Student Assistants

Student assistants

Carina Ahrens

I am a master’s student in sociolinguistics (UDE) and psycholinguistics (RUB). I am interested in sociophonetics and multilingualism and its change over the lifespan. Currently, I am working on my master’s thesis in which I investigate vowels. As a student assistant in the LaVaLi project I am mainly working with Praat and Elan to code and process the data.

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Yasmina Bouziani

I am a 2-Fach Master student of Anglophone Studies and Communication Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen. As a student assistant, I am part of a team of tutors who offer student-led tutorials to the “Introduction to Linguistics II” lecture. I also code data for the LaVaLi project.
 In my studies I am particularly interested in the intersection of sociolinguistic variation and sexuality/gender, as well as interpersonal pragmatics.

Elisavet Kyriakoudi

I am a 2-Fach BA student of Applied Philosophy and Anglophone Studies. As a student assistant I am part of a group of student tutors that offer tutorials for the “Introduction to Linguistics II” lecture. I also code data for the LaVaLi project. I am particularly interested in the history of the English language and all its various influences throughout the years as well as interpersonal pragmatics in the context of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Hannah Sawall

I'm a 2-Fach M.A. student (Anglophone Studies and Germanistik) at the University of Duisburg-Essen. As a student assistant in the Sociolinguistics Lab, I transcribe and code data from the LaVaLi corpus in ELAN. I am also interested in Lavender Linguistics and Linguistic Landscapes.