Neal R. Norrick
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Neal R. Norrick is an American linguist, emigrated to Germany as part of his academic activity. He currently holds the chair of English Philology (Linguistics) at Saarland University
in Saarbrücken, Germany. Neal Norrick has become in the last two decades an important personality in functional linguistics, for his pioneering works about humor and poetics
of the interaction
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He came to Saarbrücken from Northern Illinois University
, where he was Professor for Linguistics and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English. He has taught English Linguistics at the Universities of Würzburg, Kassel, Hamburg, Braunschweig and Regensburg, where he received his doctorate in General Linguistics in 1978.
His research specializations in linguistics
include conversational narrative, verbal humor, and Tellability. He authored the first monograph on humor in conversation.
In recent years, Professor Norrick has focused his research on spoken language, with particular interests in the role of the listener in conversational interaction.
Professor Norrick is a Co-Editor of the Journal of Pragmatics
, and serves on the advisory boards of the journals Text&Talk, Humor, International Review of Pragmatics, and Discourse Processes.
Saarland University
Saarland University is a university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland, and Homburg. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in 8 faculties that cover all major fields of science...
in Saarbrücken, Germany. Neal Norrick has become in the last two decades an important personality in functional linguistics, for his pioneering works about humor and poetics
Poetics
Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest-surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory...
of the interaction
Interactional linguistics
Interactional linguistics is a recent interdisciplinary approach to grammar and interaction in the fields of linguistics, the sociology of language, and anthropology...
.
He came to Saarbrücken from Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P...
, where he was Professor for Linguistics and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English. He has taught English Linguistics at the Universities of Würzburg, Kassel, Hamburg, Braunschweig and Regensburg, where he received his doctorate in General Linguistics in 1978.
His research specializations in linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
include conversational narrative, verbal humor, and Tellability. He authored the first monograph on humor in conversation.
In recent years, Professor Norrick has focused his research on spoken language, with particular interests in the role of the listener in conversational interaction.
Professor Norrick is a Co-Editor of the Journal of Pragmatics
Journal of Pragmatics
The Journal of Pragmatics is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier. The Journal of Pragmatics was established in 1977 by Jacob L. Mey and Hartmut Haberland . The journal has an impact factor of 0.798. The editors in chief are Jonathan Culpeper and Neal R. Norrick ....
, and serves on the advisory boards of the journals Text&Talk, Humor, International Review of Pragmatics, and Discourse Processes.