| 01/2007 |
Habilitation at
the
University of Regensburg with the 'Venia Legendi' for
teaching English
Philology (English Linguistics).
Titel of the Habilitation: "Of
lessees,
retirees and
beseechees: a
historical, empirical and sociolinguistic
analysis of a word-formation and its productivity in
English." |
| 09/2006 |
Chair
at the University of Bayreuth: W3-Professor English Linguistics |
| 01/2001 |
Doctoral
Colloquium:
"summa cum laude" |
| 06/2000 |
Dissertation
"Creole
Discourse: Exploring Prestige Formation and Change
Across Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles" ("summa cum laude") |
| 1993 |
Conclusion
of
study at the Freie Universität Berlin (M.A.) Graduated with
thesis: "Attitudes Towards Language Varieties in Trinidad" |
| 1991-1992 |
Study
of
Caribbean Linguistics and Literature at the University of the
West
Indies (UWI), Trinidad |
| 1987-1991 |
English
Studies
(Major Subject), Political Science and Media Studies
(Minor Subject) at the Freien Universität Berlin |
| 1985 |
Abitur
(Secondary School Leaving Education) |
