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Prof. Dr. Anne Barron

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C1.122
Fon +49.4131.677-2662, anne.barron@leuphana.de
Professor, Professorship of English Linguistics
Associated member, Center for Methods
Associated member, Institute of Philosophy and Art History

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Vita

 
Employment and Positions

  • since 2011: Professor of English Linguistics (W3) at the Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2011-2015: Academic Director of the Language Center, Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2010-2011: Professor of English Linguistics (W2) at the University of Bayreuth 
  • 2001-2009:Assistant Professor (akademische Rätin/ wissenschaftliche Assistentin) for Applied English Linguistics at the University of Bonn 
  • 2006-2007: Visiting Professor (Vertretungsprofessorin) of English Linguistics at the University of Frankfurt a.M.
  • 1998-2000: Research Assistant (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) for Applied English Linguistics at the University of Bonn
  • 1997-1998: Part-time lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Belfast
  • 1995-1997: Part-time linguistics tutor at University College Dublin
  • 1995: Translator/ English trainer at EVS Translation (Vick Sprachen), Offenbach a.M.

 Education and Degrees

  • 2010: Habilitation (post-doctoral thesis) in English Linguistics. University of Bonn
  • 2001: Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. University of Hamburg
  • 1996: MA in German (Linguistics). University College Dublin
  • 1994: BComm in International Commerce and German. University College Dublin

International advisory work

 

Research Interests

Prof. Dr. Anne Bar­ron is Pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish Lin­gu­is­tics at the In­sti­tu­te of Eng­lish Stu­dies at the Leu­pha­na Uni­ver­si­ty of Lüne­burg. Her fiel­ds of in­te­rest are in­ter­lan­gua­ge prag­ma­tics (in par­ti­cu­lar ac­qui­si­tio­nal prag­ma­tics), se­cond lan­gua­ge ac­qui­si­ti­on, cross-cul­tu­ral prag­ma­tics, va­ria­tio­nal prag­ma­tics (es­pe­cial­ly the prag­ma­tics of Irish Eng­lish), so­cio­lin­gu­is­tics, dialec­to­lo­gy, dis­cour­se ana­ly­sis and con­tras­ti­ve gen­re ana­ly­sis (par­ti­cu­lar­ly pro­mo­tio­nal gen­res).

Projects

  1. Workshop “Exploring the Nexus of Social Justice, Intercultural Communication, and Sustainability: Perspectives from Lower Saxony and Scotland” at the Joint Forum Scotland x Lower Saxony, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 27.-28.11.2025
    Anne Barron (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Scientific event

  2. Georg Forster - Forschungsstipendium für Postdoktoranden
    Anne Barron (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Individual grant

  3. Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendium für Postdoktoranden (gefödert durch Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung)
    Anne Barron (Project manager, academic) , Ayo Osisanwo (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  4. Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendium für Postdoktoranden
    Anne Barron (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  5. DigiTaL - Teilprojekt 10: DigiCLIL-Exchange: Vermittlung fremdsprachlicher, interkultureller und fachlicher Kompetenzen zur Vorbereitung und Begleitung studienrelevanter Auslandsaufenthalte im Blended-Learning-Format
    Anne Barron (Project manager, academic) , Torben Schmidt (Project manager, academic) , Onur Çiçek (Project staff) , Nora Benitt (Project staff) , Jodie Birdman (Project staff) , Irina Pandarova (Project staff)
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    Project: Teaching

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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Corpus Linguistics for Sociolinguistics: A guide for research
    Joan O'Sullivan (Author) , Carolina P. Amador-Moreno (Author) , Anne Barron (Author) , 2025 Abingdon , 283 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review

  2. Special Section: Pragmatic Development and Stay Abroad
    Anne Barron (Editor) , 2019 Amsterdam , 120 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research

  3. The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics
    Anne Barron (Editor) , Y. Gu (Editor) , G. Steen (Editor) , 2017 Abingdon /New York , 580 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research

  4. Special Issue: A variational pragmatic approach to regional variation in language: Celebrating the work of Klaus P. Schneider
    Anne Barron (Editor) , 2015 Berlin [u.a.] , 174 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research

