Sessions 10.30 – 11.50
SFG 2020
Session chair: Nicole Hober
10.30 – 10.50: Alica Wittschen “The Use of English and Malay in Lat’s Comics”
10.50 – 11.10: Jennifer Elhart “Maltese English going Online”
11.10 – 11.30: Leonie Hildenbrand “Into the Ocean: A Comparative Study of Two Lesser-known Varieties of English”
11.30 – 11.50: Nele Heins “From Columbus to Banana Boom: Post-colonial Language Education Policies in Honduras”
SFG 2030
Session chair: Anke Schulz
10.30 – 10.50: Aliyha Ahmad “Exploring Linguistic Features in Songs”
10.50 – 11.10: Anna Melles “Language in German Weather Reports”
11.10 – 11.30: Nicola Ellmers “Ecologically Beneficial and Destructive Communication Patterns in Weather Reports”
11.30 – 11.50: Philip Nguyen “Shaping Perceptions: The Role of Advertising an Public Relations in Framing Meat Consumption as Ecologically Acceptable and Healthy”
SFG 2040
Session chair: Tamara Drummond
10.30 – 10.50: Mohammed Bakhchouch “Multimodal Persuasion in Political Cartoons”
10.50 – 11.10: Ziba Tavakolifar “Exploring the Creation of Persuasion in Book Bans Infographics by the American Library Association for Intellectual Freedom: Analyzing Semiotic Modes of Infographics”
11.10 – 11.30: Siavash Hajbahramian “Multimodal Persuasion Analysis: Exploring the Dynamics of Debating”
11.30 – 11.50: Mohsen Mirzaei “Analyzing Persuasive Strategies in YouTube Thumbnails and Titles: A Study of PewDiePie and GothamChess YouTube Channels”
Sessions 13.15 – 14.35
SFG 2020
Session chair: Nicole Hober
13.15 – 13.35: Tom Kleinwort “Lesser-known varieties = Lesser-known memes? Analysis and comparison of Bay Island English”
13.35 – 13.55: Tomi Rehiger “Consonants in Taiwanese English”
13.55 – 14.15: Sirojiddin Bobokulov “Lexical Creativity in Singapore English”
14.15 – 14.35: Marjona Kahhorova “Lexical Borrowings in Nigerian English”
SFG 2030
Session chair: Stephanie Bergmann
13.35 – 13.55: Siavash Hajbahramian “Lexical Creativity in Dota 2 Gaming Communities”
13.55 – 14.15: Azeez Saeed Haji Zaghla “Lexical Creativity in Cameroonian English”
14.15 – 14.35: Tugba Aktürk “Innovative Particle Verbs in ESL Varieties”
SFG 2040
Session chair: Anke Schulz
13.15 – 13.35: Avija Morell “Language Accommodation Strategies of Intercultural Couples Who Use English as a Lingua Franca”
13.35 – 13.55: Jennifer Elhart “Ecofeminism Through the Lens of Ecolinguistics”
13.55 – 14.15: Surayia Mostafa “Namibian English on YouTube: Investigating Pronunciation Variations, Discourse Markers, and the Presence of Regional Vocabulary”
14.15 – 14.35: Mohsen Mirzaei “The Historical Development and Linguistic Aspects of Cockney Rhyming Slang”
Sessions 14.55 – 16.15
SFG 2020
Session chair: Nick Romberg
14.55 – 15.15: Kelly Mainwaring “Age and Gender Differences in the Humor of Covid Deniers”
15.15 – 15.35: Esra Miray Bas “Collective Trauma and Wholesomeness During Covid-19: How We Evolved into Lovebugs as a Coping Mechanism”
15.35 – 15.55: Alexander Gahre “Digital Humor for All Ages: An Examination of the Psychological Categories of Humor in Memes across Generations”
15.55 – 16.15: Lorette Genot “Memes with Biological Content: Exploring the Humor’s Self-enhancing or Self-defeating Nature”
Digital: Lena Hinners “Digital humour in brand advertising: usage of memes by corporate brands”
SFG 2030
Session chair: Ekin Öz
14.55 – 15.15: Madinabonu Azimboeva “Total Reduplication in Nigerian English”
15.15 – 15.35: Zukhriddin Mukhiddinov “The Role of Technology in Lexical Expansion in World Englishes: A Study of Internet Slang and Acronyms”
15.35 – 15.55: Surayia Mostafa “Similarities and Differences in Indian English and Bangladeshi English Lexica: A Comparative Analysis”
SFG 2040
Session chair: Stephanie Bergmann
14.55 – 15.15: Tom Kleinwort “The Psychology and Politics in Tractor Memes”
15.15 – 15.35: Tomi Rehiger “The Evolution of Internet Memes”
15.35 – 15.55: Weronika Maria Kotowska & Ceren Kurt “Code-Switching in South Africa”
15.55 – 16.15: Adeyosola Oyewo “The Beauty of Nigerian English”