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Jakob Leimgruber

Prof. Dr. Jakob Leimgruber

Professor (W3) of English Linguistics | University of Regensburg
www.jakobleimgruber.ch

FORMER POSITIONS

Substitute Professor & Postdoc
Chair of English Linguistics | Mair

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) Chair Prof. Christian Mair \| English Department, University of Freiburg
2016	Lehrbeauftragter (Lecturer) English Department \| University of Basle, Switzerland
2013 – 2015	Marie Curie Fellow European Union FP7 IOF Outgoing phase (2013-2014): Department of Linguistics \| McGill University, Montreal, Canada Return phase (2014-2015): English Department \| University of Freiburg
2010	Chargé de cours (Lecturer) Department of English \| University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2009 – 2010	Akademischer Mitarbeiter (Post-doc) English Department, University of Freiburg
2008 – 2009	Lecturer in Sociolinguistics School of Linguistics & English Language \| Bangor University, Wales, United Kingdom
2006 – 2008	Tutor Various colleges \| University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2007	Visiting Lecturer University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom