PhD dissertations
SoSe 2023
- Giulia Sperduti: “A Basket of Mysteries” A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of Rita Dove’s reworking of Greek myths (First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi, second supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher, third supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Joachim Harst)
Master's Theses
WiSe 2023/2024
- Nika Pascale Volk-Spiller: Gendergerechte Sprache in dialogischen Unterhaltungspodcasts – eine gesprächsanalytische Untersuchung (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
- Belkis Müberra Keles-Ng: “Mach kein Auge”: Exploring Cognitive and Sociolinguistic Aspects of Turkish-Based Idiomatic Expressions Using Body-Parts in German Rap Songs (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
- Madeleine Pikowsky: Multimodal metaphors of depression and recovery in children’s narratives: A cognitive analysis (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
WiSe 2022/2023
- Smaragda Savvidou : Cypriot Greek in young adults: An investigation of their attitude towards the use of this variety. (Supervisor: Dr. Giuseppina di Bartolo)
SoSe 2022:
- Pinelopi Ioannidou: Recalling objects through modes: a study on cross-modal anaphoric chains in Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes movies (2009 and 2011). (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
- Ortun Greeske: Sprache und Kommunikation im interkulturellen Kontext am Beispiel einer crosslinguistischen Analyse des Wortes sorry. (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
SoSe 2021:
- Katharina Grömping: Der konzeptuelle Einsatz von Regen als multimodale Metapher im Musikfilm Les Misérables (2012). (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
SoSe 2020:
- Juline Hagemann: Multimodalität durch Gesten, Mimik, Melodie und Wörter in Live Performances von Till Lindemann (Rammstein). (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
Bachelor's Theses
SoSe 2024
- Elisabeth Göbbels: “Navigating Narrative Structure: Segmentation Choices in Translated Georgian Folktales” (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
WiSe 2023/24
- Anna Sponagel: Investigating Continuers in German. Encouraging and discouraging continued speakership through backchannels ‘ja’ and ‘hmmm (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
- Lena Weigel: Explorative Analyse der Sprache in Tweets über Mansplaining-Erfahrungen (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
WiSe 2022/23
- Annika Liebetanz: Who needs punctuation marks anyway? –A closer look at the relationship between punctuation marks, emojis, and clause boundaries (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
SoSe 2021
- Madeleine Pikowsky: Compression and multimodal meaning in Sven Nordqvist's children's books: a cognitive account. (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
- Nadine Mathé: Miscommunication in Socio Cognitive Approach Theory and Relevance Theory. (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
SoSe 2020:
- Marijke Bosmans: Metonymy and metaphor in black and white. The thin line between literal and figurative language in Dutch expressions containing wit ‘white’ and zwart ‘black’. (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)
- Jonas Frings: Hörst du auch, oder liest du nur? – Interpunktion mit und ohne auditivem Stimulus. (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi)