Birgit Alber

  1. Home
  2. Department
  3. People
  4. Birgit Alber
FotoBirgitAlber, July 20, 2014
Position
Professor from another university
Academic sector
L-LIN/14 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - GERMAN
Research sector (ERC)
SH4_10 - Language typology

E-mail
birgit|alber*univr|it <== Replace | with . and * with @ to have the right email address.
Curriculum

Birgit Alber's research focuses mainly on the following topics
a. phonology of German and its varieties
b. description and analysis of the Germanic varieties of Northern Italy (Tyrolean, Mòcheno and Zimbrian), compared to their Romance contact varieties
c. theoretical phonology in the framework of Optimality Theory (the analysis of linguistic typologies)
d. analysis of the stress patterns of the world's languages
e. prosodic morphology (the typology of truncation)
 
She is the coordinator of the research project "Minimality in Linguistic Variation", funded by the University of Verona, and a member of the European 7th Framework project AthEME "Advancing the European Multilingual Experience".
 
Her teaching covers all aspects of the structure of German (phonology, morphology, syntax, variation, history of the German language etc.).
 
For the spring semester 2018 she has been offered a guest professorship at the University of Bielefeld, Germany.
 

Modules

Modules running in the period selected: 55.
Click on the module to see the timetable and course details.

Course Name Total credits Online Teacher credits Modules offered by this teacher
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Publishing German I (2017/2018)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures Introduction to German Linguistics (2017/2018)   6  eLearning 6 
Ph.D. programme in Foreign Literatures, Languages and Linguistics Teaching activity in the PhD school (2017/2018)   10    1 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German language 3 (2016/2017)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German language 3 (2016/2017)   9  eLearning 9 
Master's degree in Comparative European and Non-European Languages and Literatures German linguistics (2016/2017)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German III (2015/2016)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German III (2015/2016)   9  eLearning 9 
Master's degree in Linguistics German linguistics LM (2015/2016)   9  eLearning 3  TEIL II
Master's degree in Comparative European and Non-European Languages and Literatures History of the German Language (2015/2016)   6  eLearning 6 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German III [CInt] (2014/2015)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German III [Tur] (2014/2015)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German linguistics (2014/2015)   6  eLearning 6 
Master's degree in Comparative European and Non-European Languages and Literatures History of the German Language LM (2014/2015)   6  eLearning 6 
Master's degree in Comparative European and Non-European Languages and Literatures German 1 LM (2013/2014)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German III (2013/2014)   9    9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German III [CInt] (2013/2014)   9    9 
Master's degree in Comparative European and Non-European Languages and Literatures History of the German Language LM (2013/2014)   6  eLearning 6 
Master's degree in Comparative European and Non-European Languages and Literatures German 1 LM (2012/2013)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German III (2012/2013)   9    9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German III [CInt] (2012/2013)   9    9 
Master's degree in Comparative European and Non-European Languages and Literatures History of the German Language LM (2012/2013)   6  eLearning 6 
Master's degree in Comparative European and Non-European Languages and Literatures German 1 LM (2011/2012)   9  eLearning 9 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce German 1 LM [PTur] (2011/2012)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German III [CInt] (2011/2012)   9    9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German III [Tur] (2011/2012)   9    9 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce German 1 LM (2010/2011)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German I [CInt A-L] (2010/2011)   9    9 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German II (2010/2011)   9    9 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German III (2010/2011)   9    9 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce German 1 LM (2009/2010)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German II (2009/2010)   9    9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German II [Tur] (2009/2010)   9    9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism and International Commerce (until 2007-2008) (not running) German III [Tur] (2009/2010)   8    8 
Degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism Management and International Commerce German III (2007/2008)   8    8 
Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German III (2007/2008)   6    6 
Master's degree in Modern Comparative Languages and Literatures (until 2008-2009) German I (LS) (2007/2008)   6    6 
Postgraduate Degree in Linguistics (until 2008-2009) German linguistics (2007/2008)   3    3 
Degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism Management German III (2006/2007)   8    8 
Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German III (2006/2007)   6    6 
Master's degree in Languages for commercial communication and the promotion of international tourism (until 2008-2009) German I (LS) (2006/2007)   6    6 
Master's degree in Modern Comparative Languages and Literatures (until 2008-2009) German I (LS) (2006/2007)   6    6 
Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German II (2005/2006)   8    8 
Degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism Management German II (2005/2006)   8    8 
Degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism Management German III (2005/2006)   8    8 
Master's degree in Modern Comparative Languages and Literatures (until 2008-2009) German II LS (1st language) (2005/2006)   6    6 
Master's degree in Modern Comparative Languages and Literatures (until 2008-2009) German II LS (2nd language) (2005/2006)   3    3 
Master's degree in Modern Comparative Languages and Literatures (until 2008-2009) German I (LS) (2005/2006)   6    6 
Degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism Management German II (2004/2005)   8     
Degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism Management German III (2004/2005)   8     
Postgraduate Degree in Linguistics (until 2008-2009) German linguistics 1 (2004/2005)   3     
Postgraduate Degree in Linguistics (until 2008-2009) German linguistics 2 (2004/2005)   3     
Degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism Management German II (2003/2004)   8     
Degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism Management German II (2002/2003)   8     
Degree in Languages and Culture for Publishing German II (2001/2002)   8     

 
 
Research interests
Topic Description Research area
Theoretical models in phonology Theoretical models in phonology (esp. Optimality Theory) and their application to the analysis of linguistic typologies German language and linguistics
Phonetics and Phonology – Phonetik und Phonologie
Projects
Title Starting date
Minimality and linguistic variation 10/1/17
Germanic-Romance language contact in the Southern-Central Alps 3/1/14
Il Cimbro come laboratorio di analisi per la variazione linguistica in sincronia e diacronia - Proposte per l'implementazione dell'ASIS (Atlante Sintattico dell'Italia Settentrionale) 5/5/09