CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal details name Helga Schröder, Ph.D. date of birth 24th January 1952 nationality German marital status married with three children current position Senior Lecturer at the Department of Linguistics and Languages of the University of Nairobi, Kenya

Contact details postal address PO-Box 590, 00621 Nairobi residential address 234 Ruaka Close, Runda Estate, Nairobi phone 00254 – 20 – 7120805 mobile +254 – 734 – 343452 email

Academic qualifications Ph.D. (Nairobi, 2004) M.A. (Reading/UK, 1994) Diploma in Biblical Studies and Advanced Diploma in Mission Studies (Christchurch/UK, 1980) Teacher Training Certificate [Staatsexamen II,] (Oberhausen/Germany, 1977) M.A. [Staatsexamen I] in education, history, philosophy (Cologne/Germany, 1976)

Specialities and areas of research Morpho-syntax –discourse interface Pragmatics Relevance Theory/Lexical Pragmatics Intercultural communication VSO languages Chomsky’s Minimalist Program for African Languages Ergativity in Africa, ergative origins of Nilotic languages Clause-chaining in Nilotic languages

1 Education 1962 – 1970 Gymnasium (high school) in Cologne-Mühlheim (languages: English 9 yrs, Latin 5 yrs (great 'Latinum'), French 3 yrs,), graduated with Reifeprüfung/Abitur (equivalent to British A-level exams in 4 major subjects [German, English, Mathematics and Social Science]) 1958 – 1962 Primary school (Cologne/Germany).

Teaching experience May 2007 up to now teaching linguistics at the department of Linguistics and Languages Nov 2002 till May 2007 part-time lecturer at the University of Nairobi for M.A. in German studies and M.A. in Linguistics Jan 1992 – July 1998 taught linguistics and translation theory in the Translator's Degree Program at Pan African Christian College (PACC) in Nairobi, and at Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST) [except for academic year mid-93 to mid-94] Jul – Sep 1985 taught grammar (morpho-syntax) at German SIL-school

Subjects taught

University of Nairobi: Postgraduate: Syntax, Morphology, Grammatical Theories, Semantics and Pragmatics; General Linguistics, Discourse and Sociolinguistics in German Studies, History of Germany, Discourse in Translation Undergraduate: Advanced Linguistics: Government and Binding, 4th year, Intercultural communication 4th year

Pan African Christian College (now: Pan African Christian University) Undergraduate: Phonology, Syntax, Discourse, Semantics, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Introduction to Linguistics

Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (now AIU African International University) Postgraduate: Morpho-Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse

2 Research 1982 – 1989 linguistic and anthropological research and literacy work among the Toposa of (Apr 1982 - Sep 1984 in Riwoto/Toposa, Mar 1986 - May 1988 among Toposa refugees in Juba, and Jun 1988 - Jun 1990 as a displaced project in Kenya)

Supervisions

Ph.D. Supervisions Justine Sikuku Syntactic patterns of anaphoric relations Lubukusu: Representation and Interpretation in a Minimalist Perspective. (completed 2011.) Prisca Jerono The Tugen Sentence: A Minimalist approach. (Handed in 15th of July 2011, completed 2011) Basilio Mungania Word order in Kiswahili, A Minimalist approach. (Since 2009 ongoing) Silvano Murithi Ndigwa Syntax-pragmatics interface: A case study of Gichuka. The Minimalist Program and Relevance Theory perspective. (Since 2011, ongoing.) Daniel Onyango Metaphors and culture in the political discourse of the Luo of Kenya (Since February 2013) M.A. Project Supervisions Ngoge Tabley Amos A theoretical Analysis of implicatures of idioms in a spontaneous communication in market in Ekegusii. A Relevance-theoretic approach. Nairobi 2012. David Barasa Tense and Aspect in Ateso – The Minimalist Approach, Nairobi 2012. Florence Wangui Mithamo Mismatches in Translating figurative language: A semantic-pragmatic problem of metaphors, Nairobi 2012. Jonyo Silas Otieno Politics of Identity and Ideology. Political Oratory of Raila Odinga and the Manifesto of the Orange Democratic Movement. A CDA Approach, Nairobi 2012. Mwangi George Waweru A lexical functional analysis of pronominalisation in the Kikuyu Language, Nairobi 2012. Muniafu Mulemia Mulongo A Relevance-theoretic analysis of Lubukusu Metaphors, Nairobi, 2012. Francis Onyango Morphosyntactic verb inflections for tense and aspect in Igikuria, Nairobi 2012. Ruth Ouko Pragmatics of Infosuasion in religious discourse in the Kenyan Electronic Media, Nairobi 2012.

