Isolde Bonnet

Research Assistant & Doctoral Candidate she/her
English Linguistics | Mair

☎ +49 761 203-3329
R 4105 | KG IV

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sociolinguistics, pidgins and creoles, World Englishes, Computer-mediated communication, online diaspora, discourse analysis, code-switching, dialectology.

EDUCATION

2022 –	Ph.D., English Linguistics - Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
	Thesis: ““Je suis content de voir des blacks qui réussissent": Multilingualism and identity construction among Cameroonian immigrants in Europe”.
2019 – 2021	M.A., English Language and Linguistics - Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
	Master thesis: “Code-switching in Cameroon: a social perspective on linguistic attitudes in a multilingual online community”.
2018 – 2019	University Degree (DU), Studies of Ancient Languages: Latin medium level - Paris Nanterre, Paris X, France
2015 – 2018	B.A. English Studies - Université Lumière Lyon 2, France.

EMPLOYMENT

2024 –	Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiterin – chair Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Mair, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany
2022 – 2024	Research assistant (Hilfskraft) – Project: West African English on the Move – under the direction of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Mair, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany.
2020 – 2024	Teaching assistant – Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany – Doing Linguistics tutorial, bachelor level.
2019	Research assistant – Jamaican Language Unit, under the direction of Michele Kennedy, UWI, Kingston, Jamaica.
2018 – 2019	French teaching assistant – Fettes College, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th forms and preparatory school, Edinburgh, United-Kingdom.
2016	Volunteering – educational help with children with integration problems – AFEV, Lyon, France.

TEACHING

“The sociophonetics of English: from varieties to identities” | Pro Seminar
Summer 2024, Summer 2025
“World Englishes in the Classroom” | Pro Semniar
Winter 2024
“Doing Linguistics” | Tutorial
Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023

MISC.

Organizer of Linguists Anonymous, PhD writing group – weekly meetings: (Winter 2024) Wednesdays, 9-12pm, Erbprinzenstraße, 12. Contact me if you’d like to join!