Friday, July 11, 2025
Location: University of Bremen, Building GW 1
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:45 – 9:20 | Registration and sign-in (GW1 A foyer) |
| 9:20 – 10:15 | Conference opening & Plenary 1 (A0010) |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Parallel sessions (A0010 & B2130) |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Lunch break |
| 12:30 – 13:15 | Plenary 2 (A0010) |
| 13:15 – 14:35 | Parallel sessions (A0010 & B2130) |
| 14:35 – 14:55 | Coffee break |
| 14:55 – 15:55 | Parallel sessions (A0010 & B2130) |
| 16:00 | Conference closing (A0010) |
Timetable of student presentations:
Parallel sessions 10:30 – 11:30
A0010 – oral presentations (session chair: Inke Du Bois)
10:30 Sara Sadia, Pavas Ponnathuvalappil & Ariful Islam Khan: The Role of Language in Preserving Cultural Identity Among Immigrant Communities
10:50 Rania Chouia Fluent but Foreign: The Role of Accent in Employment inequality in Germany (CANCELLED)
11:10 Paula Muñoz Carpintero, Lucia del Carmen Martínez López & Oumou Barry Barry: Cross-Cultural Refusals: A Pragmatic Comparison of Spanish, English, and German Strategies
B2130 – oral presentations (session chair: Marcus Callies)
10:30 Edith Boateng Bonsu: The Evolution of Voices: How Ghanaian Pidgin Has Transformed from Colonial Echoes to Modern Rhythms
10:50 Mohammed Zaid: Borrowed Words into South African English (SAfE)
Parallel sessions 13:15 – 14:35
A0010 – oral presentations (session chair: Inke Du Bois)
13:15 Suhael Al Owis & Edith Boateng Bonsu: Language and Identity Among International Students
13:35 Mohammed Zaid: The Use of English and other Languages by International Students in Bremen in Different Spaces
13:55 Ilham Labrahmi: Language as a Marker of Belonging: Identity Construction Among Long-Term Migrants in Germany (CANCELLED)
14:15 Ashraful Hossain: Generational Identity and Language Use on Facebook: A Sociolinguistic Analysis Across Age Cohorts (CANCELLED)
B2130 – poster session 1
| Leyla Mammadova | Comparative Analysis of Address Terms in Nigerian English and British Standard English |
| Keri Lewis | The Semantic Extension of ‘Outdooring’ in Ghanaian English |
| Jennifer Elhart, Alena Khilkovskaya & Keri Lewis | Pseudonyms on Incel Gaming Forums |
| Isaac Deichmann, Alena Drießen, Kira Maier & Nathalie Wiemann | How do Incels construct their identity through pseudonyms in internet forums? |
| Leyla Mammadova, Edith Boateng Bonsu, Irem Ekinci & Sevval Hilal Yildirim | Exploring the Semantic Functions of Killer’s Nicknames through Pseudonym Comparative Analysis |
| Ceren Cansin Alpu, Giordanna Beatriz de Oliveira Barbosa & Pia Wübbelsmann | Cross-Cultural Interpretations of Threats: Investigating Hate Speech Against the Drag Queen Community in Different Countries |
| Vera Broszeit, Hannah Gerhardt & Mohammed Zaid | Pseudonyms in the Incel Community and what they can suggest about Violent Ideologies |
Parallel sessions 14:55 – 15:55
A0010 – oral presentations (session chair: Mx Gaul)
14:55 Kimberly Pfaff: Mappings of our Own or Metaphorical Conceptualisation of Sexuality in Fanfiction
15:15 Oumou Barry Barry: The metaphor black is bad in English everyday: “black sheep” and “blacklist”
15:35 Pauline Schweers & Felicitas Groth: The Battlefield of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Analysing Metaphors employed by US-American News Outlets in 2020
B2130 – poster session 2
| Jennifer Elhart | Sheng goes Online – Attitudes towards the Kenyan English Variety Sheng on Reddit |
| Leyla Mammadova & Selin Engin | Cultural Integration Through Language: A Sociolinguistic Comparison of International Students in Germany with Less Than and More Than One Year of Residence |
| Tatia Kemashvili | Influence of Cross-Linguistics and Communication Styles in Multilingual People |
| Jelena Vojnović | Navigating politeness and directness: Intercultural pragmatic strategies of English-speaking international students in German friendship contexts |
| Julie Waldeck | Variation in English Apologies: A Study of Monocultural and Multicultural Speakers in Germany |
| Sevval Hilal Yildirim, Alena Khilkovskaya & Irem Ekinci | Defining “Home”: Exploring the Concept of Home in the Narratives of International Students |