Ralf
Thiede, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Education
Ph.D. University of Missouri – Columbia, 1990
M.A. University of Missouri – Columbia, 1984
Areas of Interest
Linguistics (syntax, history, cognition and linguistics, language acquisition and learning), Medieval Literature.
Currently working on a systematic classification of English grammar by structure and function based on historical developments.
Selected Publications
Davis, Boyd, and Ralf Thiede. 2000. Writing into Change: Style Shifting in Asynchronous Electronic Discourse. Ch. 5 of Network-Based Language Teaching: Con¬cepts and Practice, ed. Mark Warschauer and Richard Kern. Cambride: Cambridge University Press.
Thiede, Ralf. 2006. Lexical Classification and Pragmatic Licensing of Mandarin BA. Southern Journal of Linguistics 27.1/2 (2003): 1-38.
Courses Taught:
Undergraduate
* ENGL 3050 Topics: Computers and Language, Psycholinguistics
* ENGL 3132 Introduction to Contemporary American English
* ENGL 4050 Topics: Medieval British Literature
* ENGL 4161 Modern English Grammar
* ENGL 4166 Comparative Language Studies for Teachers (no longer offered)
* ENGL 4167 The Mind and Language
* ENGL 4211 Chaucer
* various independent studies
Graduate
* ENGL 6070 Topics: Grammar and Etymology, Grammar for Teachers, Linguistics and Language Learning
* ENGL 6160 Introduction to the English Language
* ENGL 6161 Introduction to Linguistics
* ENGL 6163 Language Acquisition
* EDCI 8020 Topics in English Education
* various directed readings
Professional Appointments
Faculty Appointments:
* UNC Charlotte since 1990
* National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan (1992-93)
* Occasional appointments at the University of Ludwigsburg, Germany
Editorial Appointments:
Editor of the Southern Journal of Linguistics 1999-2006
Administrative Appointments:
Director of Undergraduate Advising, Dept. of English (2005-present)
Community Service
Vice President, Congregation Havurat Olam, Concord (2007-2009)
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