Dr Falco Pfalzgraf
Dr Falco Pfalzgraf
WORK & RESEARCH
I have been working at Queen Mary, University of London, in various positions: I started as "German Language Studies Co-ordinator" in January 2004, then worked as "Lecturer for German Linguistics and Medieval German" from September 2007. In April 2011, I became the "Academic Co-ordinator of the Language Centre", a position equivalent to a lectureship. Currently, I am also the "Junior Deputy Head of the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film" and the "Acting Deputy Director of the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations" at Queen Mary, University of London. I am also chair of the London/UK branch of the "Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache".
My main area of research is Linguistic Purism (the field being understood in its widest sense and with both a synchronic and diachronic focus), especially concerning German. My work includes the application of discourse analysis (not CDA though), especially concerning the influence of English upon German (Fremdwörter / Anglizismen / ‘Denglisch’). I also conduct research on the relationships between politics, language, and culture. My most recent work concerns discourses of foreignness in school books 1933-45.
I would be happy to receive applications for potential doctoral proposals in any of my research areas.
