Joachim Grzega
born on 9 September 1971 in Weißenburg (Germany), raised in Treuchtlingen
Associate Professor at the University of Eichstätt (Germany)
- 1991-1998 studies at the universities of Eichstätt, Salt Lake City, Paris-Sorbonne, Graz
- 2000 Dr.phil. (Ph.D.) in Romance, English and German Linguistics
- 2004 habil.diss. in English and General Linguistics
- interim professorships at the universities of Münster, Bayreuth, Eichstätt, Erfurt, and Freiburg
Author of 10 books (including Hello World! for teaching English as a global language at primary schools; Welcome to the World! for self-teaching English; How to Become the Perfect Intercultural Professor: Tricks and Bricks for Intercultural Academic Teaching in English (or Other Languages))) and several dozen articles
Editor of the internet journals Onomasiology Online and Journal for EuroLinguistiX
Founder of the Academy for Socioeconomic Linguistics (ASEcoLi)
Important Internet Publications and Projects
- EuroLinguistiX (ELiX) - platform with discussion forum, materials, academic journal and project wiki
- Basic Global English (BGE), a concept for teaching English as a lingua franca to beginners, with school project
- Onomasiology Online (OnOn)
- Sprachwissenschaft für die Öffentlichkeit - collection og predominantly student papers for interested laypersons and teachers
- the didactic model LdL at universities
- the book English and General Historical Lexicology: Materials for Onomasiology Seminars (with Marion Schöner)
- my German Wikiversity user page
- my English Wikiversity user page
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Research Interests
- eurolinguistics
- onomasiology
- public-oriented linguistics/practical linguistics, linguistics for the public
- intelligible linguistics
- linguistic economics/socioeconomic linguistics, linguistics and knowledge society (basic article)
- Austrian German
- language contacts
- intercultural communication
- teaching English as an international language (Basic Global English)
- didactic issues at university (especially Learning by teaching (LdL) -- cf. my English article)
WP Articles that I've co-authored
Austrian German, Wolfgang Butzkamm (first author), componential analysis (first author), cross-cultural communication, direct method (first author), error analysis, Eurolinguistics (first author), European languages (first author), onomasiology, English as an additional language, English language, English language learning and teaching, Gricean maxims, Hans Kurath (first author), Dean Martin, historical pragmatics (first author), homonym, intercultural communication (first author), international auxiliary language, International English, language change, language education, lexical field theory (first author), linguistic atlas, loanword, metaphor, metonymy, Leonard Orban, phatic, semantic change, semasiology, small talk (phatic communication) (first author), sociolinguistics, sociohistorical linguistics (first author), speech act, Standard Average European, teaching English as a foreign language
WP Articles that I'm trying to improve in a comprehensive way
articles on Intercultural Communication