I am a linguist with interdisciplinary skills.
Currently I am working as a postdoc at the Department for German Linguistics at the University of Zurich.
My research interests are:
- Processes of Categorization
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Sociology of Knowledge
- Linguistic Typology
(in general and Semitic languages in particular) - Variationist Linguistics
- Landscape research
- Ecolinguistic approaches to sustainability
- Ethnographic Fieldwork
(Grounded Theory Methodology) - Israel/Middle East/North Africa Studies
Research projects (past and present):
- 01/2024 – 05/2025: Variantenpragmatik des Deutschen: Kommunikative Muster im Vergleich (Teilprojekt: Metadiskurs über kommunikative Unterschiede im deutschsprachigen Raum)
- 03/2022 – 01/2024: Language as a Window into Conceptualisations of Landscape: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective (funded by The Cogito Foundation under Grant 21-104-R)
You can access my publications through google scholar and download my CV here.