3 Doris Mutio Mutisya Analysis of the most frequent mistakes in simultaneous interpretation and why they occur. Nairobi 2011. Theophan Marube Obaiga Intratextual syntactic and lexical inconsistencies in French into English translation. A case study of the African charter for public service. Nairobi 2011. Ramndani Aziz Machine translation of embedded clauses. English>French. Nairobi, 2011. Stephen Sila Kilyungi Syntactic Interpretation & Representation of Reflexity in Kikamba. A Minimalist Approach. Nairobi, 2011. Irungu Jane Wambui The role of explicatures and Implicatures in Advertising Discourse. A comparison between English and Gikuyu using Relevance Theory. Nairobi, 2011. Njuguna Zipporah Wambui Stereotyping in Gikuyu. A Lexical Pragmatic Approach. Nairobi, 2010. Njimu Purity Njeri Lexical Adjustments of Sports Language in three Kenyan Newspapers. Nairobi, 2010. Anyim Nancy Achieng Sense relations in : A Lexical Pragmatic Approach. Nairobi, 2010. Njura Gerald Topic and Focus in Dholuo Narrative texts. Nairobi, 2009. Munga Catherine Sense relations in Gikuyu: A Lexical Pragmatic Approach. Nairobi, 2009. Muchiri Anne The Communicative Effectiveness of Text Messaging as a modern medium of communication. Nairobi, 2009. Myuku Jacinta Akinyi Language-mixing in the Language of Advertising. A case study of Commercial Banks and mobile telecommunication firms in Kenya. Nairobi, 2009. Erick Odero Tense and Aspect in Ekegusii. A Minimalist Analysis. Nairobi, 2008. Linda Mang’eli Nabwire The use of “Change” and “Majimbo” as political con- cepts during the 2007 General Election in Kenya. Nairobi, 2008. Silvano Murithi Ndigwa Empty Categories in the Gichuka: A Government and Binding Perspective. Nairobi, 2008. Pauline Gathoni Mbugua Verbal derivation in Maasai. A Minimalist Approach. Nairobi, 2008. Anne Ndunge Nzioka A Minimalist Analysis of Kikamba Tense and Aspect. Nairobi, 2007. Marianne K. Munyao The Morpho-Syntax of Kikamba Verb Derivations: A Minimalist Approach. Nairobi, 2006. Monica Odhiambo Ergativity in Dholuo: A Comparative Study with Shilluk and Pari. Nairobi, 2006. Silvia Koki Prototypes in Kikamba: Studies in the Prototype Theory. Nairobi, 2006.

4 Caroline Wamucii Mbuthia Das Bild der Frau in kenianischer und deutscher Literatur in der Moderne. MA Project in German Studies, Nairobi, 2006. Meshack Muendo Zeitbilder in interkulturellen Interaktionen. Nairobi, 2006. Mary Oichoe Ulinganishi wa Kirai Tenzi cha ks na ek Kimofosintaksia: Mtazamo wa Uminimalisti. Nairobi, 2005. Rukiya Swaleh Mofosintaksia ya Kishazi cha Kitikuu: Mtazamo wa Uminimalisti. Nairobi, 2005. Norbert Basweti A Morpho-syntactic Analysis of Agreement in Ekegusii in the Minimalist Program. Nairobi 2005. Rose Atieno A Morphosyntactic Analysis of Dholuo Coordinate and Subordinate Complex Sentences. Nairobi, 2004. Njoroge Gachomo Tense, Aspect, Mood- Morpho-syntactic Verb Inflections in Kikuyu. Nairobi 2004 Everlyn Olouch A Morphosyntactic Analysis of Mood in Dholuo: The Minimalist Approach. Nairobi, 2004. Bruno Odawa Tone in Dholuo: An Autosegmental Approach. Nairobi, 2004. James Orao Das Keniabild in der deutschen Presse, eine Inhalts- analyse der überregionalen deutschen Zeitungen. M.A. Project German Studies, Nairobi, 2004. James Ikobwa Meinungsbildungsprozesse in kenianischen und deutschen Medien. Aspekte der politischen Berichterstattungen über die Wahlkämpfe 2002 in Kenia und in Deutschland mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Leitartikel und den Karikaturen ausgewählter Zeitungen. M.A. Project in German Studies, Nairobi, 2004. Lydia Kinyatti Language as a tool of abuse against women: The case of the language of matatu touts and university students in Nairobi. Nairobi, 2003. Elizabeth A. Ochola A morpho-syntactic analysis of the Dholuo verbal system. Nairobi, 2003.

