Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Reber

Lehrstuhlinhaberin

Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft / Anglistik

Telefon:	+49 821 598 - 2759
E-Mail:	elisabeth.reber@uni-auni-a.de ()
Raum:	D 4042 (D5)
Adresse:	Universitätsstraße 10, 86159 Augsburg

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Office Hours during the Winter Semester

Tuesdays, 16:00-17:00 (starting Oct. 21)

Research Interests

Interactional Linguistics, Conversation Analysis, and Multimodal Analysis
Prosody in conversation
Historical pragmatics
Variational pragmatics
Sound objects
Quotations
Address terms
Change in 20th and 21st century English

Curriculum vitae

Education

Habilitation, University of Potsdam. 2019. Venia legendi: Englische Philologie/Sprachwissenschaft. Thesis: Quoting in Parliamentary Question Time. A short-term diachronic study of an evidential practice. Referees: Dagmar Barth-Weingarten, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Andreas H. Jucker

Dr. phil., English Linguistics, University of Potsdam. 2008. With highest honors (Summa cum laude). Thesis: Affectivity in Talk-in-interaction: sound objects in English. Referees: Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Marja-Leena SorjonenEducation

M.A. (Magister Artium), English Linguistics, Scandinavian Languages and Cross-cultural Communication, University of Munich. 2002. Thesis: Phatic Communion in English and German. Referees: Leonhard Lipka, Richard Janney

Positions held

Professor of English Linguistics (W2), Institute of English Language and Literature, University of Hildesheim, 2025.

Interim professor (Vertretungsprofessorin) of Applied English Linguistics, Institute of English Language and Literature, University of Hildesheim, 2023 - 2025.

Interim professor (Vertretungsprofessorin) of Applied English Linguistics, Institute of English, American, and Celtic Studies, University of Bonn, 2022 - 2023.

Interim professor (Vertretungsprofessorin) of English Linguistics, English Seminar, University of Heidelberg, 2020 - 2021.

Senior lecturer (Akademische Rätin auf Zeit) in English Linguistics, Institute of Modern Languages, University of Würzburg, 2011 - 2023.

Guest lecturer, Department of Culture and Society, University of Linköping, October 2019.

Research fellow (postdoc), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, March - July 2016.

Research fellow (postdoc), funded by the women’s program of the Faculty of Arts, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2010-2011.

Lecturer and postdoctoral researcher (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) in English Linguistics, Institute of English and American Studies, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2009 - 2010.

Lecturer and postdoctoral researcher (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) in German Linguistics, Institute of German Studies, University of Potsdam, 2009.

Interim professor (Vertretungsprofessorin) of German Linguistics, Institute of German Studies, University of Potsdam, 2008 - 2009.

Lecturer and researcher (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) in English Linguistics, Institute of English and American Studies, University of Potsdam, 2006 - 2009.

Graduate Assistant (geprüfte Hilfskraft) in English Linguistics, Institute of English and American Studies, University of Potsdam, Germany, 2003 - 2006.

Publications

2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009

2025

Reber, Elisabeth (in press). Non-lexical sounds. In Melisa Stevanovic (Ed.), Research handbook on social interaction Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2024

Schönefeld, Doris, Kostadinova, Viktorija, Dreschler, Gea, Bouso Rivas, Tamara, Benczes, Réka, Zhong, Ai, Scott, Maggie, Anderwald, Lieselotte, Ahlers, Wiebke, Vida-Mannl, Manuela, Al-Thubaiti, Kholoud A., Cogo, Alessia, Sum Pok Ting, Shawnea, Parise, Ida, Souza Da Silva, Juliana, Reber, Elisabeth, Adam, Naomi, & Stradling, Fransina (2024). English language. The Year's Work in English Studies, 103(1), 1-152.
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Reber, Elisabeth (2024). Sound object. In Alexandra Gubina, Elliott M. Hoey, & Chase Wesley Raymond (Eds.), Encyclopedia of terminology for conversation analysis and interactional linguistics International Society for Conversation Analysis (ISCA). https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/ABVR5
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Reber, Elisabeth (2024). Vocalization. In Alexandra Gubina, Elliott M. Hoey, & Chase Wesley Raymond (Eds.), Encyclopedia of terminology for conversation analysis and interactional linguistics International Society for Conversation Analysis (ISCA). https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/EZFJK
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2023

