Dr. Ulrike Mosel is a professor of linguistics and head of the linguistics department at the

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...

. She has held these positions since 1995. Mosel is the co-editor and author of nine academic books, including ''Essentials of Language Documentation'' with Jost Gippert and Nikolaus Himmelmann. This book is as described as "a landmark" in the field of

Language Documentation Language documentation (also: documentary linguistics) is a subfield of linguistics which aims to describe the grammar and use of human languages. It aims to provide a comprehensive record of the linguistic practices characteristic of a given speec ...

Research

Mosel's research centers on language documentation in the Pacific, with particular focus on the languages of

Western Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); a ...

and

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. She has conducted fieldwork in

Rabaul Rabaul () is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in ...

, Western Samoa, and Bougainville.

Career

After completing her first PhD in Munich in Semitic Languages, Assyriology, and Linguistics in 1974, Mosel held assistant professor and research assistant, and research fellow positions before undertaking her second PhD in Munich in Linguistics in 1983. Since then, she has held positions at the

Australia National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

and Christian Albrechts Universität. Mosel has also served as a consultant for the government of Western Samoa

Selected publications

* 2006 Gippert, Josh, Nikolaus Himmelmmann, and Ulrike Mosel, eds. ''Essentials of Language Documentation''. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. * 1999b Hovdhaugen, Even, and Ulrike Mosel, eds. ''Negation in Oceanic languages.'' München: Lincom. * 1997 Mosel, Ulrike and Ainslie So'o. ''Say it in Samoan''. Canberra: Australian National University Press. * 1994 Saliba. München: Lincom (Sketch grammar of an Oceanic language spoken in Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province). * 1992 Hovdhaugen, Even, and Ulrike Mosel. ''Samoan Reference Grammar''. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. * 1984 ''Tolai syntax and its historical development''. Pacific Linguistics B – 73. Canberra A.N.U. Press (Habilitation Thesis). * 1980 ''Tolai and Tok Pisin. The influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin''. Pacific Linguistics B – 73. Canberra: : Australian National University Press. * 1977 'Tolai Texts, Kivung'. ''Journal of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea''. Port Moresby. * 1975 ''Die syntaktische Terminologie bei Sibawaih''. 2 Bde. Dissertation. München: Uni Fotodruck Frank, Vol.1.

References

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