Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Bergs

A linguist deaf to the poetic functions of language and a literary scholar indifferent to linguistics are equally flagrant anachronisms.

Roman Jakobson

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Bergs, M.A.

Teaching

I have been teaching linguistics for the last 20 years or so, and I have taught at the universities of Bonn, Düsseldorf, Osnabrück, Santiago de Compostela, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Catania, Thessaloniki, Athens and Dalian. In my teaching, I find the traditional socratic method in combination with hands-on analyses most effective and enjoyable. Please click here for a current list of courses. I have also written some textbooks on Synchronic English Linguistics and Understanding Language Change (with Kate Burridge). For these, check out Publications.

Publications

Since 1999 I have published more than 50 papers in prestigious international journals and edited volumes. I have edited a handful of volumes myself, including Constructions and Language Change (2008, with Gabriele Diewald) and the multi-volume English Historical Linguistics (2012/2017, with Laurel Brinton). I have also authored several research monographs and textbooks, including Social Networks and Historical Sociolinguistics (2005) and Understanding Language Change (2016, with Kate Burridge).

The Lab

No man is an island, and I really enjoy the company of inspiring minds. We have a great lab team at Osnabrück University and together with colleagues from around the world we are working on some fascinating research projects, great and small. Click here to find out what we are working on!

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