Dr. Peter Siemund

Professor of English Linguistics

B.A. Theses

Oldenburg, Nadine, Der Einfluss der Erstsprache auf die Zweitspracherwerb; Am Beispiel von Präpositionen in der Schriftsprache Jugendlicher, 29.06.22.

Kühner, Lissa, The Impact of Code-Switching on Advertisements. An Empirical Analysis of the Use of Code-Switching in German TV-Commercials and its Effects on Recipients Perceptions, 11.06.22.

Wurst, Teresa, Bilingual Couples: Language choices, challenges and advantages, 10.05.22.

Romeyke, Katja, Linguistic Relativity and Grammatical Gender – The Perception of Animals in English and German, 20.10.21.

Angsunisanat, Sapsuda, The Acquisition of the English Article System by Thai-German Bilinguals and Thai Monolinguals, 12.01.21.

Sarac, Anisa, The Development of Repair Sequencing - Joint Storytelling performed by Primary School Children, 05.01.21.

Mai, Thanh Thao, The influence of German on the pronunciation of the [ɪ] and [i] sounds in the English acquisition of Vietnamese-German bilinguals, 03.01.21

Koester, Katharina, Sprache und Persönlichkeit: Eine Untersuchung zu linguistischen Korrelaten der „Big Five“ bei L2-Sprechern des Englischen, 02.01.21.

El Kafi, Sarah, Cross-linguistic influence in sequential child third language acquisition: A comparative learner corpus study of monolingual German and Russian and bilingual Russian-German children, 29.10.20.

Hoang, Linh Chi Vu, Sprachpolitik in Singapur: Singlish und das „Speak Good English“ movement, 13.05.20.

Abdirazakova, Irodakhon, Lexical cross-linguistic influence in text production by Russian-German und Turkish-German bilinguals, and German monolingual children in Germany, 06.03.20.

Ulusoy, Nagihan, Lexical cross-linguistic influence on English language acquisition of monolinugal German speakers and bilingual Turkish-German speakers, 06.03.20.

Grasmik, Andreas, The Use of Collocations in L2 Wrting by German Learners of English, 29.11.19.

Gerken, Svenja-Sophie, Anglicisms and German-English Code-Switching on Social Media, 06.11.19.

Manukyan, Shoghine, The Acquisition of English as a Third Language: A Case Study of Armenian-Russian Bilingual Students, 16.09.19.

Sakieva, Aliia, The Present Perfect in American English, 09.06.19.

Wunderlich, Bennet, War Metaphors in American Sports Reporting, 29.07.19.

Gronewold, Gregor, The construction of gender(ed) identities through language: The Sun’s coverage of the 2018 Ballon D’Or award ceremony, 25.07.19.

Rothmann, Quentin, Lexical transfer in text production of German monolinguals and Russian-German & Turkish German, bilinguals, 09.12.18.

de Lima , Juliana, Phonological Analysis: Brazilian Portuguese (L1) interference in English (L2) acquisition, 30.11.18.

Rother, Miriam, Pitch changes in learner English – Does one’s pitch change when speaking another language? 20.11.18.

Rodenberg, Nele, English Adverb Placement in Bilingual Learner Data, 29.05.18.

Doosti, Mona, The Effect of Prior Languages on the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language, 21.05.18.

Seifert, Lena Marie, The Bullet Killed the President: Instruments in Subject Position, 18.05.18.

Nouri, Artemis, The Comprehension of Idioms in English as a Foreign Language, 25.08.17.

Chereneva, Yulia, Apology Strategies of Russian EFL Speakers, 24.08.17.

Thies, Janika, The linguistic representation of otherness in a sample of motion pictures, 23.03.17.

von Hardenberg, Helene Gräfin, The Acquisition of English in Bilingual Contexts - A Study of Word Order and Code-Switching, 27.08.16.

Eschrich, Sophie, Die Binnenstruktur mehrmorphemiger Wörter im Englischen, 27.08.16.

Mastropietro, Leonardo, The Influence of German on the Acquisition of English as a Second Language. An Empirical Study, 26.08.16.

Gosman, Andreea-Camelia, L1 Attrition in Romanian: A Study of Romanian-English Bilingual Students, 22.08.16.

Lindner, Camilla, The Representation of Refugees in a British Tabloid Newspaper. A Linguistic Discourse Analysis, 22.08.16.

Evers, Lars, English as a Global Language – Killer or Promoter?, 19.02.16.

Pàrraga, Melani, The Grammatical Knowledge of Learners of English: German Monolinguals in Comparison to Spanish-German Bilinguals, 25.11.15.

van der Ende, Lina, Testing the L2 Status Factor – The Significance of L1 in Third Language Acquisition, 01.04.15.

Seidel, Sinnika, Teaching English in German Multilingual Classrooms: An Approach to the Simple Past, 01.02.15.

Smith, Victoria, Language, Gender, Stereotypes: An Investigation of Gender Differences in Politeness Strategies, 01.02.15.