Conferences/Symposia attended 27th Jul – 3rd Aug 1997 2nd World Congress of African Linguistics, Leipzig/ Germany. 25th – 27th Jul 2002 Workshop on Nilotic Languages at the University of Leipzig/Germany. 17th – 22nd Jun 2003 4th World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL) in New Jersey/USA. 27th Aug 2003 1st Linguistics Symposium of the Department of Linguistics and Languages at the University of Nairobi, on Linguistics in Africa. 16th – 19th Feb 2004 9th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, at the University of Khartoum/Sudan.

5 17th – 18th Mar 2005 DAAD Conference on Across Borders: Benefiting from Cultural Differences, University of Nairobi. 21st – 22nd Sep 2005 2nd Linguistics Symposium of the Department of Lin- guistics and Languages at the University of Nairobi, on Exploring the Linguistics of African Languages. 9th – 11th Dec 2005 Conference on Innovations and Reproductions in Cultures and Societies (IRICS) in Vienna/Austria. 17th – 19th May 2006 International Conference on Africa, Globalisation and Justice, at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Centre for Social Justice and Ethics, Nairobi. 7th – 11th Aug 2006 5th World Congress of African Linguistics on African Linguistics (WOCAL) on The Age of Globalization, in Addis Ababa/. 21st – 24th Aug 2007 10th Nilo-Saharan-Colloquium, Paris/France. 17th – 18th June 2008 Interpreting for Relevance: Discourse and Translation (Conference 4), in Kazimierz-Dolny, Poland. 17th – 21st Aug 2009 World Congress of African Linguistics. African Linguistics for Understanding and Progress. (WOCAL 6). Cologne. Germany. 16th -20th Aug 2010 SIL Global Linguistics Forum. Vajta. Hungary. 2nd to 4th Dec. 2011 Challenges in Nilotic Languages and More, Phonology, Morphology and Syntax. Kyoto, Japan. 14th to 16th March 2012 EPICS V: Intercultural, cognitive & social pragmatics. Seville, Spain. 26th to 28th May 2012 6th Lodz Symposium. New developments in linguistic pragmatics. Lodz, Poland. 20th to 24th Aug 2012 WOCAL 7. Language description, education, and the preservation of cultural heritage in Africa. Buea, Cameroon. 25th to 26th Sep 2012 IfRC 2012. Interpreting for relevance: Discourse and Translation. Warsaw, Poland.

6 Conferences/Symposia organised 1st Linguistics Symposium of the Department of Linguistics and African Languages at the University of Nairobi on Linguistics in Africa, held 27th Aug 2003 in Nairobi. [Organised myself] DAAD Conference on Across Borders: Benefiting from Cultural Differences, held at the University of Nairobi on 17th – 18th Mar 2005. [Member of the organising committee] 2nd Linguistics Symposium of the Department of Linguistics and African Languages at the University of Nairobi on Exploring the Linguistics of African Languages, held 21st – 22nd Sep 2005 in Nairobi [Chairman of the organising committee]

Workshops/Consultancies Conducted a series of workshops for SIL-International entitled From Morphology to Discourse in Nilotic and Surmic Languages, and Nuba Mountain Languages (2 weeks each): Apr 2002 Kitale, Kenya Apr 2003 Entebbe, Uganda Aug 2003 Entebbe, Uganda Apr 2004 Entebbe, Uganda Aug 2004 Entebbe, Uganda Dec 2004 Karthoum, Sudan Apr 2005 Entebbe, Uganda Sep 2005 Entebbe, Uganda Aug 2007 Juba, Southern Sudan Dec 2008 Karthoum, Sudan Oct 2010 Bunia/ DRC Sep 2011 Bunia/DRC These workshops included consultancies for the Sudan Branch of SIL-International on various languages of Southern and Northern Sudan. The last two were consultancy for the Eastern Congo Group of SIL-International. I was the chief academic consultant.

