Institute of English Studies

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

At the interface of cultural studies and education, the Institute contributes to a number of different BA, MA and M.Ed. degree courses, e.g. Bachelor Lehren und Lernen, Master of Education, Leuphana Bachelor (Major Cultural Studies).

The Institute comprises the fields of English Linguistics, English Literature, Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Area Studies & Language Skills.

Main research areas

The Institute of English Studies' research reflects the diversity of English and Englishes, English literature and literatures, English culture and cultures, and the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).

We focus on the heterogeneous and hybrid nature of these research areas and the application of our findings in various contexts. Current projects reflect this inter- and transdisciplinary approach. Research in the field of TEFL deals with personal and affective factors of the learner personality and with the intercultural structure of acquisition and communication situations. Competence orientation and assessment are important aspects of our research.

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    "And I Think That Is a Very Straightforward Way of Dealing With It'': The Communicative Function of Cognitive Verbs in Political Discourse

    Fetzer, A., 01.12.2008, In: Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 27, 4, p. 384-396 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Challenges in political interviews: an intercultural analysis

    Fetzer, A., 2007, Political discourse in the media. Fetzer, A. (ed.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 163-195 33 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    If i may say so: indexing appropriateness in dialogue

    Fetzer, A., 2007, Context and appropriateness. Fetzer, A. (ed.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 115-145 31 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Cross-Translation

    O'Sullivan, E., 2005, In: Eselsohr. 24, 11, p. 14 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Theme zones in contrast: an analysis of their linguistic realization in the communicative act of a non-acceptance

    Fetzer, A., 2008, Languages and cultures in contrast and comparison. Ängeles, M. D. L. & Gonzälez, G. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 181-231 51 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Lexical markers of common grounds

    Fetzer, A. (Editor) & Fischer, K. (Editor), 2007, 1. ed. ed. Amsterdam: Brill. 214 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesScholarly editions and encyclopediaResearch

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    Don DeLillos The Body Artist und die Bewältigung des Unheimlichen

    Moss, M., 2006, In: Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik. 31, 1, p. 25-37 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Das Schaudern ist der Menschheit bestes Teil: The Sublime as Part of the Mythic Strategy in Don DeLillo's The Names

    Moss, M., 2003, Don DeLillo. Bloom, H. (ed.). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, p. 39-41 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Narratology meets translation studies, or, the voice of the translator in children's literature

    O'Sullivan, E., 2006, Children's literature: Vol. 4: International and comparative. Hunt, P. (ed.). London [u.a.]: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 145-157 13 p. (Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch