Papers by Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer
Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, Dec 1, 2023
Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, Dec 1, 2023
Sustainable Multilingualism, Nov 30, 2023
Annotation. In the present era, both learning and teaching, including foreign language learning (... more Annotation. In the present era, both learning and teaching, including foreign language learning (FLL) and teaching, are being radically influenced by a massive implementation of digital technologies. The purpose of this study is to analyze foreign language teachers' attitudes towards the use of technologies in foreign language teaching across Europe and to identify clear implications for their efficient implementation. The methodology of this study includes a mixed-method research design (quantitative and qualitative) with a survey conducted with altogether 234 foreign language (FL) teachers from different universities across Europe. The results clearly show that FL teachers generally have a positive attitude towards the use of technologies in their classes and that they frequently use them in their teaching since they can make students more engaged in learning a foreign language. In fact, the FL teachers have always been at the forefront of innovative approaches to teaching and learning. In spite of this, they admit that they would welcome more professional support from the management of their home institutions and demand training in the use of new technologies. The results of the research also indicate that special attention should be paid to the lack of personal contact, students' reactions, and the expression of emotions, which is difficult and almost impossible to achieve through the use of digital media. These findings are unique since they aim specifically at current FL teachers´ attitudes and needs across Europe and can be utilized by stakeholders and FLL course designers. Moreover, they can also be extended to a larger scale, i.e., the global level.
Linguistics Vanguard
Since George Lucas’s film A New Hope was first screened in 1977, the Star Wars saga has become a ... more Since George Lucas’s film A New Hope was first screened in 1977, the Star Wars saga has become a pop-culture phenomenon incorporating films, videogames, books, merchandise, and a quasi-religious philosophy, but linguistic research on Star Wars is scarce and has mainly focused on language use in the films. There is as yet no investigation of the impact of Star Wars on the English language, and the present study fills this gap using corpus-linguistic methods to investigate the extent to which characteristic words and constructions from the Star Wars universe have become established in English. Five Star Wars-derived items included in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), namely Jedi, Padawan, lightsabre (with spelling variants), Yoda, and the characteristic construction to the dark side were analysed regarding their frequency of occurrence in four corpora of present-day English (COCA, COHA, BNC, BNC Spoken 2014) and coded regarding their level of independence from the original films. T...
Martin Renger - Stefan Schreiber - Alexander Veling (Hrsg.), Theorie | Archäologie | Reflexion 1: Kontroversen und Ansätze im deutschsprachigen Diskurs. Theoriedenken in der Archäologie 1 (Heidelberg: Propylaeum 2023), 2023
What is your name?” is not a question that prehistoric archaeologists can ask a person they have... more What is your name?” is not a question that prehistoric archaeologists can ask a person they have excavated. Rather, the ‘human remains’ are carefully documented, numbered, identified, and archived as objects. In rare cases, however, the archaeological context confronts us with an individual who seems to be looking at us from the past, because of his or her special preservation (e.g. as a bog or an ice corpse). In such cases, the finders sometimes feel compelled to give that individual a name – a new name due
to their lack of knowledge of the original name, if there ever was one. Ultimately, however, most of the deceased are and remain objects for the current researchers, depersonalised remains that are desubjectivised even further in the context of archaeological documentation practices. For a few years now, bioarchaeological approaches have made it possible to shed a completely new light on the lives of these anonymous bones, allowing us to learn about the lives of these individuals in an unprecedented way. A human being with individual traits begins to emerge from the bones – a human being, however, whom we continue to list under a catalogue number
and objectively refer to in the accompanying publication as “find site, grave number” (or using similar codes). But does this do justice to the deceased? Shouldn’t the new potential for gaining knowledge about past individual lives force us to consider giving a name to these individuals? Or would that pose the danger of nostrification (i.e. of making the other from a distant and alien past too much our own)? Where does the appreciation of the remains as human beings begin and where do we cross the thin line to appropriation? In our contribution we discuss current naming practices, their consequences on the perception of human remains, the results of an online survey, and future developments resulting from novel approaches to gaining knowledge. We
hope to raise awareness for a reflective approach toward naming practices in
archaeology and the descriptions and narratives that commonly accompany
these naming practices.
Educational Psychology Review
According to cognitive load theory, learning can only be successful when instructional materials ... more According to cognitive load theory, learning can only be successful when instructional materials and procedures are designed in accordance with human cognitive architecture. In this context, one of the biggest challenges is the accurate measurement of the different cognitive load types as these are associated with various activities during learning. Building on psychometric limitations of currently available questionnaires, a new instrument for measuring the three types of cognitive load—intrinsic, extraneous, and germane cognitive load—is developed and validated relying on a set of five empirical studies. In Study 1, a principal component analysis revealed a three-component model which was subsequently confirmed using a confirmatory factor analysis (Study 2). Finally, across three experiments (Studies 3–5), the questionnaire was shown to be sensitive to changes in cognitive load supporting its predictive validity. The quality of the cognitive load questionnaire was underlined by sa...
