Dr. Maria Flaksman

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsIndividual Linguistics, Historical Linguistics,General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
KeywordsOnomatopoeia, Language universals, Historical-comparative linguistics, Germanic languages, Language evolution
Honours and awards

2019: Alexander von Humboldt Scholarship for Postdoctoral Researchers

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityBamberg
InstitutionOtto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
InstituteFach Anglistik
Homepagehttps://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/eng-ling/staff/flaksman/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Martin J. KümmelLehrstuhl für Indogermanistik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2019

Programme(s)

2019Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2024Maria Flaksman: An Etymological Dictionary of English Imitative Words. Peter Lang, 2024
2024Maria Flaksman: Ýla, urra, and sussa: Imitative words in (Old) Icelandic. In: D. Borisova, Empirical Research on Germanic Languages. Moscow: Yazykoznanie, 2024. 36-52
2023Maria Flaksman: Sound imitation in Gothic: A fragmentary picture. In: E. Yakovenko, LINGUA GOTICA. Moscow: BukuVedi, 2023. 88-100
2022Maria Flaksman: Echoes of the past: Old English onomatopoeia. In: Sara Lenninger, Olga Fischer, Christina Ljungberg and Elżbieta Tabakowska Iconicity in Cognition and across Semiotic Systems . John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2022. 331-350
2021Maria Flaksman: Old onomatopoeia: What etymological dictionaries tell us about sound imitation in extinct languages. In: H. Van de Velde & F. Dolezal, Broadening Perspectives in the History of Dictionaries and Word Studies. Cambridge Scholars, 2021. 135-158
2020Maria Flaksman: Pathways of de-iconization: How borrowing and regular sound changes obscure iconicity. In: Pamela Perniss, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg, Operationalizing iconicity. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020. 331-350