Dr. Julia Muschalik

Postdoc
Dr. Julia Muschalik
Building: 23.21.Floor/Room: 02.109
+49 211 81-12823
Main areas of research
- Spelling and its interaction with pronunciation and morphological structure
- Written language production / typing
- Psycholinguistics
- Empirical pragmatics
Short CV
- 02/2021-12/2023: Principal investigator of DFG project MU 4366/1-1: "Spelling, pronunciation and morphological structure" (DFG grant "Eigene Stelle" as part of DFG Research Unit FOR2373 "Spoken Morphology: Phonetics and phonology of complex words")
- 04/2020-02/2021: Parental leave
- 10/2018-04/2020: Principal investigator of DFG project MU 4366/1-1: "Spelling, pronunciation and morphological structure" (DFG grant "Eigene Stelle" as part of DFG Research Unit FOR2373 "Spoken Morphology: Phonetics and phonology of complex words")
- 08/2017-09/2018: Parental leave
- 2016-present: Postdoctoral researcher in English Language and Linguistics, HHU Düsseldorf
- 2016: PhD in English Linguistics, HHU Düsseldorf, Thesis title: Threatening in English: Form and Function, Predicate: summa cum laude
- 09/2012: Visiting researcher at Brooklyn Law School, NY (Academic Advisor: Prof. L. M. Solan), partially funded by the HHU Equal Opportunities Office
- 10/2010-08/2016: Research assistant in English Language and Linguistics, HHU Düsseldorf
- 2010-2016: PhD student in English Linguistics, HHU Düsseldorf
- 08/2008–02/2009: Undergraduate studies in English, University of Copenhagen
- 2004-2010: Undergraduate studies in German and English, Degree: Magistra Artium (MA-equivalent), Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
Publications
- Muschalik, Julia, Dominic Schmitz, Akhilesh Kakolo-Romara & Dinah Baer-Henney. in preparation. Typing s. Morphology between the keys?
- Muschalik, Julia. in preparation. Do we hear what we type? Evidence from
pseudohomophones. - Muschalik, Julia & Gero Kunter. submitted. Do letters matter? The influence of spelling
on acoustic duration. - Muschalik, Julia. 2018. Threatening in English. A mixed method approach. Amsterdam [u.a.]: Benjamins. https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.284
- Muschalik, Julia. 2016. „Performance“ ohne Performative. Über Kraft und Wirkung krimineller Drohungen. In Lars Bülow, Jochen Bung, Rüdiger Harnisch & Rainer Wernsmann (eds.), Performativität in Sprache und Recht. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
Presentations
- Muschalik, Julia. Was macht Schreibung mit unserer Sprache? Guest lecture in the MA seminar “Neueste Literatur zur experimentellen Phonetik und Phonologie”, May 03, 2022, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
- Muschalik, Julia & Gero Kunter. X marks the spot. The influence of spelling on segmental durations. Morphology in Perception and Production: Phonetics, phonology and spelling of complex words (MPP 2022), February 7-9, 2022, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
- Muschalik, Julia. Balancing the risks and benefits of conflictive illocutions: The case of the strategic threatener. Invited virtual presentation within the GSFL Lecture Series of the Germanic Society of Forensic Linguistics, October 1, 2021.
- Muschalik, Julia. Collecting data during a pandemic: Remote experiments and some ideas on how to move forward. FOR2373 International Workshop, March 17-18, 2021, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
- Muschalik, Julia. Spelling variation, pronunciation and morphological structure. FOR2373 International Workshop, March 25-27, 2020, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
- Muschalik, Julia. Balancing the risks and benefits of conflictive illocutions: The case of the strategic threatener. Fifth Bonn Applied English Linguistics Conference (BAELc5), June 3-4, 2016, Bonn University.
- Muschalik, Julia. When is a threat a threat? An attempt at some legal and linguistic answers. The 15th International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law (IRSL) 2014, Copenhagen University / iCourts, June 3-6, 2014, (funded by iCourts).
- Muschalik, Julia. Is that a threat? The pragmatics of threatening and the interpretation of statements in court. Beyond Words 2. New Developments in Pragmatics, May 2-3, 2014, Leipzig University.
- Muschalik, Julia. „I have a gun.“ Die Performative Kraft indirekter Drohungen. Performativität in Sprache und Recht, October 18-19, 2013, Passau University.
Teaching
University of Düsseldorf
I have participated in two interdisciplinary and applied teaching projects with a focus on “English Language, Literature, and Culture in Professional Domains” (2013-2015) and a follow-up project called ”The Marketplace of Words: Linguistics, Literature, and – Your – Career“ (2015-2016), both funded by the HHU.
Summer 2017
- Empirical Pragmatics
- Introduction to English Language and Linguistics Pt.II
- Introduction to Statistics for Applied Linguists (Workshop at BAEL,
Universität Bonn)
Winter 2016/17
- Introduction to English Language and Linguistics Pt.I
- The Linguistics of Public Relations
- Introduction to Statistics for Applied Linguists (Workshop at BAEL,
Universität Bonn)
Summer 2016
- Corporate Communication
- Sematics
Winter 2015/16
- Approaches to Scripted Discourse
Summer 2015
- Syntax
Winter 2014/15
- The Linguistics of Legal English
Summer 2014
- The Linguistics of Legal English
Winter 2013/14
- The Linguistics of Legal English
Summer 2013
- Academic Writing
- Semantics and Pragmatics of Legal Discourse
Winter 2012/13
- The Structure of English
Summer 2012
- Communication, Cooperation, Conflict
- Introduction to English Language and Linguistics Pt.II
Winter 2011/12
- English Morpho-Syntax
- Introduction to English Language and Linguistics Pt.I
Summer 2011
- Introduction to English Language and Linguistics Pt.II
Winter 2010/11
- English Morpho-Syntax