Seminars conducted (all at the University of Nairobi) 3rd Mar 2004 Ergativity in Nilotic 4th, 11th, and 18th Jan 2006 Relevance Theory: A cognitive-pragmatic theory proposed by Wilson & Sperber (1995, 2004). 12th Apr 2006, 3rd and 10th May 2006 Introduction to Chomsky’s Minimalist Program (1993/1995), with examples from African Languages. 25th May 2007 Antipassive in Nilotic languages, together with Prisca Jerono 5th Dec. 2012 Workshop on passive in Southern and (other Nilotic languages).

7 Seminars organized (all at the University of Nairobi) 27th Jun 2007 Dr. Habwe: Honorifics in Kiswahili. 25th Oct 2007 Professor Kithaka Mberia: Survival and death among African languages in the 21st century. 21st Nov 2007 Iribe Mwangi: An application of NGP and APT to vowel harmony in Standard Kiswahili. 23rd Apr 2008 Prof. Okoth: A stylistic appreciation of Mwenda Mbatiahs “Vipaynya vya Maabara”. 28th May 2008 Maloba: The biblical language dilemma, the competing interests of English vs. Lubukusu. 4th of Mar 2009 Dr. Tom Olali: Venerating the Prophet through Performance. 6th May 2009 Prof. Tabaan: African Indigenous Gods and their Areas of Worship. 16th Dec 2009 Dr. Michael Marlo: Typological differences in Luyia verbal tone systems. 29th Sep 2010 Dr. Buregeya: Statics for testing hypotheses in language studies. 23rd Feb 2011 Prof. Monika Kopytoska: News discourse and Representation- a critical discourse analysis perspective. 12th May 2011 Roel Coeseman: Representations and Ideology in (inter) national press coverage of Kenya’s post election crisis. A pragmatic analysis of language use In American, British and Kenyan newspapers. 20th Feb 2013 The (Un) translatability of African literature into German, Problems and Perspectives

Responsibilities Assistant Editor of Occasional Papers in Language and Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Nairobi, now Journal of Language and Linguistics, University of Nairobi. Seminar Coordinator in the Department of Linguistics and African languages, University of Nairobi. Assistant Postgraduate Coordinator 2005-2009. Postgraduate Coordinator 2009 up to now.

8 Co-editing of research publications Buregeya, F. & H. Schröder (eds.) 2004. Occasional Papers in Language and Linguistics 2, Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Nairobi. Buregeya, F. & H. Schröder (eds.) 2007. Occasional Papers in Language and Linguistics 3, Department of Linguistics and African Languages. University of Nairobi. Buregeya F. & H. Schröder (eds.) 2010. Journal of Language and Linguistics 1. Department of Linguistics and Languages. University of Nairobi.

External examinations 2003 – 2006 German Studies for Kagumo College 2005 – 2007 German Studies for the University of Zanzibar 2005 – 2007 German Studies for Strathmore University

M.A. Thesis Helen Kailiti The Contextualisation of Lexical Items in Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God. Kenyatta University, 2010.

M.Phil. Theses Elisabeth N. Khaemba Pro-drop in Lubukusu: A Government and Binding Approach. Moi University, 2006. Everlyne Onkwani A morpho-phonemic study of Ekegusii nominal derivation and pluralisation. Moi University, 2010.

Theses Schröder, Helga. 1976. Die zeitgenössische Rezeption von Fröbels Kindergartenidee in der Lehrerschaft. (M.A. thesis, unpublished manuscript, Department of Education Science, University of Cologne/Germany). Schröder, Helga. 1994. The Toposa Verb Phrase: A Government and Binding Approach to a Verb-Initial Language. (M.A. thesis, unpublished manuscript, Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading/UK). Schröder, Helga. 2002. Word Order in Toposa: An aspect of multiple feature-checking. (Ph.D. thesis, University of Nairobi.) [Published as book in 2008, see below.]

9 Publications

Publications for SIL-International (Literacy Material) Schröder, Helga. 1988a. Kisyau nyakimar. (Learn to read). Toposa Alphabet Book. Trial edition. Juba: SIL/IRL. (Second revised edition 1995 by Martin C. Schröder, Nairobi: SIL). Schröder, Helga. 1988b. Kimar Ngatoposa. (Read Toposa). Toposa Primer. Trial edition. Juba: SIL/IRL. (Second revised edition 1994 by Martin C. Schröder, Nairobi: SIL). Schröder, Helga. 1988c. Nyekokor ka nyakolong. (Chicken and Sun). Toposa Reader I. Trial edition. Juba: SIL/IRL. (Second revised edition 1994 by Martin C. Schröder, Nairobi: SIL). Schröder, Helga. 1988d. Teachers' Handbook - Toposa literacy. Nyabuk ka ngiketatamak - Nyakimar ka nyakigir ka Ngatoposa (Teachers' book - Reading and Writing Toposa). Juba: SIL/IRL. (Second revised edition 1995 by Martin C. Schröder, Nairobi: SIL).