Reber, Elisabeth (2023). "Though I infinitly wish thy companye": concessive opening formulae in Early English correspondence. In Renate Bauer, Christine Elsweiler, Ulrike Krischke, & Kerstin Majewski (Eds.), Travelling texts - texts travelling: a 'Gedenkschrift' in memory of Hans Sauer (pp. 165-181). München: utzverlag.
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Reber, Elisabeth & Jucker, Andreas H. (2023). Diachronic pragmatics: new perspectives on recent developments of spoken English [Editorial]. Journal of Pragmatics, 216, 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2023.07.012
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Kostadinova, Viktorija, Wiemann, Marco, Dreschler, Gea, Bouso, Tamara, Gyuris, Beáta, Zhong, Ai, Scott, Maggie, Anderwald, Lieselotte, Ahlers, Wiebke, Vida-Mannl, Manuela, Al-Thubaiti, Kholoud A., Ting, Shawnea Sum Pok, Parise, Ida, Cogo, Alessia, & Reber, Elisabeth (2023). English language. The Year's Work in English Studies, 102(1), 1-142. https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maad020
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Reber, Elisabeth & Jucker, Andreas H. (Eds.). (2023). Journal of Pragmatics, 216: Virtual Special Issue "Diachronic Pragmatics: Perspectives on Spoken English". Amsterdam: Elsevier.
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Reber, Elisabeth (2023). On the ritualization of commemorative practices: paying tribute in British Prime Minister's Questions. Journal of Pragmatics, 214, 92-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2023.05.008
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2022

Reber, Elisabeth & Sauer, Hans (2022). Allas and weilawei: interjections in Some of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Fragment III: Wife of Bath, the Friar, the Summoner). Academic Journal of Modern Philology, 15, 279-304. https://doi.org/10.34616/ajmp.2022.15.22
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Reber, Elisabeth (2022). Book review: Schottmann, Hans: Schwedische Interjektionen und Partikeln. Dortmund 2020. European Journal of Scandinavian Studies, 52(2), 334-336. https://doi.org/10.1515/ejss-2022-2021
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Kostadinova, Viktorija, Wiemann, Marco, Dreschler, Gea, Gregersen, Sune, Gyuris, Beáta, Zhong, Ai, Anderwald, Lieselotte, Hansen, Beke, Leuckert, Sven, Kraš, Tihana, Ting, Shawnea Sum Pok, Parise, Ida, Cogo, Alessia, & Reber, Elisabeth (2022). English language. The Year's Work in English Studies, 101(1), 1-138. https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maac001
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2021

Reber, Elisabeth (2021). Book review: Dramas of Reconciliation. A performance approach to the analysis of political apologies in international relations, written by Michel-André Horelt. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2019. Contrastive Pragmatics, 2(2), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1163/26660393-bja10024
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Reber, Elisabeth (2021). Calibrating syntax, prosody and gaze in British parliamentary questions. In Maxi Kupetz & Friederike Kern (Eds.), Prosodie und Multimodalität: empirische Beiträge der Interaktionalen Linguistik = Prosody and multimodality (pp. 239-266). Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter.
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Kostadinova, Viktorija, Wiemann, Marco, Dreschler, Gea, Gregersen, Sune, Gyuris, Beáta, Zhong, Ai, Scott, Maggie, Anderwald, Lieselotte, Hansen, Beke, Leuckert, Sven, Kraš, Tihana, Sum Pok Ting, Shawnea, Cogo, Ida Parise Alessia, Reber, Elisabeth, & Ahmed, Furzeen (2021). English language. The Year's Work in English Studies, 100(1), 1-158. https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maab001
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Reber, Elisabeth (2021). On the variation of fragmental constructions in British English and American English post-match interviews. Sociolinguistica, 35(1), 217-241. https://doi.org/10.1515/soci-2021-0011
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Reber, Elisabeth (2021). Quoting in parliamentary question time: exploring recent change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108869898
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Zugl.: Habilitationsschrift, University of Potsdam, 2018

