Prof. Dr. Guido Seiler

geb. am 20.06.1971 in Zürich

1998 Diploma University of Zurich (German and Slavic Studies) 2000-2003 Research Fellow, University of Zurich 2001 Dr. phil, University of Zurich 2003-2004 Postdoctoral visiting scholar, Stanford University 2005-2007 Visiting research fellow, University of Konstanz 2008 Habilitation, University of Zurich 2008-2009 Lecturer (tenured position) for German linguistics, University of Manchester 2009-present Full (W3) professor for Germanic Philology (linguistics), University of Freiburg

Philologische Fakultät

Hauptforschungsgebiete

Phonology, morphology, syntax, dialectology, historical linguistics, typology

Wichtige Publikationen

Books and Editions (2003) Präpositionale Dativmarkierung im Oberdeutschen. Stuttgart: Steiner. (Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik, Beiheft 124.) Edited volumes (submitted) The Dialect Laboratory: Dialects as a Testing Ground for Theories of Language Change, edited volume, together with Gunther de Vogelaer. (2009) Describing and Modeling Variation in Grammar, edited volume, together with Andreas Dufter and Jürg Fleischer. Berlin / New York: De Gruyter. (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 204.) Articles (2010) "Variation as the exception or the rule? Swiss relatives, revisited", together with Martin Salzmann. In: Sprachwissenschaft 35: 79-117. (2010) "Investigating language in space: Questionnaire and interview". In: Language and Space. An International Handbook of Linguistic Variation. Vol. 1: Theories and Methods, ed. by Peter Auer & Jürgen Erich Schmidt. Berlin / New York: Mouton De Gruyter. pp. 512-527. (2009) "Sound change or analogy? Monosyllabic lengthening in German and some of its consequences". In: Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics 12: 229-272. (2008) "Nicht-konkatenative Morphologie: Eine Forschungsaufgabe für die Dialektologie". In: Dialektale Morphologie, dialektale Syntax, ed. by Franz Patocka & Guido Seiler. Vienna: Praesens. pp. 181-197. (2007) "Microvariation in LFG and OT". In: Architectures, Rules, and Preferences: Variations on Themes by Joan W. Bresnan, ed. by Annie Zaenen, Jane Simpson, Tracy Holloway King, Jane Grimshaw, Joan Maling, Chris Manning. Stanford: CSLI. pp. 529-547. (2006) "The role of functional factors in language change. An evolutionary approach." In: Competing Models of Linguistic Change. Evolution and beyond, ed. by Ole Nedergaard Thomsen. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 279.) Amsterdam & Philadelphia: Benjamins. pp. 163-182. (2005) "Wie verlaufen syntaktische Isoglossen, und welche Konsequenzen sind daraus zu ziehen?" In: Moderne Dialekte – neue Dialektologie. Akten des 1. Kongresses der Internationalen Gesellschaft für Dialektologie des Deutschen (IGDD), ed. by Eckhard Eggers, Jürgen Erich Schmidt, Dieter Stellmacher. (Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik, Beiheft 130.) Stuttgart: Steiner. pp. 313-341. (2005) "Open syllable shortening in Bernese German." In: Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: General Session and Parasession on Prosodic Variation and Change, ed. by Rebecca T. Cover, Yuni Kim. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Linguistics Society. pp. 477-488. (2004) "On three types of dialect variation, and their implications for linguistic theory. Evidence from verb clusters in Swiss German dialects". In: Dialect­ology meets Typology. Dialect Grammar from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective, ed. by Bernd Kortmann. Berlin / New York: Mouton de Gruyter. (Trends in Lin­guistics. Studies and Monographs 153.) pp. 367-399.

Kontaktaufnahme

Email: guido.seiler@germanistik.uni-freiburg.de
Persönliche Homepage: http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/sdd/personen/seiler

Adresse / Postanschrift:
Professur für Germanische Philologie
Forschungsstelle Sprachvariation in Baden-Württemberg
Platz der Universität 3
79085 Freiburg

Email: guido.seiler@germanistik.uni-freiburg.de
http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/sdd/personen/seiler