Prof Andreas Musolff
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Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 2132 |
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Biography
Andreas Musolff read Linguistics, German and English Philology at the Universities of Dűsseldorf and London (SOAS, UCL). After finishing the first degree, he worked at a School for Disabled Children and the Volkshochschule Dűsseldorf. He obtained a PhD for work on the psycholinguistics of Karl Bűhler. Since 1990 he has been working in Britain, first at Aston University, then at Durham University and since October 2010 at UEA.
Academic Background
1983 1. Staatsexamen (University of Dűsseldorf)
1985 MA (University of Dűsseldorf)
1989 Dr. Phil. (University of Dűsseldorf)
1997 Dr. Habil. (University of Dűsseldorf)
Awards/Visiting Professorships
2009 Distinguished Visiting Fellowship, Queen Mary University of London
2004 Visiting professorship, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
1993 together with Professor Nigel Reeves, OBE: Unilever Prize for innovative language teaching
Key Research Interests
Discourse Analysis, Cognitive Linguistics, Cross-cultural Linguistics, Linguistics of German, Languages in Europe, Historical Semantics and Pragmatics, History of Linguistics.
Membership of Academic and Scholarly Associations:
Societas Linguistica Europaea (Executive Committee), Researching and Applying Metaphor, International Pragmatics Association, Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland, British Association for Applied Linguistics, Forum for Germanic Language Studies, Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas, Linguistics Association of Great Britain, Cognitive Linguistics Associations: GB (UK-CLA), Germany (DGKL), Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik, Heinrich Heine Gesellschaft Düsseldorf.
Teaching Interests
Cross-Cultural Linguistics, , Intercultural Communication, Contrastive English – German Studies,
Teaching Activities
- MA in Language, Society and Culture
- MA in Communication and Language Studies
- MA in Conflicts in Intercultural Communication
- MA in Applied Translation Studies
Article
Musolff, Andreas (2012) The study of metaphor as part of Critical Discourse Analysis. Critical Discourse Studies, 9 (3). pp. 301-310. ISSN 1740-5904
Musolff, Andreas (2012) From Teamchef Arminius to Hermann Junior: glocalised discourse about a national foundation myth. Language and Intercultural Communication, 12 (1). pp. 24-36. ISSN 1470-8477
Musolff, Andreas (2012) The Popular Image of Genocide: Adaptation and Blending of Hitler's annihilation prophecy and the parasite metaphor in Der Ewige Jude. Germanistik in Ireland: Yearbook of the German Studies Association of Ireland, 7. pp. 117-127.
Musolff, Andreas (2011) Hitler's Children Revisited: West German Terrorism and the Problem of Coming to Terms with the Nazi Past. Terrorism and Political Violence , 23 (1). pp. 60-71. ISSN 09546553
Musolff, Andreas (2011) Metaphor in political dialogue. Language and Dialogue, 1 (2). pp. 191-206.
Musolff, Andreas (2011) Migration, media and "deliberate" metaphors. metaphorik.de, 21. pp. 7-19.
Musolff, Andreas (2011) How (not) to resurrect the body politic: the racist bias in Carl Schmitt's theory of sovereignty. Patterns of Prejudice, 45 (5). pp. 453-468. ISSN 0031-322X
Musolff, Andreas (2011) German nationalist and colonial discourse: an introduction. Patterns of Prejudice, 45 (5). pp. 377-379. ISSN 0031-322X
Musolff, Andreas (2010) Hermann der Cherusker und das Internet - ein Fall für die Sprachkritik? Aptum, 6 (3). pp. 214-229. ISSN 1614905X
Musolff, Andreas (2009) Guest Editor's Preface. Journal of Germanic Linguistics, 21 (2). pp. 91-92. ISSN 14705427
Musolff, Andreas (2008) What can Critical Metaphor Analysis add to the Understanding of Racist Ideology? Recent Studies of Hitler's Antisemitic Metaphors. Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines, 2 (2). pp. 1-10. ISSN 17523079
Musolff, Andreas (2008) 'Progressive' Evolution and 'Totipotent' Stem Cells: Metaphors in British and German Debates about the Life Sciences. Iberica , 17. pp. 45-59. ISSN 11397241
Musolff, Andreas (2007) Popular science concepts and their use in creative metaphors in media discourse. metaphorik.de, 13. pp. 67-85.
