Prof. Dr. Anne Barron

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C1.122
Fon +49.4131.677-2662, anne.barron@leuphana.de
Professor*in, Professorship of English Linguistics
Assoziierte/r, Center for Methods
Assoziierte/r, 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 Margaret Barron (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Scientific event

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

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

  4. Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendium für Postdoktoranden
    Anne Margaret 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 Margaret Barron (Project manager, academic) , Torben Marco Schmidt (Project manager, academic) , Nora Benitt (Project staff) , Jodie Muree Birdman (Project staff) , Irina Pandarova (Project staff) , Onur Çiçek (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
    Anne Margaret Barron (Author) , Joan O'Sullivan (Author) , Carolina P. Amador-Moreno (Author) , 2025 Abingdon , 283 p.

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

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

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

  3. The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics
    Anne Margaret 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 Margaret Barron (Editor) , 2015 Berlin [u.a.] , 174 p.

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

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

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

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Journal contributions

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

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

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

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

  3. Irish English and Irish Studies: exploring language use and identity through fictional constructions of laddism
    Anne Margaret Barron (Author) , Cassandra S. Tully (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

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

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

  5. Contrastivity and comparability: Pragmatic variation across pluricentric varieties
    Anne Margaret Barron (Author) , 01.11.2021 , in: Sociolinguistica, 35, 1 , p. 189-216 , 28 p.

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

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

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

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

  2. US English and Pragmatic Norms
    Anne Margaret 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

  3. Directives in ELF peer feedback
    Ilka Flöck (Author) , Onur Çiçek (Author) , Anne Margaret 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

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

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

  5. I’m so sorry: Intensification in American English across time
    Anne Margaret Barron (Author) , 01.10.2022 London , p. 188-192 , 5 p.

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

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Activities

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

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

  3. "Don't worry, I will take care of this": First date payment negotiation sequences and gender in Nigeria. Talk presented at the 8th Conference of the International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE8)
    Anne Margaret Barron (Speaker) , Ezekiel Opeyemi Olajimbiti (Speaker) , Ayo Osisanwo (Speaker) , Akin Odebunmi (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. Requests in Nigerian English and British English conversational interactions
    Ilka Flöck (Speaker) , Onwu Inya (Speaker) , Anne Margaret Barron (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. To burn but not to burn out: Emojis as affective signifiers in organizing for societal change.
    Anne Margaret Barron (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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Courses