Dr. Sophie von Wietersheim
Dr. Sophie von Wietersheim
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Experimental Linguist
Experimental Linguist
Coordinator of the CRC 1718,
University of Tübingen
Email: [firstname].vonwietersheim[at]uni-tuebingen.de
Tel: (+49) 7071 29-77154
Office: room 233, Hölderlinstr. 12, 72074 Tübingen
About me
About me
Hi, I am an experimental linguist, specialized in German and English syntax, adverbial clauses, structural integration, variable binding, locative inversion; always happy to plan and conduct (syntactic) experiments in order to gain reliable research data.
I am the coordinator of the CRC 1718: "Common Ground: Cognition - Grammar - Communication" at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
CV
CV
since 10/2025: Coordinator of the CRC 1718: Common Ground: Cognition - Grammar - Communication, University of Tübingen.
04-10/2025: Academic staff member at the German Department, University of Tübingen.
10/2024-02/2025: Lecturer at the German Department, University of Tübingen.
11/2022-09/2024: Parental Leave
04/2021-04/2023: Research associate at the German Department, University of Göttingen, teaching replacement for Prof. Dr. Anke Holler.
01/2021: PhD defense (summa cum laude); thesis reviewers: Prof. Dr. Sam Featherston, Prof. Dr. Katrin Axel-Tober, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sternefeld.
11/2013-01/2021: PhD in General Linguistics at the University of Tübingen; dissertation title: "The Syntactic Integration of Adverbial Clauses: Experimental Evidence from Binding and Other Anaphoric Relations".
07/2013-09/2021: Research associate at the CRC 833, project C6, University of Tübingen.
10/2011-11/2013: Master of Arts in General Linguistics at the University of Tübingen.
07/2009-06/2010: Study abroad at the University of Johannesburg/South Africa in English, Afrikaans and Zulu.
08/2007-07/2011: Bachelor of Arts in General Linguistics (major) and German (minor) at the University of Tübingen.
1988: born in Hannover.
PhD dissertation
PhD dissertation
von Wietersheim, S. (2022). The Syntactic Integration of Adverbial Clauses: Experimental Evidence from Anaphoric Relations (Studien zur deutschen Grammatik 101). Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag.
Publications
Publications
von Wietersheim, S. & S. Featherston (2019). Does structural binding correlate with degrees of functional dependence? In K. Beijering, G. Kaltenböck, & M. S. Sansiñena (eds.), Insubordination: theoretical and empirical Issues (TiLSM [Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs series]). Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 265-290.
Von Wietersheim, S. (2016). Variable binding as evidence for clausal attachment. In I. Reich & A. Speyer (eds.), Co- and subordination in German and other languages (Linguistische Berichte, Sonderheft 21). Hamburg: Buske Verlag, 319-345.
Von Wietersheim, S. & S. Featherston (2016). Violation of Principle C as Evidence for Structural Integration. In F. Pratas, S. Pereira, & C. Pinto (eds.), Coordination and Subordination: Form and Meaning – Selected papers from CSI Lisbon 2014. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 269-293.
Hörnig, R., S. Featherston, S. von Wietersheim & S. Winkler (2019). Markedness in context: An approach to licensing. In S. Featherston, R. Hörnig, S. von Wietersheim & S. Winkler (eds.), Experiments in Focus: Information Structure and Semantic Processing (Linguistische Arbeiten 571). Berlin: De Gruyter, 1-15.
Editorial work
Editorial work
Hörnig, R., S. von Wietersheim, A. Konietzko & S. Featherston (eds.) (2022). Proceedings of Linguistic Evidence 2020: Linguistic Theory Enriched by Experimental Data. Tübingen: University of Tübingen. https://publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle/10900/119301
Featherston, S., R. Hörnig, S. von Wietersheim & S. Winkler (eds.) (2019). Experiments in Focus: Information Structure and Semantic Processing. (Linguistische Arbeiten 571) Berlin: De Gruyter.
Talks and posters
Talks and posters
von Wietersheim, S. & K. Müller (March 2021). "The Syntax of Extrapropositionality", online talk at the closing conference of the SFB 833, University of Tübingen, 04-05 March 2021.
von Wietersheim, S. & V. Schreier (February 2019). "Form-Meaning Mismatches in Embedded Clause Types: Adverbial and Relative Clauses", talk at the workshop Challenges to Compositionality, Tübingen, Germany, 07-08 February 2019.
Kehl, A. & S. von Wietersheim (October 2018). "Struktur und Interpretation von (satzwertigen) Adjunkten. Bindung und Extraktion", talk at the SFB days 2018, monastery Heiligkreuztal,04-05 October 2018.
von Wietersheim, S. & S. Featherston (July 2016). "An experimental approach to adverbial clauses: CACs and PACs are different", talk at the workshop The Internal and External Syntax of Adverbial Clauses. Theoretical Implications and Consequences, ZAS Berlin, Germany, 21-23 July 2016.
von Wietersheim, S. (June 2016). "Einfluss von Generizität auf das Bindungsverhalten verschiedener Adverbialsatztypen", talk at the PhD Colloquium, SFB 833, Tübingen, Germany, 23 June 2016.
von Wietersheim, S. (June 2016). "Einfluss von Generizität auf das Bindungsverhalten verschiedener Adverbialsatztypen", talk at the Department Colloquium, German Department, University of Tübingen, Germany, 22 June 2016.
von Wietersheim, S. (February 2016). "Does structural coreference correlate with degrees of structural integration?", talk at the conference Linguistic Evidence 2016, Tübingen, Germany, 18-20 February 2016.
von Wietersheim, S. & S. Featherston (December 2015). "Subjunktionen mit sekundären Bedeutungen", talk at the workshop Nebensatzphänomene - aktuelle Kontroversen und Herausforderungen, Tübingen, Germany, 04-05 December 2015.
von Wietersheim, S. (September 2015). "Does structural coreference correlate with degrees of functional dependence?", talk at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE 2015), Leiden, The Netherlands, 02-05 September 2015.
von Wietersheim, S. (March 2015). "Binding as evidence for clausal attachment", talk at the 37. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS) (AG 5), Leipzig, Germany, 04-06 March 2015.
von Wietersheim, S. (February 2015). "Bindung als Integrationstest: Empirische Evidenz", talk at the PhD Colloquium, SFB 833, Tübingen, Germany, 12 February 2015.
von Wietersheim, S. (January 2015). "Bindung als Integrationstest: Empirische Evidenz", talk at the Department Colloquium, German Department, University of Tübingen, Germany, 21 January 2015.
von Wietersheim, S. & S. Featherston (May 2014). "Binding as evidence for clausal attachment", talk at the conference Coordination/Subordination in Lisbon (CSI Lisbon), Lisbon, Portugal, 07-09 May 2014.
von Wietersheim, S. (April 2014). "Binding as evidence for clausal attachment", talk at the PhD Colloquium, SFB 833, Tübingen, Germany, 24 April 2014.
von Wietersheim, S. (February 2014). "Binding as evidence for clausal attachment", poster at the conference Linguistic Evidence 2014, Tübingen, Germany, 12-14 February 2014.
von Wietersheim, S. (November 2013). "Sprachverständnis experimentell erfassen. Über Geschmack lässt sich streiten", talk at the Graduiertenkonferenz: Kollektion - Kreation - Kakophonie, Universität Tübingen, Germany, 23 November 2013.
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