Marga Reis is a linguist and emerita professor of German Linguistics at the University of Tübingen. Her research interests are the grammar of present-day and diachronic German linguistics, with a focus on syntax, word formation, and the relationship between grammar and pragmatics.[1]
Marga Reis | |
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| Born | June 18, 1941 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | German |
| Sub-discipline | Latin philology, logic and theory of science |
| Website | [1] |
Biography
editReis received an MA in Latin philology from Bryn Mawr College in 1965, and earned a PhD in German at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1970 with a dissertation entitled "Phonological theory and historical phonology. Studies of lengthening and shortening processes in German." ('Lauttheorie und Lautgeschichte. Untersuchungen am Beispiel der Dehnungs- und Kürzungsvorgänge im Deutschen').[2][3] In 1975, she completed a habilitation in German Philology at LMU Munich with "Presuppositions and Syntax" ('Präsuppositionen und Syntax').[4]
Reis held positions as professor of German Linguistics at the university of Cologne (from 1975-1984) and the University of Tübingen (from 1984-2009). Since 2009, she is emerita professor at the University of Tübingen. Reis additionally held many visiting positions, including at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1972-1973), Université de Paris VIII (1979-1980, 1982-1983), and the Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin, Germany (1999-2000).
Awards
editIn 2010, Reis was named Honorary Professor at the Institute for German Language and Linguistics at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. [5] In 2016, Reis was awarded the Wilhelm von Humboldt Prize for lifetime achievement in Germany.[6]
Selected publications
edit- Reis, Marga; Rosengren, Inger (1992). "What do Wh-imperatives tell us about Wh-movement?". Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. 10 (1): 79–118. doi:10.1007/BF00135359.
- Reis, M (1997). "A modular approach to the grammar of additive particles: the case of German Auch". Journal of Semantics. 14 (3): 237–309. doi:10.1093/jos/14.3.237.
- Kesper, Stephan; Reis, Marga, eds. (2005). Linguistic Evidence. De Gruyter Mouton. ISBN 978-3-11-019754-9.
- Reis, Marga; Wöllstein, Angelika (June 2010). "Zur Grammatik (vor allem) konditionaler V1-Gefüge im Deutschen". Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft. 29 (1): 111–179. doi:10.1515/zfsw.2010.004.
- Beck, Sigrid; Reis, Marga (21 August 2018). "On the Form and Interpretation of Echo Wh-Questions". Journal of Semantics. 35 (3): 369–408. doi:10.1093/jos/ffy002.
References
edit- ^ "Germanistenverzeichnis: Marga Reis". www.germanistenverzeichnis.phil.uni-erlangen.de. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ Hinderling, Robert (1982). "Review of Lauttheorie und Lautgeschichte. Untersuchungen am Beispiel der Dehnungs- und Kürzungsvorgänge im Deutschen". Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und deutsche Literatur. 111 (1): 5–12. ISSN 0044-2518. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Reis | Universität Tübingen". uni-tuebingen.de. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ Auwera, Johan van der (1981). "Reis (Marga). Präsuppositionen und Syntax". Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire. 59 (3): 698–700. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Marga Reis". Institut für Linguistik (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "DGfS vergibt Wilhelm von Humboldt-Preis für ihr Lebenswerk 2016 an Marga Reis | University of Tübingen". uni-tuebingen.de. Retrieved 10 March 2024.