Stefan Schnell
PD Dr. Stefan Schnell
Senior Researcher (Oberassistent)
Distributional Linguistics Lab
Group Leader of
I am a senior researcher in the Distributional Linguistics Lab and group leader of the Corpus-Based Typology Group. In my research I investigate morphosyntactic variation in the usage of diverse languages by deploying quantitative corpus linguistic methods. The two main general goals of my work are
1. contribute to a better understanding of universal and language-specific aspects of language use and
2. elucidate the relationship between variation in language use and the distribution of linguistic structures across human languages.
Teaching
| V-Nr | Course | Start / End | Date | Lecturers | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3401 |
06SE272-517a
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from 19.02.2026
to 28.05.2026
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Do 16:15-18:00 | Stefan Schnell |
ZORA Publication List
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Publications
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Discourse ergativity and human reference in Basque Studies in Language, 49 (3), online. https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.23005.egu
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Allergen Immunotherapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Asthma Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 55(2):111-141.
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The Social Cognition Parallax Interview Corpus (SCOPIC) Project Guidelines Language Documentation & Conservation, 12:163-237.
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Chapter 9. Are referent introductions sensitive to forward planning in discourse? In: Barotto, Alessandra; Mattiola, Simone . Discourse phenomena in linguistic typology. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing, 231-268.
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Cross-linguistic patterns in the lexicalisation of bring and take Studies in Language, 46(4):934-993.
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Caused accompanied motion constructions in Vera’a In: Hellwig, Birgit; Margetts, Anna; Riesberg, Sonja . Caused accompanied motion. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing, 243-271.
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The role of language documentation in corpus-based typology In: Haig, Geoffrey; Schnell, Stefan; Seifart, Frank . Doing Corpus-Based Typology With Spoken Language Corpora: State of the art. Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.: University of Hawai'i Press, 1-28.
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Doing Corpus-Based Typology With Spoken Language Corpora: State of the art Edited by: Haig, Geoffrey; Schnell, Stefan; Seifart, Frank (2022). Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.: University of Hawai'i Press.
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Crosslinguistic Corpus Studies in Linguistic Typology Annual Review of Linguistics, 8(1):171-191.
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A corpus study of word (root) prominence in Vera'a In: Billington, Rosey . Proceedings of the 18th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology. Canberra: ASSTA, 211-215.
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Universals of reference in discourse and grammar: Evidence from the Multi-CAST collection of spoken corpora In: Haig, Geoffrey; Schnell, Stefan; Seifart, Frank . Doing Corpus-Based Typology With Spoken Language Corpora: State of the art. Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.: University of Hawai'i Press, 141-177.
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Understanding corpus linguistics New York: Routledge.