Hutter, Janine, The Challenge of Tongue Twisters in Native and Non-native English, 22.11.14.

Oguz, Gülsemin, English as a Third Language. The Effects of Bilingualism on Students’ Literacy, 21.11.14.

Löwenstein, Rebecca, Delexicalisation in N of N Constructions: A Diachronic Approach, 10.09.14.

Rieck, Martyna, Differences in Vocabulary Size between Bilingual and Monolingual Young Adults, 29.08.14.

Tran, Bich-Tuyen, Comparing Second and Third Language Acquisition: Similarities and Differences, 26.08.14.

Köster, Gwynneth, Expressions of Hate and Dislike in Internet Communication, 25.08.14.

Kastner, Marisa Jasmin, Code-Switching as a Form of Art: The Negotiation of a Bilingual Identity in Chicano and Nuyorican Poetry, 22.08.14.

Sarkodie-Gyan, Sabrina, Quotatives in Varieties of English: A Cross-Register Corpus Study, 18.08.14.

Bortel, Klaudia, The Relationship of Word Order and Case Marking: A Case Study of English and Polish, 20.02.14.

Lockner, Eva Lotta, Phonetic Variation among British University Students, 14.02.14.

Traeger, Antonia, The Effect of Proficiency on Mental Representation: A Study of Gender, 13.02.14.

Fuellenbach, Kim Kristina, English-German Bilingual Speakers: An Exploration of Cross-Linguistic Influence, 06.02.14.

García Quispe, Celina, Parental Strategies in Bilingual Upbringing: A Critical Evaluation, 16.12.13.

Meinhardt, Linda, Regularität und Variabilität in der Aussprache der englischen Frikative, 18.12.13.

Kugler, Natalie, Does English Bilingual Education Motivate Students to Study Other Languages? A Case Study of German Schools, 04.12.13.

Zawislak, Olivia, Language Learning and Language Acquisition: A Comparison of Selected Theories, 17.11.13.

Lamann, Mirja, Cross-Generational Vowel Change in Middle Class Tyneside English - An Analysis of Selected Diphthong Variants, 20.09.13.

Albrecht, Ines Isabel, Language Policies in Canada and the United States of America: A Comparison, 05.09.13.

Jachimovicz, Christian, The Particle “one” in Singapore English, 11.08.13.

Al-Jaf, Tara, South-African and Namibian English, 22.08.13.

Dimundo, Francesca, Second Language Acquisition of English and the Influence of German as a Native Language, 30.11.13.

Rega, Rachel-Melanie, The Acquisition of English in Chinese-German Environments, 11.08.13.

Braun, Clara, Third-Language Acquisition of English by German-Vietnamese Bilinguals, 15.11.13.

Marx, Louise, The Gaelic Renaissance: Language Maintenance and Bilingualism in Scotland, 24.11.13.

Chitashvili, Nino, Gender-Neutral Grammatical Reference in English and German, 21.05.13.

Steenhusen, Sina, Kündigungsschutz - ein Vergleich der Regelungen im Wirtschaftsraum Deutschland und in ausgewählten US-amerikanischen Bundesstaaten, 10.10.12.

Santore, Sybilla, Das Unternehmen Wal-Mart: Warum boomt es in den USA und scheitert in Deutschland?, 09.10.12.

Maeder, Stina, Indien als Top-Destination für Outsourcing - eine Analyse, 09.10.12.

Thomson, Julia, The Use of the Progressive Aspect in L2 Asian English, 09.08.12.

Klee, Sarah, Oral History Recordings as a Source on Singaporean English, 26.08.11.

Makarenko, Julia, Pitting Sex Against Status, 22.03.11.

Nguyen, Tina, Ditransitive Constructions with ‚give': Pronominal Combinations in Varieties of English, 29.09.10.

Icelliler, Mine, The Grammaticalization of the Have Perfect in Old English, 27.08.10.

Westphal, Ellen, Development of the English Strong Verbs, 24.08.10.

Ecke, Gabriela, Bilingualism in Quebec, 06.04.10.

Fölsing, Leonie, The New Zealand English Vowel System: An Empirical Analysis of Ten Selected Vowels, 30.03.10.

Kahraman, Tülay, /t/-glottalization in RP, Estuary English and Cockney, 21.03.10.

Treidler, Maren, Bilingal Education in New Zealand, 12.10.09.

Pieslak, Malgorzata, Contrastive Analysis of Shortening in Blogs and Mobile Phone Messages, 26.09.09.

Berger, Maike, Language Planning in Canada, 07.09.09.

Shadrina, Inna, Double Modal Constructions: An Analysis of Selected Varieties of English, 10.02.09.

de Guzman, Fiana, Sich meets Itself. A Contrastive Approach to Reflexive Anaphors as Markers of Derived Intransitivity in German and English, 16.02.08.

Lange, Verena, How Conversation is Structured – An Analysis of Selected Items, 03.07.02.