Musolff, Andreas (2007) What role do metaphors play in racial prejudice? The function of antisemitic imagery in "Mein Kampf". Patterns of Prejudice. pp. 21-44. ISSN 0031-322X
Musolff, Andreas (2006) Metaphor Scenarios in Public Discourse. Metaphor and Symbol. pp. 23-38.
Musolff, Andreas (2005) Genetic information as part of the "Great Chain of Being". metaphorik.de, 8. pp. 52-70.
Musolff, Andreas (2005) Ignes fatui or apt similitude? — the apparent denunciation of metaphor by Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes Studies, 18. pp. 96-113.
Musolff, Andreas (2004) The Heart of the European Body Politic: British and German Perspectives on Europe's Central Organ. Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 25 (5-6). pp. 437-452.
Musolff, Andreas (2004) Metaphor and conceptual evolution. metaphorik.de, 7. pp. 55-75.
Musolff, Andreas, Manz, Stefan, Long, Jonathan J. and Saric, Liljana (2004) Introduction: Discourses of Intercultural Identity in Britain, Germany and Eastern Europe. Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 25 (5-6). pp. 361-368.
Musolff, Andreas (2003) Metaphernanalyse als Aspekt komparativer Diskursgeschichte. Zum Vergleich bildhaften Sprachgebrauchs. Germanistische Linguistik, 169-170. pp. 272-287.
Musolff, Andreas and Charteris-Black, Jonathan (2003) 'Battered hero' or 'innocent victim'? A comparative study of metaphors for euro trading. English for Special Purposes, 22. pp. 153-176.
Musolff, Andreas (2000) Political Imagery of Europe: a house without exit doors? Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 21 (3). pp. 216-229. ISSN 0143-4632
Book Section
Musolff, Andreas (2012) Die RAF als "Hitler's children" - Öffentlicher Terrorismusdiskurs und "Vergangenheitsbewältigung". In: 1968. Eine sprachwissenschaftliche Zwischenbilanz. Sprache Und Wissen . De Gruyter, pp. 399-414. ISBN 978-3110254716
Musolff, Andreas (2012) Cultural Differences in the understanding of the metaphor of the "Body Politic". In: Cognition and Culture. The Role of Metaphor and Metonymy. Eötvös University Press, pp. 145-153.
Musolff, Andreas (2012) Immigrants and Parasites: The History of a Bio-Social Metaphor. In: Migrations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Springer, pp. 249-258. ISBN 978-3-7091-0949-6
Musolff, Andreas (2012) "Progressive" Evolution und "totipotente Stammzellen" - Metaphern in deutschen und britischen Debatten über die "Biowissenschaften". In: Sprachstrategien und Kommunikationsbarrieren. Zur Rolle und Funktion von Sprache in bioethischen Diskursen. Sprache Politik Gesellschaft (5). Hempen Verlag, pp. 159-174. ISBN 978-3934106963
Musolff, Andreas (2011) Health and Illness of the Leviathan. Hobbes’s Use of the Commonplace Metaphor of the Body Politic. In: Commonplace Culture in Western Europe in the Early Modern Period, vol. 2: Consolidation of God-given power. Peeters, Leuven.
Musolff, Andreas (2011) Politische Sprachkritik und kognitive Metapherntheorie. Neuere Analysen nationalsozialistischer Rhetorik. In: Sprachkritik und Sprachkultur. Konzepte und Impulse für Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit. Hempen Verlag, Bremen.
Musolff, Andreas (2011) Metaphorische Parasiten und „parasitäre“ Metaphern: Semantische Wechselwirkungen zwischen politischem und naturwissenschaftlichem Vokabular. In: Metaphern und Gesellschaft. Die Bedeutung der Orientierung durch Metaphern. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden.
Musolff, Andreas and Daalder, S (2011) Foundations of pragmatics in functional linguistics. In: Foundations of Pragmatics. W. de Gruyter, Berlin/New York.