  5. Pragmatics of Discourse
    Klaus Peter Schneider (Editor) , Anne Barron (Editor) , 2014 Berlin / New York , 400 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. “I don’t feel like much of a gentleman (.) if I don’t pay (.) you know”: A Metapragmatic Perspective on Constructing Gender Identities in First Dates Ireland
    Anne Barron (Author) , Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke (Author) , 01.04.2026 , in: TEANGA (The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics), 13, 13 , p. 125–151 , 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Payment offers, suggestions to share expenses and payment negotiation sequences on initial dates in Germany and the United Kingdom
    Anne Barron (Author) , 01.04.2025 , in: Journal of Pragmatics, 239 , p. 56-76 , 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. “I'll get it”: Payment offers, payment offer sequences and gender on First Dates
    Anne Barron (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Journal of Pragmatics, 235 , p. 4-25 , 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Irish English and Irish Studies: exploring language use and identity through fictional constructions of laddism
    Cassandra S. Tully (Author) , Anne Barron (Author) , Carolina P. Amador-Moreno (Author) , 28.11.2023 , in: Irish Studies Review, 31, 4 , p. 555-570 , 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Responses to Thanks in Ireland, England and Canada: A Variational Pragmatic Perspective
    Anne Barron (Author) , 01.06.2022 , in: Corpus Pragmatics, 6, 2 , p. 127-153 , 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Variational Pragmatics and World Englishes
    Anne Barron (Author) , 26.03.2026 2nd Edition ed. Oxford

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  2. Connecting sustainability and culture: Building competencies through virtual exchange
    Handan Çelik (Author) , Anne Barron (Author) , Torben Schmidt (Author) , Jodie Birdman (Author) , Irina Pandarova (Author) , Nora Benitt (Author) , 08.04.2025 Cham , p. 729-747 , 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  3. US English and Pragmatic Norms
    Anne Barron (Author) , 01.01.2025 Hoboken , p. 3937-3947 , 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  4. Directives in ELF Peer Feedback
    Ilka Flöck (Author) , Onur Çiçek (Author) , Anne Barron (Author) , 01.01.2025 Bern/New York , p. 205-238 , 34 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  5. Irish English and Variational Pragmatics
    Anne Barron (Author) , 01.01.2024 Oxford , p. 400-425 , 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

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Activities

  1. „Openings and greeting norms in initial dates in Ireland and the United Kingdom“
    Anne Barron (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. “To burn but not to burn out: Emojis as affective signifiers in organizing for societal change”
    Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich (Speaker) , Anne Barron (Coauthor) , Sarah Glozer (Coauthor) , Karina Frick (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  3. Saying it kindly, saying It well: Teaching pragmatics for SUSTAINABILITY and GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
    Anne Barron (Speaker) , Onur Çiçek (Speaker) , Torben Schmidt (Coauthor) , Jodie Birdman (Coauthor)
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    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer

  4. Corpus Linguistics meets Pragmatics: Developments, Trends, Challenges
    Anne Barron (Keynote Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. "Don't worry, I will take care of this": First date payment negotiation sequences and gender in Nigeria.
    Anne Barron (Speaker) , Ezekiel Opeyemi Olajimbiti (Coauthor) , Ayo Osisanwo (Coauthor) , Akin Odebunmi (Coauthor)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Press / Media

  1. Review in Discourse Studies by Chaoqun Xie (2019): The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  2. Ich will Signorina bleiben
    Interviewed once

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  3. Rezension erstellt von Xin Li, Shanghai International Studies University, zu "The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics"
    2 times cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  4. Reviews in Discourse Studies by Annelie Ädel and Kari Dahle-Huff (2016): Pragmatics of Discourse. Handbook of Pragmatics III.
    2 times cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  5. Review in Discourse Studies by Jixian Pang, School of International Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China (2015): Public Information Messages: A Contrastive Genre Analysis of State–Citizen Communication
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

