Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen

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Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen (born 1943) is an American linguist and distinguished professor (emeritus) from the University of Helsinki.

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Couper-Kuhlen is regarded as an important figure in the development of interactional linguistics [1] and the study of prosody in conversation, [2] [3] through a number of books co-edited with Margret Selting: the 1996 book Prosody in Conversation, [4] the 2001 book Studies in Interactional Linguistics also co-edited with Selting, [5] and the textbook Interactional Linguistics. [6] Her book Building Responsive Action written together with Barbara Fox and Sandra Thompson received the best book award from the International Society for Conversation Analysis in 2018. [7]

Couper-Kuhlen is member of the editorial board of Research on Language and Social Interaction [8] and has received a honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki. [1] For her 65th birthday, a conference and following book publication was dedicated to her. [9] [10]

Biography

Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen received a doctoral degree in 1977 on the basis of her thesis The Prepositional Passive in English, published in 1979, [11] and had been and was then a lecturer in different places in Germany. In 1991, she did her habilitation with the thesis English Speech Rhythm, published in 1993, [12] and became professor of English linguistics at the University of Konstanz in 1995. In 2003, she moved to the University of Potsdam for another professorship, until she became Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Helsinki in 2009 and director for the Center of Excellence for Research on Intersubjectivity in Interaction in 2013. [13] She is now retired. [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Filosofisen tiedekunnan promootio 2017 - keväisten toivojen riemujuhla". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Selting, Margret (2010). "Prosody in interaction: State of the art". In Barth-Weingarten, Dagmar; Reber, Elisabeth; Selting, Margret (eds.). Prosody in Interaction. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 3–40. doi:10.1075/sidag.23.05sel. ISSN   0928-8929.
  3. ↑ Drew, Paul (1999). "Review: Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen & Margret Selting (eds.), Prosody in conversation: Interactional studies. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xii, 471. Hb $74.95". Language in Society. Cambridge University Press. 28 (1): 103–107. doi:10.1017/s0047404599251044. ISSN   0047-4045.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Sandra (2010). "Foreword". In Barth-Weingarten, Dagmar; Reber, Elisabeth; Selting, Margret (eds.). Prosody in Interaction. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. ix–x. ISSN   0928-8929.
  5. ↑ Dash, Niladri Sekhar (11 June 2002). "LINGUIST List 13.1645: Discourse Analysis: Selting & Couper-Kuhlen". The LINGUIST List. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Williamson, Francesca A (2019). "Book review: Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen and Margaret Selting, Interactional Linguistics: Studying Language in Social Interaction". Discourse Studies. SAGE Publications. 21 (4): 485–486. doi:10.1177/1461445619847786b. ISSN   1461-4456.
  7. ↑ "Prof. Barbara Fox and colleagues win ISCA Best Book award". Department of Linguistics. University of Colorado Boulder. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Research on Language and Social Interaction - Editorial board". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Barth-Weingarten, Dagmar; Reber, Elisabeth (2009). "International conference "Prosody and Interaction": 15-17 September 2008, Potsdam University, Germany - Conference report" (PDF). Gesprächsforschung. 10: 118–130. ISSN   1617-1837.
  10. ↑ Barth-Weingarten, Dagmar; Reber, Elisabeth; Selting, Margret (2010). "Preface". In Barth-Weingarten, Dagmar; Reber, Elisabeth; Selting, Margret (eds.). Prosody in Interaction. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. xi–xviii. ISSN   0928-8929.
  11. ↑ Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth (1979). The prepositional passive in English. De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783111630724. ISBN   978-3-484-10363-4.
  12. ↑ Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth (1993). "English Speech Rhythm". Pragmatics & Beyond New Series. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. doi:10.1075/pbns.25. ISBN   978-90-272-5037-7. ISSN   0922-842X.
  13. ↑ "Curriculum Vitae: Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen" (PDF). University of Helsinki. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
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