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 |
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| 5443 |
06VU273-501a
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from 15.09.2026
to 15.12.2026
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Di 12:15-13:45 | 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, 111–141. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.14575
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The Social Cognition Parallax Interview Corpus (SCOPIC) Project Guidelines Language Documentation & Conservation, 12, 163–237. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/74790
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Chapter 9. Are referent introductions sensitive to forward planning in discourse? In A. Barotto & S. Mattiola (Eds.), Discourse phenomena in linguistic typology (No. 227; pp. 231–268). John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.227.09sch
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Cross-linguistic patterns in the lexicalisation of bring and take Studies in Language, 46, 934–993. https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.19088.mar
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Caused accompanied motion constructions in Vera’a In B. Hellwig, A. Margetts, & S. Riesberg (Eds.), Caused accompanied motion (No. 134; pp. 243–271). John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.134.09sch
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Doing Corpus-Based Typology With Spoken Language Corpora: State of the art (Vol. 25). University of Hawai’i Press. https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/sp25/
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The role of language documentation in corpus-based typology In G. Haig, S. Schnell, & F. Seifart (Eds.), Doing Corpus-Based Typology With Spoken Language Corpora: State of the art (pp. 1–28). University of Hawai’i Press. https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/sp25/
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Crosslinguistic Corpus Studies in Linguistic Typology Annual Review of Linguistics, 8, 171–191. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-031120-104629
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A corpus study of word (root) prominence in Vera’a. In R. Billington (Ed.), Proceedings of the 18th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (pp. 211–215). ASSTA. https://sst2022.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/torres-schnell-2022-a-corpus-study-of-word-root-prominence-in-veraa.pdf
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Universals of reference in discourse and grammar: Evidence from the Multi-CAST collection of spoken corpora In G. Haig, S. Schnell, & F. Seifart (Eds.), Doing Corpus-Based Typology With Spoken Language Corpora: State of the art (pp. 141–177). University of Hawai’i Press. https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/sp25/
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Understanding corpus linguistics Routledge.
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Efficiency in discourse processing: Does morphosyntax adapt to accommodate new referents? Linguistics Vanguard, 7, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2019-0064