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Prizes

  1. Award: „Aquilino Sánchez“
    (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

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Courses

Corpus Linguistics and Textual Practices
Anne Barron
This course offers a hands-on introduction to Corpus Linguistics, the study of language using large, digitized collections of naturally occurring speech and writing, known as corpora. During the course, you will work with a range of genres and registers and be guided to access, analyze, and visualize corpus data, work with online resources and software applications, and to also create your own small corpus. In addition, the course aims to demonstrate some of the applications of Corpus Linguistics, more specifically in the areas of genre analysis and English language teaching and learning.
Next appointment:
Monday, 2026-10-12 at 08:15
Room: C 11.319 Seminarraum
English, Norms and Language Education
Anne Barron
British English, less so American English, is the standard norm adopted in the EFL classroom. In schools, learners are made aware that English is spoken in India, Ireland, New Zealand and many more places. However, they are taught nothing of the systematic nature of additional standards of English, such as Indian English, Irish English or New Zealand English. Nor do textbooks take heed of the fact that learners will be using English in English as a Lingua Franca contexts - contexts which again are associated with a particular use of English.

This course examines the huge diversity of the English language in today's globalised world and contrasts this with Standard English taught in schools. We read about and carry out linguistic analyses and do so frequently taking a cross-varietal method of analysis. We also contrast textbook presentations with research on Global English and discuss pedagogical repercussions and applications.

Both theoretical and methodological issues form an important part of the course. Students are required to conduct empirical research primarily using corpora (naturally occurring spoken and written language). The complementary online course also belonging to this module introduces students to corpus linguistic methods and equips students with the requisite skills in this area. Within the context of the Prüfungsleistung, students are given the opportunity to contemplate how they might use their skills in corpus linguistics to introduce the concept of varieties / English as a Lingua Franca to the classroom or they are asked to conduct an empirical analysis of a variety of their choice using corpus linguistic materials. Other options include textbook analyses of the status of Global Englishes with consideration of the potential for corpus linguistics or an empirical analysis of current norms in teaching or of teacher attitudes towards the current discussion of potential norms.

The course will be conducted through English.
Next appointment:
Tuesday, 2026-10-13 at 10:15
Room: C 5.019 Seminarraum
Justice 5: Language Identities & Gender Sensitivity
Anne Barron
Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls is fifth on the list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ratified by The United Nations as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this seminar, we look at how sexism is expressed and transmitted through language and how men and women use language differently in constructing their social identities. We also examine the portrayal of women and men in the public arena and how such portrayals affect the way we conceptualise gender.
Next appointment:
Tuesday, 2026-10-13 at 08:15
Room: C 1.209 Seminarraum
Language, Text and Social Action (S)
Anne Barron
This course introduces students to genre analysis. Genre analysis is an approach to written language which is frequently employed to analyse texts for language learning in the area of Discourse in the Professions. It concerns analysing texts as hierarchies of functional units on a macro- and micro-structural level. We also deal with genre pegagogy and consider how genre analysis might serve the classroom. In looking at genre analysis and genre pegagogy, we investigate how technological advances may complement the genre approach to language use and investigate how corpora (electronic collections of naturally occurring spoken and written language used for linguistic analyses) can be used in genre analysis and in genre pedagogy. The complementary online course also belonging to this module equips students with the requisite skills in this area.

Theoretical approaches are applied to a selection of texts, e.g. job application letters, payment request letters, promotional letters, letters of complaints, and cross-cultural differences are also discussed and analysed. Students will be free to focus on a genre of their choice.
Next appointment:
Monday, 2026-10-12 at 10:15
Room: C 11.319 Seminarraum
Quantative Methods in Linguistic Analysis
Anne Barron
This course offers a hands-on introduction to Corpus Linguistics, the study of language using large, digitized collections of naturally occurring speech and writing, known as corpora. You will learn how to access, analyze, and visualize corpus data and work with online resources and software applications. In addition, the course aims to demonstrate some of the applications of Corpus Linguistics, more specifically in the areas of language variation studies and English language teaching.
Next appointment:
Monday, 2026-10-12 at 08:15
Room: C 11.319 Seminarraum