2020

Reber, Elisabeth (2020). Interjektionen - an den Rändern der Sprache?. In Michael Elmentaler & Oliver Niebuhr (Eds.), An den Rändern der Sprache (pp. 39-65). Berlin: Peter Lang.
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Haapanen, Lauri & Perrin, Daniel (2020). Linguistic recycling: the process of quoting in increasingly mediatized settings. AILA Review, 33(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1075/aila.00027.int
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Lauri Haapanen & Daniel Perrin, together with: Chris M. Anson, Reili Argus, Sally Burgess, Jen Cope, Claas Digmayer, Susanne Hall, Eva-Maria Jakobs, Klaus Laalo, Leo Leppänen, Pedro Martín-Martín, Kayo Matsushita, Gilles Merminod, Cary Moskovitz, Michael Pemberton, Daniel Pfurtscheller & Elisabeth Reber

Reber, Elisabeth & Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth (2020). On "whistle" sound objects in English everyday conversation. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 53(1), 164-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2020.1712966
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Reber, Elisabeth (2020). Visuo-material performances: 'literalized' quotations in prime minister's questions. AILA Review, 33(1), 176-203. https://doi.org/10.1075/aila.00036.reb
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Reber, Elisabeth (2020). Zur Rolle von Phonetik und Prosodie in CAN I X-, LEˀ ME X-, und LEMME X-Konstruktionen. In Wolfgang Imo & Jens P. Lanwer (Eds.), Prosodie und Konstruktionsgrammatik (pp. 135-166). Berlin: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110637489-005
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2019

Reber, Elisabeth (2019). 'Punch and Judy' politics? Embodying challenging courses of action in parliament. In Elisabeth Reber & Cornelia Gerhardt (Eds.), Embodied activities in face-to-face and mediated settings: social encounters in time and space (pp. 255-297). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97325-8_8
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Gerhardt, Cornelia & Reber, Elisabeth (2019). Embodied activities. In Elisabeth Reber & Cornelia Gerhardt (Eds.), Embodied activities in face-to-face and mediated settings: social encounters in time and space (pp. 3-27). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97325-8_1
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Reber, Elisabeth & Gerhardt, Cornelia (Eds.). (2019). Embodied activities in face-to-face and mediated settings: social encounters in time and space. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97325-8
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Gerhardt, Cornelia & Reber, Elisabeth (2019). Epilogue. In Elisabeth Reber & Cornelia Gerhardt (Eds.), Embodied activities in face-to-face and mediated settings: social encounters in time and space (pp. 437-452). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97325-8_13
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2018

Reber, Elisabeth (2018). Interjektionen. In Frank Liedtke & Astrid Tuchen (Eds.), Handbuch Pragmatik (pp. 229-239). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-04624-6_23
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2015

Fetzer, Anita & Reber, Elisabeth (2015). Quoting in political discourse: professional talk meets ordinary postings. In Jenny Arendholz, Wolfram Bublitz, & Monika Kirner-Ludwig (Eds.), The pragmatics of quoting now and then (pp. 97-124). Berlin: de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110427561-006
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2014

Reber, Elisabeth (2014). Constructing evidence at Prime Minister's Question Time: an analysis of the grammar, semantics and pragmatics of the verb see. Intercultural Pragmatics, 11(3), 357-387. https://doi.org/10.1515/ip-2014-0017
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Reber, Elisabeth (2014). Obama said it: quoting as an evidential strategy in online discussion forums. Language and Dialogue, 4(1), 76-92. https://doi.org/10.1075/ld.4.1.05reb
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2012

Reber, Elisabeth (2012). Affectivity in interaction: sound objects in English. Amsterdam: Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.215
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Zugl.: Potsdam, Univ., Diss., 2008