Books Schröder, Helga. 2008. Word Order in Toposa: An Aspect of Multiple Feature-Checking. SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics 142.

Articles Schröder, Helga & Martin C. Schröder. 1986. "The Toposa Verb." OPSL 5:1-47. Schröder, Martin C. & Helga Schröder. 1987a. "Voiceless vowels in Toposa." Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere. Schriftenreihe des Kölner Instituts für Afrikanistik, 12:17-26. Schröder, Helga & Martin C. Schröder. 1987b. "Vowel harmony in Toposa." Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere. Schriftenreihe des Kölner Instituts für Afrikanistik, 12:27-35. Schröder, Helga. 2004a. “Inflection in Toposa: A VSO language in morpho-syntactic theory.” Occasional Papers in Language and Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Nairobi, 2: 1-16. [Paper originally presented at the 1st Linguistics Symposium on Linguistics in Africa, at the University of Nairobi, 27th Aug 2003.] Schröder, Helga. 2004b. “The relevance of verbal morphology in Toposa discourse.” Proceedings of 4th World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL), at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 17th – 22nd June 2003, pp. 319-336. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. Schröder, Helga. 2005. “Do we speak the same language?” Published in the Proceedings of the DAAD Conference 2005 on Across Borders: Benefiting from Cultural Differences in Nairobi, 17th – 18th March 2005, pp. 64-76. Schröder, Helga. 2006. “Antipassive and ergativity in Western Nilotic and Surmic.” Annual Publications in African Linguistics 4: 91-110. Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität Köln. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe. [Paper originally presented at the 5th World Congress of African Linguistics on African Linguistics on The Age of Globalization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7th – 11th Aug 2006.]

10 Schröder, Helga. 2010. “Do high-context cultures prefer implicatures?” In Relevance Studies in Poland. Exploring translation and communication problems. Edited by M. Kisilewska, Krysiuk A, A. Piskorska & E. Walaszewska. Vol. 3: 152-165. Warsaw: Warsaw University Press. Schröder, Helga. 2012a “A Relevance Theory analysis of intercultural communication.” Journal of Language and Linguistics, vol 2. Department of Linguistics and Languages, University of Nairobi, 42-62. Schröder, Helga. 2012b. “Incorporated subject pronouns in word order typology.” In Brenzinger M. & Fehn A.-M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 6th World Congress of African Linguistics. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe. 202-213. Ochoki Beatrice & Schröder, Helga (2012). “The covert language in Kenyan Hip Hop lyrics”. In LLP, VOL. 8, Issue 2: 233-264. Eds: Chilton Paul & Monika Kopytowska. Berlin: DeGruyter. Kihara, Patrick & Schröder, Helga (2012). “A relevance-theoretical analysis of aspects of Mchongoano. In: The University of Nairobi Journal of Language and Linguistics . Vol. 2: 43-78.

Publications in preparation Schröder, Helga & Purity Njimu. In preparation. “Lexical adjustments In Kenyan Sports Newspaper Writing.” To appear in Journal of Language and Linguistics, vol. 2. Department of Linguistics and Languages, University of Nairobi. Schröder, Helga. The procedures of clause-chaining. Schröder, Helga. Clause-chaining in Nilotic languages. Schröder, Passive in Nilotic languages.

Book reviews Orwenjo, Daniel Ochieng. 2009. Lexical Innovation in Child Language Acquisition. Orientalische Literaturzeitung. Helga Schröder, 105 (2010) 6: 797-801. Mietzner, Angelika. 2009. Räumliche Orientierung in nilotischen Sprachen. Helga Schröder. Africa online. 2011, 6, 14. Online access.

