Sonja Gipper Curriculum Vitae Personal details Date of Bir

Sonja Gipper
Curriculum Vitae
Personal details
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Address: Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Institut für Linguistik
Universität zu Köln
50923 Köln
Germany
Phone: 0049-221-470 4594 (office)
Email: sonja.gipper@uni-koeln.de
Work
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since April 1, 2011
Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of Cologne.
September 2009 - February 2011
Research assistant in the project “The Documentation of Yurakaré” at the Max Planck
Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, funded by DoBeS.
April 15-29, 2010
Visiting researcher at the Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
June 2006 - May 2009
PhD student in the project “The Documentation of Yurakaré” at the Max Planck Institute
for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, funded by DoBeS.
Education
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2011 PhD degree awarded by Radboud University Nijmegen on September 23.
1998-2005 Magistra Artium in Altamerikanistik (Pre-Columbian cultures and
languages), Spanish and English, University of Bonn. Specialization in
Andean and Quechuan linguistics. MA thesis about discourse markers in
two varieties of Ecuadorian Quichua.
2003-2004 Courses in Japanese language, University of Bonn.
2001-2002 Qualification for teaching German as a foreign language, University of
Bonn.
1998 3 months Erasmus student at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.
Courses in Spanish language and culture.
1996-1998 Latin American Studies, University of Cologne. Courses in Latin American
history and politics.
1987-1996 Abitur at Städtisches Gymnasium Meschede.
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Publications
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Van Gijn, R., Hirtzel, V. and Gipper, S.
2010 Updating and loss of color terminology in Yurakaré: An interdisciplinary
point of view. Language and Communication 30: 240–264.
Van Gijn, R. and Gipper, S.
2009 Irrealis in Yurakaré and other languages: On the cross-linguistic
consistency of an elusive category. Hogeweg, L., de Hoop, H. &
Malchukov, A. (eds.) Cross-linguistic semantics of tense-aspect-modality.
Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, pp. 155-178.
Gipper, S.
2011 Evidentiality and intersubjectivity in Yurakaré: An interactional
account. PhD dissertation, Radboud University Nijmegen. Nijmegen: MPI
Series in Psycholinguistics.
Teaching
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(all teaching at the Department of Linguistics, University of Cologne)
Winter term 2012/13
“Einführung in die Pragmatik” ( Introduction to pragmatics), course for BA students,
Linguistics.
“Problematik der Datenerhebung” (Problems of data collection), course for MA
students, Linguistics.
“Grundlagen menschlicher Kommunikation” (Foundations of human communication),
course for MA students, Intercultural Communication and Education.
Summer term 2012
“Empirische Pragmatik” (Empirical pragmatics), course for BA students, Linguistics.
“Anleitung zur linguistischen Analyse” (Linguistic analysis), practice course for BA
students, Linguistics.
“Diskurs und Pragmatik – cross- und interkulturell” (Cross-cultural and intercultural
discourse and pragmatics), course for MA students, Intercultural Communication and
Education.
Winter term 2011/12
“Evidentialität” (Evidentiality), course for BA students, Linguistics.
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“Problematik der Datenerhebung” (Problems of data collection), course for MA
students, Linguistics.
“Grundlagen menschlicher Kommunikation” (Foundations of human communication),
course for MA students, Intercultural Communication and Education.
Summer term 2011
“Sprache und Gesellschaft” (Language and society), course for BA students, Linguistics.
“Empirische Methoden” (Empirical methods), course for BA students, Linguistics.
Presentations
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2012
April 2, 2012
(with Katja Hannß) “Language endangerment and attitudes in Bolivia: A comparison of
Uru and Yurakaré.” Presentation at the workshop “Minority languages in the Spanish
speaking world” at the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland Annual
Meeting, University of Stirling, April 2-4, 2012.
August 30, 2012
“(Inter)subjectivity in interaction: The marking of complex epistemic perspective in
Yurakaré conversations.” Presentation at the workshop “The origins, motivations and
definitions of intersubjective perspectives in grammar” at the 45 th Annual Meeting of the
Societas Linguistica Europaea, Stockholm University, August 29 – September 1, 2012.
2011
July 28, 2011
“Interaction as a driving force of semantic change: The case of the Yurakaré inferential
evidential.” Presentation at the workshop “Usage-based approaches to language
change” at the 20 th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Osaka, Japan, July
25-30, 2011.
March 31, 2011
“(Inter)subjektivität in Interaktion: Der Nachweis subjektiver und intersubjektiver
Semantik anhand von Gesprächsdaten am Beispiel des Yurakaré” ((Inter)subjectivity in
interaction: Evidence for subjective and intersubjective semantics in interactional data of
Yurakaré). Presentation at the 15. Arbeitstagung zur Gesprächsforschung (15 th Meeting
on Conversation Research), University of Mannheim, March 30 – April 1, 2011.
2010
October 2, 2010
“Erzählungen als Interaktion: Die Dokumentation von oralen Traditionen
in Dialogform am Beispiel von Yurakaré“ (Narratives as interaction: The documentation
of oral traditions in the form of dialogues in the case of Yurakaré). Presentation at the
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workshop “Hänsel und Gretel in Lateinamerika: Fossilien, Hybride, Aktualisierung und
deren Dokumentation” (Hansel and Grethel in South America: Fossiles, hybrids,
updating and their documentation) at the “5. Treffen deutschsprachiger Südamerika-
und KaribikforscherInnen“ (5 th Meeting of German speaking researchers on South
America and the Caribbean), University of Marburg, September 29 – October 3, 2010.
June 17, 2010
“El Diccionario Yurakaré-Castellano en tu celular” (The Yurakaré-Spanish Dictionary
on your mobile phone). Presentation at the workshop “El archivo multimedia yurakaré”
(The multimedia archive of Yurakaré), where a copy of the DobeS archive was handed
over to the Yurakaré community, Trinidad, Bolivia, June 17-18, 2010.
