Research Interests

• Syntax
• Second Language Acquisition, especially the acquisition of L2 English morphosyntax
• Learner Corpora
• Language Teaching and Pedagogy

CV

• As of Oct 2010 Part-time Senior Lecturer, Dept. Of English, University of Salzburg. Part-time Senior Lecturer, University of Vienna
• 2008 – 2010 Lektor, English Dept, University of Vienna
• 2006 – 2010 Research Assistant, Dept of English Business Communication, WU Vienna
• 2007 – 2008 Lektor, Fachhochschule Wien

• 2007 – 2010 PhD English Linguistics, University of Vienna
• 2004 – 2005 MA Linguistics University of Leeds
• 1998 – 2002 BA French and German Studies Queen’s University Belfast
• 2000 – 2001 Exchange Student, University of Heidelberg

Publications

(submitted) ‘Marginal prepositions in learner English: Applying a local corpus to identify difficulties and enhance language teaching.’ (with B. Schiftner) International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, for Special Edition “Applying Corpus Linguistics”

(to appear) ‘The Transfer of V2? Inversion and Negation in German and Dutch Learner English’, International Journal of Bilingualism, Special issue on Transfer, (eds.) J. Treffers-Daller & J. Sakel.

(2010) ‘Advanced Learner Corpus Data and Grammar Teaching: Adverb Placement’ In Campoy-Cubillo, M. C; Bellés_Fortuño, B.; Gea-Valor Ll. (eds.) Corpus Based Approaches to ELT. (pp. 205-215) New York: Continuum.

(2009) with B. Schiftner ‘The use of marginal and complex prepositions in learner English.’ Proceedings of the Corpus Linguistics Conference 2009 http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/publications/cl2009/

(2009) with B. Schiftner ‘Using learner corpora as a resource to inform tertiary language teaching’ VIEWS Vienna English Working Papers 18(3)

(2009) ‘Verb Second in Advanced L2 English: A Learner Corpus Study’. Bowles M., T. Ionin, S. Montrul, A. Tremblay (eds.) Proceedings of the 10th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2009) (pp. 46-59) Sommerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project

Talks and Conference Presentations

‘V2 Transfer by Instructed L1 German Learners of English’ York-Leeds Workshop on Applied Generative Second Language Acquisition, University of York, 24 June 2010

‘Inversion and Verb Second in Learner English’ Optionality in Non-Native Grammars: Corpus and Experimental Approaches. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 27 Nov 2009

(with B. Schiftner) ‘The Use of Marginal Prepositions in Learner English’ Corpus Linguistics Conference, University of Liverpool, 22 Jul 2009

‘Interfaces and Verb Placement in L2 English.’ Workshop on Interfaces in L2 Acquisition. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, 18 Jun 2009

(with B. Schiftner) ‘The Vienna Database of English Learner Texts – A resource for language research and teaching.’ Sprachendidaktik: Der wissenschaftliche Nachwuchs im Dialog, Universität Klagenfurt, 25 April 2009

‘Apparent V2: Inversion and Adverbs in German and Dutch Learner English.’ Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition, University of Illinois, 13-15 Mar 2009

(with B. Schiftner) ‘Using learner corpora as a resource to inform tertiary language teaching’ Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice in EFL, University of Wien 26-28 Feb 2009

‘Transfer and Optionality in Advanced German Learner English: A Corpus Study’ Doctoral Workshop, EuroSLA 18, Université Provence, 9-13 Sept 2008

‘Transfer at the Interfaces: Word Order in Advanced Learner English’, Interdisciplinary approaches to transfer, crosslinguistic influence and contact-induced change, University of the West of England, 9-11 Juli2008

‘Interlanguage Syntax: Transfer and Optionality’, WU Linguistikzirkel, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, 7 May 2008

‘Syntactic Transfer, Information Structure and Learner Corpora’, 1st Symposium of the International Corpus of Crosslinguistic Interlanguage, Tokio University of Foreign Studies, 12/13 Feb 2008

‘Syntactic Transfer in ICLE: The Case of V2’, The Fourth Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) International Conference on Applying Corpus Linguistics, University of Limerick, Ireland, 13/14 Jun 2008

‘Incorporating Learner Corpus Data in Grammar Teaching’, 1st International Conference on Corpus-Based Approaches to ELT, Castellon Universitat Jaume I, 6-8 Nov 2007