Papers presented at conferences/symposia Schröder, Helga. Ergativity in Toposa, an Eastern Nilotic language. Paper presented at the 2nd World Congress of African Linguistics. Leipzig/Germany, 27th July – 3rd August 1997. [Unpublished.] Schröder, Helga. Syntactic and discourse features in Eastern Nilotic. Paper presented at the Workshop on Nilotic Languages in Leipzig/Germany, 25th – 27th July 2002. [Unpublished.] Schröder, Helga. The Relevance of verbal morphology in Toposa discourse. Paper presented at the 4th World Congress of African Linguistics, at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 17th – 22nd June 2003. [Published in the Proceedings in 2004, see above.] Schröder, Helga. Inflection in Toposa, A VSO Language in morpho-syntactic theory. Paper presented at the 1st Linguistics Symposium on Linguistics in Africa, at the

11 University of Nairobi, 27th August 2003. [Published in Occasional Papers in Language and Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Nairobi, 2: 1-16 in 2004.] Schröder, Helga. The sequential in Toposa. Paper presented at the 9th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Conference in Karthoum, 16th – 19th February 2004. Schröder, Helga. Do we speak the same language? Paper presented at the DAAD Conference on Across Borders: Benefiting from Cultural Differences. University of Nairobi. 17th – 18th March 2005. [Published in the Proceedings in 2005.] Schröder, Helga. The role of language for building assumptions in the human mind. Paper presented at the 2nd Linguistics Symposium of the Department of Linguistics and Languages at the University of Nairobi on Exploring the Linguistics of African Languages, Nairobi, 21st – 22nd September 2005 in Nairobi. [Reworked and presented as Integration or disintegration of global information for innovation: An intercultural perspective at IRICS in Vienna, see immediately below.] Schröder, Helga. Integration or disintegration of global information for innovation: An intercultural perspective. Paper presented at the Conference on Innovations and Reproductions in Cultures and Societies (IRICS) in Vienna/Austria, 9th – 11th Dec 2005. Schröder, Helga. Globalisation and Culture. Paper presented at the International Conference on Africa, Globalisation and Justice at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Centre for Social Justice and Ethics, Nairobi, 17th – 19th May 2006. [waiting for publication in Linguistics and Languages, University of Nairobi] Schröder, Helga. Antipassive and Ergativity in Nilotic and Surmic. Paper presented at the 5th World Congress of African Linguistics on African Linguistics on The Age of Globalization in Addis Ababa/Ethiopia, 7th – 11th August 2006. [Published in APAL 4 in 2006, see above.] Schröder, Helga. Antipassive and ergative origins in Southern and Eastern Nilotic. Paper presented at the 10th Nilo-Saharan Colloquium, Paris/France, 22nd – 24th August 2007. Schröder, Helga. Do high-context cultures prefer implicatures? Paper presented at the 4th Conference on Interpreting for Relevance: Discourse and Translation, Kazimierz-Dolny, Poland, 17th – 18th June 2008. [Published in Relevance Studies in Poland, vol. 3: 152-165.] Schröder, Helga. Incorporated pronouns in word order typology. Paper presented at the 6th World Congress of African Linguistics. African Linguistics for Understanding and Progress. 17th to 21st of August 2009. Cologne, Germany. [Published in the Proceedings 2012]. Schröder, Helga. Poster session with: Incorporated subject pronouns in word order typology. SIL Global Linguistics Forum, Hungary, August 16-20, 2010. Schröder, Helga. Clause chaining in Nilotic. Paper presented at the international symposium argument languages. Challenges in Nilotic Languages and More, Phonology, Morphology and Syntax. Kyoto, Japan, 2-4th of Dec. 2011. Schröder, Helga. Reference assignment in pronominal argument languages. A relevance theoretic perspective. Paper presented in EPICS V. Intercultural, cognitive & social pragmatics. Seville, Spain. Seville, Spain. 14th to 16th March 2012.

12 Schröder, Helga. The pragmatics of clause-chaining. The case of Toposa, an Eastern Nilotic language. Paper presented at 6 Lodz Symposium on Pragmatics. New developments in linguistic pragmatics 26th to 28th of May. Schröder, Helga. The passive and antipassive enigma in Nilotic. Paper presented at WOCAL 7. Language description, education, and the preservation of cultural heritage in Africa. Buea, Cameroon. 20th to 24th of August 2012. Schröder, Helga. The procedures of clause-chaining. Paper presented at IfRC 2012. Interpreting for relevance: Discourse and Translation. Warsaw, Poland. 25th to 26th of September 2012.

(updated 18th of February 2013)

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