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Prof. Dr. Anne Barron

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C1.122
Fon +49.4131.677-2662, anne.barron@leuphana.de

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Wissenschaftliche und berufliche Tätigkeit

  • Seit 2011: W3-Professorin für Englische Sprachwissenschaft an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
  • 2011- 2015: Wissenschaftliche Leitung des Sprachenzentrums, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
  • 2010-2011: W2-Professorin für Englische Sprachwissenschaft an der Universität Bayreuth
  • 2001-2009: Akademische Rätin/ Wissenschaftliche Assistentin am Institut für Anglistik, Amerikanistik & Keltologie der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn 
  • 2006-2007: Lehrstuhlvertretung am Institut für England- und Amerikastudien der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main 
  • 1998-2000: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Englischen Seminar der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
  • 1997-1998: Dozentin für Linguistik (in Teilzeit) an der School of Behavioural & Communication Sciences der University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Belfast
  • 1995-1996: Übersetzerin/Englischtrainerin, EVS Translation, Offenbach a.M.

Hochschulausbildung

  • 2010: Habilitation an der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (venia legendi im Fach Englische Sprachwissenschaft)
  • 2001: Promotion an der Universität Hamburg im Fach Sprachlehrforschung
  • 1996: MA in Germanistik am University College Dublin
  • 1994: BComm in Germanistik und Internationale Betriebswirtschaftslehre am University College Dublin

Gremien/Gutachtertätigkeiten

Forschungsgebiete

Prof. Dr. Anne Bar­ron ist Pro­fes­so­rin für Eng­li­sche Sprach­wis­sen­schaft am Institute of English Studies an der Leu­pha­na Uni­ver­sität Lüne­burg. Ihre For­schungs­in­ter­es­sen lie­gen in der Ler­ner­spra­chen­prag­ma­tik (vor al­lem im Er­werb prag­ma­ti­scher Kom­pe­tenz), im Zweit­spra­chen­er­werb, in der in­ter­kul­tu­rel­len Prag­ma­tik, der Va­rietäten­prag­ma­tik (mit Schwer­punkt auf iri­sches Eng­lisch), so­wie in der in­ter­kul­tu­rel­len Text­lin­gu­is­tik (vor al­lem im Be­reich der wer­ben­den Text­sor­ten).

Publikationen

Bücher und Anthologien

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

    Publikation: Bücher und AnthologienMonografienForschungbegutachtet

  2. Special Section: Pragmatic Development and Stay Abroad
    Anne Barron (Herausgeber*in) , 2019 Amsterdam , 120 S.

    Publikation: Bücher und AnthologienZeitschriftenhefteForschung

  3. The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics
    Anne Barron (Herausgeber*in) , Y. Gu (Herausgeber*in) , G. Steen (Herausgeber*in) , 2017 Abingdon /New York , 580 S.

    Publikation: Bücher und AnthologienBuchForschung

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

    Publikation: Bücher und AnthologienZeitschriftenhefteForschung

  5. Pragmatics of Discourse
    Klaus Peter Schneider (Herausgeber*in) , Anne Barron (Herausgeber*in) , 2014 Berlin / New York , 400 S.

    Publikation: Bücher und AnthologienSammelwerke und AnthologienForschung

Beiträge in Zeitschriften

  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 (Autor*in) , Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke (Autor*in) , 01.04.2026 , in: TEANGA (The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics), 13, 13 , S. 125–151 , 27 S.

    Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

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

    Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

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

    Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

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

    Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

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

    Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Beiträge in Sammelwerken

  1. Variational Pragmatics and World Englishes
    Anne Barron (Autor*in) , 26.03.2026 2nd Edition. Aufl. Oxford

    Publikation: Beiträge in SammelwerkenAufsätze in SammelwerkenForschungbegutachtet

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

    Publikation: Beiträge in SammelwerkenKapitelForschungbegutachtet

  3. US English and Pragmatic Norms
    Anne Barron (Autor*in) , 01.01.2025 Hoboken , S. 3937-3947 , 11 S.

    Publikation: Beiträge in SammelwerkenAufsätze in SammelwerkenForschungbegutachtet

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

    Publikation: Beiträge in SammelwerkenAufsätze in SammelwerkenForschungbegutachtet

  5. Irish English and Variational Pragmatics
    Anne Barron (Autor*in) , 01.01.2024 Oxford , S. 400-425 , 26 S.

    Publikation: Beiträge in SammelwerkenKapitelForschungbegutachtet

Aktivitäten

  1. „Openings and greeting norms in initial dates in Ireland and the United Kingdom“
    Anne Barron (Sprecher*in)

    Aktivität: KonferenzvorträgeForschung

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

    Aktivität: KonferenzvorträgeForschung

  3. Saying it kindly, saying It well: Teaching pragmatics for SUSTAINABILITY and GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
    Anne Barron (Sprecher*in) , Onur Çiçek (Sprecher*in) , Torben Schmidt (Ko-Autor*in) , Jodie Birdman (Ko-Autor*in)

    Aktivität: Vorträge in anderen VeranstaltungenTransfer

  4. Corpus Linguistics meets Pragmatics: Developments, Trends, Challenges
    Anne Barron (Keynote Sprecher*in)

    Aktivität: KonferenzvorträgeForschung

  5. "Don't worry, I will take care of this": First date payment negotiation sequences and gender in Nigeria.
    Anne Barron (Sprecher*in) , Ezekiel Opeyemi Olajimbiti (Ko-Autor*in) , Ayo Osisanwo (Ko-Autor*in) , Akin Odebunmi (Ko-Autor*in)

    Aktivität: KonferenzvorträgeForschung

Auszeichnungen

  1. Forschungspreis „Aquilino Sánchez“
    Anne Barron (Empfänger/-in) ,

    Auszeichnung: Externe Preise, Stipendien, Auszeichnungen, ErnennungenForschung

Lehrveranstaltungen

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.
Nächster Termin:
Montag, 12.10.2026 um 08:15 Uhr
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.
Nächster Termin:
Dienstag, 13.10.2026 um 10:15 Uhr
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.
Nächster Termin:
Dienstag, 13.10.2026 um 08:15 Uhr
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.
Nächster Termin:
Montag, 12.10.2026 um 10:15 Uhr
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.
Nächster Termin:
Montag, 12.10.2026 um 08:15 Uhr