Dr. Petra Steiner

(Ehemalige Mitarbeiterin)

Funktion

  • Wissenschaftliche Angestellte im Programmbereich "Forschungsinfrastrukturen" in der Zentralen Forschung

Aufgaben

  • Morphologist and computational linguist in the DFG-funded project "Ressourcen-intensive und Daten-intensive Methoden für Robuste Feinkörnige Sentiment-Analyse".

Zur Person

  • Born in Berlin, country-bred in South-Western Germany
  • M.A. in Computational Linguistics/Quantitative Linguistics and Psychology at the University of Trier
  • PhD 2002 in English language and literature, German language and literature and Psychology at the Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster
  • DAAD-Postdoc scholarship 2002/2003 at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) in Berkeley, CA
  • Some other stays in England and Poland
  • Research assistant at the Universität Erfurt
  • 2009/10 Adjunct Professor at the University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg VA
  • Deputy professorships in Paderborn, Rostock and Chemnitz

Forschungsinteressen

  • Quantitative Linguistics and text technology
  • Morphology
  • Valency Grammar and Frame Semantics
  • Varieties of the former GDR (from secret service to dissidents)
  • Volunteering: Teaching German to refugees