Reber, Elisabeth (2012). Book review: Gerd Antos & Eija Ventola: Handbook of Interpersonal Communication, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. LinguistList, 23, 1505.
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Reber, Elisabeth (2012). Evidential positioning in follow-ups in news interviews. Anita Fetzer, Elda Weizman, Elisabeth Reber (Eds.), Proceedings of the ESF Strategic Workshop on Follow-ups Across Discourse Domains: "A cross-cultural exploration of their forms and functions", Würzburg (Germany), 31 May – 2 June 2012(pp. 205-220). Würzburg: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.
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Fetzer, Anita, Weizman, Elda, & Reber, Elisabeth (2012). Introduction. Anita Fetzer, Elda Weizman, Elisabeth Reber (Eds.), Proceedings of the ESF Strategic Workshop on Follow-ups Across Discourse Domains: "A cross-cultural exploration of their forms and functions", Würzburg (Germany), 31 May – 2 June 2012(pp. 3-4). Würzburg: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.
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(2012). Proceedings of the ESF Strategic Workshop on Follow-ups Across Discourse Domains: "A cross-cultural exploration of their forms and functions", Würzburg (Germany), 31 May – 2 June 2012. Anita Fetzer, Elda Weizman, Elisabeth Reber (Eds.), Würzburg: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.
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(2012). Prosody and embodiment in interactional grammar. Pia Bergmann, Jana Brenning, Martin Pfeiffer, Elisabeth Reber (Eds.), Berlin: de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110295108
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Bergmann, Pia, Brenning, Jana, Pfeiffer, Martin, & Reber, Elisabeth (2012). Towards an interactional grammar. Pia Bergmann, Jana Brenning, Martin Pfeiffer, Elisabeth Reber (Eds.), Prosody and embodiment in interactional grammar(pp. 1-16). Berlin: de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110295108.1
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2011

Reber, Elisabeth (2011). Interjections in the EFL classroom: teaching sounds and sequences. ELT Journal, 65(4), 365-375. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccq070
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2010

Reber, Elisabeth (2010). Double function of prosody: processes of meaning-making in narrative reconstructions of epileptic seizures - comments on Elisabeth Gülich and Katrin Lindemann "Communicating emotion in doctor-patient interaction. A multidimensional single case analysis". In Dagmar Barth-Weingarten, Elisabeth Reber, & Margret Selting (Eds.), Prosody in interaction (pp. 295-302). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/sidag.23.24reb
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Reber, Elisabeth & Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth (2010). Interjektionen zwischen Lexikon und Vokalität: Lexem oder Lautobjekt?. In Arnulf Deppermann & Angelika Linke (Eds.), Sprache intermedial: Stimme und Schrift, Bild und Ton (pp. 69-96). Berlin: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110223613.69
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Barth-Weingarten, Dagmar, Reber, Elisabeth, & Selting, Margret (2010). Preface. In Dagmar Barth-Weingarten, Elisabeth Reber, & Margret Selting (Eds.), Prosody in interaction (pp. xi-xvii). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/sidag.23.02pre
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Barth-Weingarten, Dagmar, Reber, Elisabeth, & Selting, Margret (Eds.). (2010). Prosody in interaction. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/sidag.23
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2009

Reber, Elisabeth (2009). Zur Affektivität in englischen Alltagsgesprächen. Mareike Buss, Stephan Habscheid, Sabine Jautz, Frank Liedtke, Jan Georg Schneider (Eds.), Theatralität des sprachlichen Handelns: eine Metaphorik zwischen Linguistik und Kulturwissenschaften(pp. 193-215). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink.
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Recent presentations

Reber, Elisabeth & Peter Uhrig. DH and spoken corpora: Exploring new pathways for historical recordings. DH Day. University of Augsburg, 07 October 2025.

Reber, Elisabeth. Nominal terms of address at the Old Bailey and beyond. Tracing historical traditions and (post)colonial transformations. INAR 8. Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon, 16-18 July 2025.

Reber, Elisabeth. Processes of (de-)democratization in legal discourse. Workshop on Language, Discourse and Power Structures (LanDPoSts) in (De-)Democratization. University of Bonn, 27 June 2025.