401 - German I N
  • GER/615 - Introduction to German Studies

Administration

My current main admin responsibilities are:

In the past, I had the following additional admin responsibilities:

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