Musolff, Andreas and al-Zuweiri, A (2011) The milestone metaphor: CNN and al-Jazeera Discourse on the Iraq War. In: The New Arab Media. Technology, Image and Perception. Ithaca Press, Reading.
Musolff, Andreas (2010) Introduction. In: Contesting Europe's Eastern Rim: Cultural Identities in Public Discourse. Multilingual Matters, xi-xxv. ISBN 9781847693242
Musolff, Andreas (2010) The Eternal Outsider? Scenarios of Turkish Ambitions to join the European Union in the German Press. In: Contesting Europe's Eastern Rim: Cultural Identities in Public Discourse. Multilingual Matters, Bristol, pp. 157-172. ISBN 9781847693242
Musolff, Andreas (2010) Political metaphor and bodies politic. In: Perspectives in Politics and Discourse. Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia.
Musolff, Andreas (2010) Metaphor in discourse history. In: Historical Cognitive Linguistics. De Gruyter Mouton, New York.
Musolff, Andreas (2009) Metaphor in the History of Ideas and Discourses: a medieval version of the Body-State Analogy. In: Metaphor and Discourse. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 233-247. ISBN 9780230537309
Musolff, Andreas (2009) Love, Parenthood and Gender in the European Family: The British Perspective. In: Europa - Stier und Sternenkranz. Von der Union mit Zeus zum Staatenverbund. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , pp. 536-548. ISBN 9783899715668
Musolff, Andreas and Zinken , Jorg (2009) A Discourse-centred Perspective on Metaphorical Meaning and Understanding. In: Metaphor and Discourse. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9780230537309
Musolff, Andreas (2008) The Embodiment of Europe: How do Metaphors Evolve? In: Body, Language and Mind, Vol 2: Sociocultural Situatedness. Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 301-326. ISBN 9783110196184
Musolff, Andreas (2008) Are Shared Metaphors the Same? English and German Body Imagery in Comparison and Contrast. In: Anglo-German Linguistic Relations. Peter Lang, pp. 33-52. ISBN 9783039116560
Musolff, Andreas (2007) Is there such a Thing as Discourse History? The Case of Metaphor. In: Cognitive Linguistics in Critical Discourse Analysis: Application and Theory. Cambridge Scholars, pp. 1-27.
Musolff, Andreas (2006) Bürgerkriegs-Szenarios und ihre Folgen: Die Terrorismusdebatte in der Bundesrepublik 1970-1993. In: Die RAF und der linke Terrorismus. Hamburger Edition, pp. 1171-1184.
Musolff, Andreas (2006) Terrorismus im öffentlichen Diskurs der BRD: Seine Deutung als Kriegsgeschehen und die Folgen. In: Terrorismus in der Bundesrepublik. Medien, Staat und Subkulturen in den 1970er Jahren. Campus, pp. 302-319.
Musolff, Andreas (2005) Brisante Metaphern. Zur argumentativen Funktion von Krankheitsmetaphorik im öffentlichen Diskurs. In: Brisante Semantik. Niemeyer, pp. 309-322.
Musolff, Andreas (2003) Cross-language metaphors: Conceptual or pragmatic variation? In: Meaning through Language Contrast. Benjamins.
Musolff, Andreas (2003) Ideological functions of metaphor: the conceptual metaphors of health and illness in public discours. In: Cognitive Models in Language and Thought. Ideology, Metaphors and Meanings. Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 327-352.
Book
Musolff, Andreas (2012) Cognition and Culture. The Role of Metaphor and Metonymy. Eötvös University Press.
Musolff, Andreas, Saric, Ljiljana, Manz, Stefan and Hudabiunigg, Ingrid, eds. (2010) Contesting Europes's Eastern Rim: Cultural Identities in Public Discourse. Multilingual Matters. ISBN 9781847693242
Musolff, Andreas (2010) Metaphor, Nation and the Holocaust: The Concept of the Body Politic. Routledge. ISBN 9780415801195
Musolff, Andreas and Zinken, Jorg (2009) Metaphor and Discourse. Palgrave Macmillan . ISBN 9780230537309
Musolff, Andreas (2004) Metaphor and Political Discourse. Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe. Palgrave-Macmillan.