June 13, 2010
“El Diccionario Yurakaré-Castellano en tu celular” (The Yurakaré-Spanish Dictionary
on your mobile phone). Presentation at the workshop “El archivo multimedia yurakaré”
(The multimedia archive of Yurakaré), where a copy of the DobeS archive was handed
over to the Yurakaré community, Chimoré, Bolivia, June 13-14, 2010.
May 1, 2010
“Evidentiality in interaction: The role of evidential semantics and sequential position in
Yurakaré conversational discourse.” Presentation at the 4th Conference on Language,
Discourse and Cognition National Taiwan University, Taipei, May 1-2, 2010.
April 21, 2010
“Expressing who knows what: Intersubjectivity as a dimension of evidentiality in
Yurakaré.” Presentation at the Department of English Seminar, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University.
March 26, 2010
“Necessity not necessary? Expressing epistemic modality in Yurakaré.”
Presentation at the workshop “Mood and modality in the indigenous languages of the
Americas”, Leiden University, March 25-26, 2010.
2009
November 24, 2009
“Talking about evidence: An interactional approach to evidentiality in Yurakaré.”
Presentation at the Linguistics Department, University of Cologne.
November 6, 2009
“Talking about evidence: An interactional approach to evidentiality in Yurakaré.”
Presentation at the Semantics in the Netherlands Day VII, University of Amsterdam.
October 16, 2009
(with Silke Beuse and Katharina Haude) “What is a speech community, and what about
the data?” Presentation at the DoBeS workshop, MPI Nijmegen, October 15-16, 2009.
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July 3, 2009
“Evidentiality in interaction: Evidence from Yurakaré.” Presentation at the workshop
“The Amazonian Fringe”, Nijmegen, July 2-3, 2009.
January 22, 2009
“Evidentiality as information access: Evidence from Yurakaré.” Presentation at the
University of Konstanz.
2008
July 18, 2008
(with Rik van Gijn, Vincent Hirtzel and Jeremías Ballivián) “Hacia un archivo
multimedia de idiomas indígenas en Bolivia” (Towards a multimedia archive of
indigenous languages in Bolivia). Presentation at the meeting between CIDOB, CEAM
and DobeS, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
2007
December 13, 2007
“The Yurakaré modal-interactional markers =ya and =la.” Presentation at the workshop
“Discourse markers in Amerindian Languages”, University of Amsterdam.
December 2, 2007
(with Rik van Gijn and Vincent Hirtzel) “Actualization and loss of color terminology in
Yurakaré: An interdisciplinary point of view.” Presentation at the American
Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, session “Collaborations among
Anthropologists, Linguists and Language Communities: A Critical Appraisal from the
Field”, Washington DC, November 28 - December 2, 2007.
March 3, 2007
“Modus als prominente Verbalkategorie in Yurakaré” (Mood as a prominent verbal
category of Yurakaré). Presentation at the conference “4. Treffen deutschsprachiger
Südamerika- und KaribikforscherInnen“ (4 th Meeting of German speaking researchers
on South America and the Caribbean), Workshop “Indigene Sprachen und Sprachen im
multiethnischen Kontext in Lateinamerika” (Indigenous languages and languages in the
multi-ethnic context in South America), University Vienna, March 1-4, 2007.
Organization of workshops
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October 2, 2010
(with Swintha Danielsen and Katja Hannß)
“Hänsel und Gretel in Lateinamerika: Fossilien, Hybride, Aktualisierung und deren
Dokumentation” (Hansel and Grethel in South America: Fossiles, hybrids, updating and
their documentation), workshop at the “5. Treffen deutschsprachiger Südamerika- und
KaribikforscherInnen“ (5 th Meeting of German speaking researchers on South America
and the Caribbean), University of Marburg, September 29 – October 3, 2010.
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June 17-18, 2010
(with Vincent Hirtzel, Rik van Gijn and Jeremías Ballivián)
“El archivo multimedia yurakaré” (The multimedia archive of Yurakaré), second
workshop where a copy of the DobeS archive was handed over and explained to the
Yurakaré community, Trinidad, Bolivia.
June 12-13, 2010
(with Vincent Hirtzel, Rik van Gijn and Jeremías Ballivián)
“El archivo multimedia yurakaré” (The multimedia archive of Yurakaré), workshop
where a copy of the DobeS archive was handed over and explained to the Yurakaré
community, Chimoré, Bolivia.
March 25-26, 2010
(with Martine Bruil, Neele Müller and Willem Adelaar)
“Mood and modality in the indigenous languages of the Americas”, workshop at Leiden
University.
July 25-26, 2007
(with Rik van Gijn, Vincent Hirtzel and Jeremías Ballivián)
“Encuentro sobre la normalización de la escritura del yurakaré” (Meeting concerning the
standardization of the Yurakaré orthography), a workshop where the official Yurakaré
orthography of Yurakaré was discussed, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
Field work
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June-July 2010
Stay in Bolivia for two workshops where the data collected for the DobeS archive were
handed over to the Yurakaré speech community.
August-November 2006
Field work in the Yurakaré community of San Pablo del Isiboro and in the town of
Trinidad, Bolivia.
June-August 2007
Field work in the Yurakaré community of San Pablo del Isiboro and in the town of
Trinidad, Bolivia.
July-September 2008
Field work in the Yurakaré community of San Pablo del Isiboro and in the town of
Trinidad, Bolivia.
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Main research interests
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Interactional linguistics, sociolinguistics, intercultural communication, evidentiality,
modality, discourse and interactional markers, typology, cross-linguistic pragmatics.
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