Research

The Chair of German Linguistics of Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Harnisch focuses on the research of language areas and names. For example, a joint initiative between the University of Passau and the Bavarian State Library fills the online portal "Bavarian Dialect Atlas" with data from various dialect regions in Bavaria, Germany.

INTERREG-Project - Starting in Tradition

Laying the groundwork for a bilingual app and new teaching resources: The Universities of Passau and Southern Bohemia attend to the linguistic and literary heritage of the border region in a co-operative INTERREG project to break down barriers to educational synergies.

Typology and Theory of Remotivation

Do German butterflies fold lemons? One of the things Professor Rüdiger Harnisch examines in this project is why utterances are loaded with additional meaning. The German Research Foundation is funding the project ‘Typology and theory of remotivation’ of the Chair of German Language, which is held by Professor Rüdiger Harnisch.

Research Training Group: Privacy and Digitalisation

How do Social Media, Big Data and digital tracking change the definition of privacy? The Research Training Group 1681 "Privacy" of the University of Passau - funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) - financed early career researchers working on fields related to privacy and digitalisation.