English Compounds and their Spelling
Education and Information Technologies
This contribution explores what can be considered an original and what can be defined as a copy i... more This contribution explores what can be considered an original and what can be defined as a copy in language. To this end, it elaborates on the role of the classical Saussurean dichotomy langue/parole and factors such as the size and frequency of prefabricated chunks. Furthermore, it discusses how similar linguistic copies can be to a supposed original. After considering briefly whether copying is possible in the oral mode, this paper focuses on the question of what constitutes a copy in written language and, more specifically, quoting in academic writing. It concludes with a discussion of the importance of copying for processes of language change. Keywords: Original language use, plagiarism, copying in academic quotations, copying in language processing, copying and language change
Discourse, Context & Media
Der vorliegende Band bietet Studienmaterialien mit Losungen zur englischen Syntaxanalyse zum eige... more Der vorliegende Band bietet Studienmaterialien mit Losungen zur englischen Syntaxanalyse zum eigenstandigen Uben und zur Prufungsvorbereitung. Die Syntaxanalysen in Form rechtsverzweigter Baumstrukturen von der Ebene der Satzglieder bis zur Ebene der Wortklassen nach dem Modell der Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (CGEL = Quirk, Leech, Greenbaum & Svartvik 1985) werden erganzt durch Kommentare, die alternative Losungsmoglichkeiten diskutieren. Eine ubersichtliche Zusammenstellung interessanter syntaktischer Phanomene (wie appositions, prepositional verbs oder predicate conjoints) ermoglicht den schnellen Zugriff auf relevante Beispielsatze mit Losungen. Die Syntaxanalysen stammen von den TeilnehmerInnen der Examensubung Syntax, die im Sommersemester 2020 an der LMU Munchen stattfand, und wurden in mehreren Uberarbeitungsschleifen editiert.
The question of how human language works is investigated by neuroscientists, psycholinguists and ... more The question of how human language works is investigated by neuroscientists, psycholinguists and linguists, but there are important differences in their approaches. The aim of the workshop “Language in Mind and Brain” was to bridge the gap between the different research traditions and to explore and expand their common ground in order to contribute to an interdisciplinary, more integrated investigation of human language. Researchers from the fields of neuroscience, cognitive science and linguistics discussed the relation between language, mind and brain in a constructive and cooperative atmosphere. This volume makes selected contributions of the poster session available in an innovative multimedial format. Combining the advantages of traditional publications and digital media, the publication provides short research articles in a traditional edited volume, resizable PDF versions of the posters presented at the workshop and three-minute audio-recordings that guide the listeners throu...
Empirical research on language is limited to the analysis of linguistic usage in the present and ... more Empirical research on language is limited to the analysis of linguistic usage in the present and in the past. The unavailability of future linguistic performance makes it impossible to draw any certain conclusions regarding developments which lie ahead in time. It remains to be seen, however, whether all predictions are necessarily purely speculative: a growing body of empirical research on language variation and in statistics seems to suggest that linguistic change is subject to certain regularities, e.g. regarding the typical S-shaped growth curve observed in processes of change. At the same time, a multitude of disruptive factors may lead to unpredictable developments. This introduction gives an overview of the current state of discussions on this issue and points out the main questions which are addressed in the various contributions of the VARIENG open access publication "Can we predict linguistic change?"
Variational Text Linguistics, 2016
This volume fosters the field of 'variational text linguistics'. Its focus on both functi... more This volume fosters the field of 'variational text linguistics'. Its focus on both functional and regional types of textual variation provides new insights into the concept of 'register'. The book is a forum for the description and discussion of registers which have not received enough linguistic attention so far. The studies collected point out emerging trends as well as new directions for future research.
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Papers by Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer
to their lack of knowledge of the original name, if there ever was one. Ultimately, however, most of the deceased are and remain objects for the current researchers, depersonalised remains that are desubjectivised even further in the context of archaeological documentation practices. For a few years now, bioarchaeological approaches have made it possible to shed a completely new light on the lives of these anonymous bones, allowing us to learn about the lives of these individuals in an unprecedented way. A human being with individual traits begins to emerge from the bones – a human being, however, whom we continue to list under a catalogue number
and objectively refer to in the accompanying publication as “find site, grave number” (or using similar codes). But does this do justice to the deceased? Shouldn’t the new potential for gaining knowledge about past individual lives force us to consider giving a name to these individuals? Or would that pose the danger of nostrification (i.e. of making the other from a distant and alien past too much our own)? Where does the appreciation of the remains as human beings begin and where do we cross the thin line to appropriation? In our contribution we discuss current naming practices, their consequences on the perception of human remains, the results of an online survey, and future developments resulting from novel approaches to gaining knowledge. We
hope to raise awareness for a reflective approach toward naming practices in
archaeology and the descriptions and narratives that commonly accompany
these naming practices.
to their lack of knowledge of the original name, if there ever was one. Ultimately, however, most of the deceased are and remain objects for the current researchers, depersonalised remains that are desubjectivised even further in the context of archaeological documentation practices. For a few years now, bioarchaeological approaches have made it possible to shed a completely new light on the lives of these anonymous bones, allowing us to learn about the lives of these individuals in an unprecedented way. A human being with individual traits begins to emerge from the bones – a human being, however, whom we continue to list under a catalogue number
and objectively refer to in the accompanying publication as “find site, grave number” (or using similar codes). But does this do justice to the deceased? Shouldn’t the new potential for gaining knowledge about past individual lives force us to consider giving a name to these individuals? Or would that pose the danger of nostrification (i.e. of making the other from a distant and alien past too much our own)? Where does the appreciation of the remains as human beings begin and where do we cross the thin line to appropriation? In our contribution we discuss current naming practices, their consequences on the perception of human remains, the results of an online survey, and future developments resulting from novel approaches to gaining knowledge. We
hope to raise awareness for a reflective approach toward naming practices in
archaeology and the descriptions and narratives that commonly accompany
these naming practices.