Dr. Neele Becker

Research Interests

• Classification systems in general, especially numeral classification in Thai, Chinese and Japanese
• Syntax, semantics, pragmatics (especially implicatures) and symbolic logic
• Theoretical analyses in general, especially of raw data
• Field work, data elicitation

 

Teaching

• Implicatures
• Numeral classifiers
• Optimality theory
• Slips of the tongue
• Language typology and universals
• Pragmatics
• Semantics
• Language documentation
• Sprachstrukturen der Erde

 

Education and scientific career

• 2005 Doctor of Philosophy (summa cum laude) PhD thesis: Numeralklassifikatoren im Thai
• 2005-2006 Associate lecturer (Department of English and Linguistics) University of Mainz
• Since 2006 Scientific assistant (Department of English and Linguistics) University of Mainz
• 2006 Financial support by the "Forschungsfonds 2006", University of Mainz
• Since 11/2006 Member of COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research), Action A31 (Stability and adaptation of classification systems in a cross-cultural perspective)
• 2007-2008 Research Fellow "Language and Cognition Group", Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
• Team Member of DoBeS project "Tongues of the Semang", coordinator of survey work in Thailand
• Since 2009 Scientific assistant (Department of English and Linguistics) University of Mainz
• 2020 JGU Teaching Award