Mag. Dr. Thomas Schwaiger
Thomas Schwaiger
T: +43-1-4277-42445
Winter term 2026
122221 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper - The Natural Semantic Metalanguage and its extensions and applications
Summer term 2026
122221 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper - The Natural Semantic Metalanguage approach
Winter term 2025
122048 PS Proseminar Linguistics 2 (BA) - Morphology in English
Schwaiger, T. (2026). Reduplication. In H. Nesi, & P. Milin (Eds.), International encyclopedia of language and linguistics (3 ed., Vol. 4, pp. 81-85). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.01589-1

Schwaiger, T. (2026). Reduplication in spoken and signed language. In O. Fischer, K. Akita, & P. Perniss (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of iconicity in language (pp. 341-358). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192849489.013.0022

Schwaiger, T. (2025). Reduplication. In P. O. Müller, S. Olsen, & F. Rainer (Eds.), Word-formation: History, theories, units and processes (pp. 405-424). De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111420561-018

Austrian "Schmäh" as a cultural keyword (and its relation to other humor concepts in German)

Schwaiger, T. (Invited speaker)

21 Aug 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Morphology in Functional Discourse Grammar: A (book?) proposal

Schwaiger, T. (Speaker)

8 Jul 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Classifier constructions in English, German and Dutch: Compounds vs. head-classifiers

Ten Wolde, E. G. (Speaker) & Schwaiger, T. (Speaker)

8 May 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Classifier constructions in English and German: Compounds vs. head-classifier constructions

Ten Wolde, E. G. (Speaker) & Schwaiger, T. (Speaker)

26 Aug 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


On the relationship between morphology and the Interpersonal Level in Functional Discourse Grammar

Schwaiger, T. (Speaker)

3 Jul 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Classifier constructions in English, German and Dutch: Compounds vs. head-classifier constructions

Ten Wolde, E. G. (Speaker), Schwaiger, T. (Speaker) & Keizer, M. E. (Contributor)

18 Dec 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


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