Jakob Leimgruber
PD Dr. Jakob Leimgruber
Substitute Professor
Chair of English Linguistics | Mair
jakob.leimgruber@anglistik.uni-freiburg.de
www.jakobleimgruber.ch
CURRENT POSITIONS
- Lehrbeauftragter (50%) | English Department, University of Basle (Switzerland)
- Substitute Professorship (50%) | English Department, University of Freiburg
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Sociolinguistics
- World Englishes
- Multilingualism
- Language planning and policy
- Linguistic landscapes
- Singapore
- Quebec
EDUCATION
2018 – Habilitation in English Philology | University of Freiburg
- Supervisor: Prof. Christian Mair
- Thesis title: 'Language planning and policy in Quebec: A comparative perspective'
- Examiners: Prof. Christian Mair, Prof. Bernd Kortmann & Prof. Stefan Pfänder
2009 – Doctor of Philosophy in English Language | University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- Supervisor: Prof. Suzanne Romaine
- Thesis title: 'Modelling variation in Singapore English'
- Examiners: Dr Anthea Fraser Gupta & Dr David Cram
2005 – Licence ès Lettres in English and Geography | University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Mémoire supervisor: Prof. Peter Trudgill
APPOINTMENTS HELD
| 2010 – 2018 |
Akademischer Rat auf Zeit (Lecturer, non-tenured / Assistant Professor) |
| 2016 |
Lehrbeauftragter (Lecturer) |
| 2013 – 2015 |
Marie Curie Fellow |
| 2010 |
Chargé de cours (Lecturer) |
| 2009 – 2010 |
Akademischer Mitarbeiter (Post-doc) |
| 2008 – 2009 |
Lecturer in Sociolinguistics |
| 2006 – 2008 |
Tutor |
| 2007 |
Visiting Lecturer |