Berit Ellies
Lecturer in English Linguistics
Room 8013
August-Bebel-Straße 28
berit.elliesuni-rostockde
Tel.: +49 (0)381 498-2587
Fax: +49 (0)381 498-2594
Office hours lecture-free period SS 2024
by appointment by Email
(Please note that changes to office hours will be announced under the menu item "News")
Education, degrees and professional experience
Since 04/2024
Research assistant and PhD student in English Linguistics at the University of Rostock
PhD project: English as a Lingua Franca at the grassroots in the Costa Rican tourism industry (working title)
05/2023 – 07/2023
Research internship as part of a final thesis at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (‘National University of Costa Rica’)
10/2021 – 02/2024
M.A. English and American Studies at the University of Bamberg
Thesis title: El inglés de la calle or English at the grassroots in the Costa Rican tourism industry
09/2019 – 12/2019
Exchange student at Mary Immaculate College, Ireland
10/2017 – 03/2021
B.A. English and American Studies, Sociology and Romance Studies at the University of Bamberg
08/2016 – 08/2017
Volunteer service (weltwärts) in San José, Costa Rica
2016
A-levels (Abitur)
Research interests
- Sociolinguistics
- Varieties of English
- Language Contact and Change
- Grassroots Englishes
Publications
Articles
Submitted (with Manfred Krug). The representation of Black Namibian English in Namibia: The struggle for liberation (2007) and the motivations of regional features in World Englishes.