Personal Profile and CV

CV

Lotte Sommerer is a researcher in the field of English linguistics. After studying English and German at the University of Vienna and Toronto, she defended her PhD thesis on nominal determination and article emergence in Old English in 2011 at the University of Vienna. After holding a ph2 professorship at the Kirchlich-Pädagogische Hochschule Wien/Krems from 2013 to 2016, she returned to the University of Vienna and was a member of the English Department from 2016 to 2021.

From March 2021 to September 2024 she was working as an assistant professor at the English Department of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität of Freiburg. There she recieved her Venia Legendi (Habilitation) in July 2022. Since 1st of October 2024 she is a full professor (chair) of English Linguistics at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU).

 

EDUCATION

2022 Habilitation (Priv.-Doz.)

Habilitation thesis: Non-canonical Noun Phrases in English: Past and Present

 Venia Legendi | University of Freiburg
2011 Dr. phil. (PhD)

PhD thesis: Old English se: from demonstrative to article: A usage-based study of nominal determination and category emergence

 English Language and Linguistics | University of Vienna
2005 Mag. phil. (M.A.)

MA thesis: Learnability of Syntax ‒ An Evolutionary Approach

 English Language and Linguistics | University of Vienna
2003 – 2004 Joint Study University of Toronto
1999 – 2005 English and German Studies University of Vienna

 

EMPLOYMENT

Since 01.10.2024 Chair of English Linguistics English Department | FAU
03.2021–09.2024 Post-doc (Akademische Rätin a.Z.) English Department | University of Freiburg
2016–2021 Post-doc (Universitätsassistentin) Department of English | University of Vienna
2008–2016 Lecturer & ph2 Professor (from 04.2013, full time) University College of Teacher Education Vienna/Krems
2009–2013, 2007 – 2008, 2006 Pre-doc (Universitätsassistentin in Ausbildung) Department of English | University of Vienna