Fil Nereo
Address: School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures,
S3.8, Samuel Alexander Building (p/h 161),
University of Manchester
Oxford Rd, Manchester M15 5AY
Email: Filippo.Nereo [at] manchester.ac.uk,Fil [at] daad-alumni.de
PhD Title: The Dynamics of Language Obsolescence in a Divided Speech Community. The case of the German Wischau/Vyskov Enclave.
Supervisor: Professor Martin Durrell
Main discipline areas: German linguistics, sociolinguistics
Research interests: Language Obsolescence, Speech Islands, Czech-German Language Contact, Sociolinguistics of Central and Eastern Europe, Stigmatised Speech Varieties, Oral Histories and Identity, Modern German Grammar, Specialised Discourse, Intercultural Studies, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Language and Historiography
Publications:
Peer reviewed:
- (Ed.) (in prep.). Linguistics of Central and Eastern Europe.
- (Ed.) (forthc.). European Linguistic Minorities in Cross-Disciplinary Perspective.
- (Ed. with K.J. Taylor) (2009). Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. Yearbook 2008. Manchester.
Other:
- (forthc.) "Zur Identität einer isolierten Sprachgemeinschaft." In: H. Pohl (ed.) Klagenfurter Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft.
- (forthc.). "Kanakisch — Versuch einer Grammatik." In: Harald Tanzer (ed.) Mitte. Zeitschrift für interkulturelle Begegnung. Kuns Verlag, Regensburg.
- (2008). Report 2006-09. Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.
- (2008) Papers in Linguistics from the University of Manchester (PLUM). Proceedings of the 16th International Postgraduate Conference, 20 April 2007. (Ed. with A. Joubert & C. Themistocleous). 132pp.
- (2005). "Die wunderschöne deutsche Sprache oder ..." In: Mitte. Zeitschrift für interkulturelle Begegnung 4, 69-72.
- Translation into the German of: Hummer, H. (2003). "Die merowingische Herkunft der Vita Sadalbergae. Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters 59/1, 459-494.
Conference presentations:
- June 2009 Biografie lingwistyczne jako przykBad wymierajacego niemieckiego dialektu w Republice Czeskiej. Intercultural Communication in the European Context. Academy of International Studies, Lodz, Poland.
- Presentations planned for 2009 as part of the Language Documentation and Language Contact Seminar Series (Manchester), and as invited speaker at the annual Sudetendeutsche Heimatpflege symposium.
- August 2008 Czech-German Language Contact: the case of an Isolated and Moribund Speech Community. 3rd International Conference "Perspectives on Slavistics" , University of Hamburg, Germany.
- July 2008 Germans in Moravia: an historical-sociolinguistic survey. Research Colloquium, University of Regensburg, Germany.
- May 2008 Mundart, Medien und Mähren. Symposium on "Mundart und Medien," 4. Tagung des Regensburger Dialektforums, Walderbach am Regen, Germany.
- April 2008 Ethnic Identity Retention: a Linguistic Perspective with Reference to German Communities in the Czech Republic. Research Seminar in Russian and East European Studies, University of Manchester.
- March 2008 Language as a Residual Marker of Identity. The case of the Vyskov-Wischau Speech Enclave. Seventy-Second Meeting of the Conference of University Teachers of German in Great Britain and Ireland, University of Nottingham.
- December 2007 Towards a theoretical model of studying identity formation in enclaves: a linguistic perspective with reference to the German speech enclave of Wischau. Looking out and looking in: towards a theoretical framework of studying identity politics in enclaves [pdf], University of Manchester.
- October 2007 On the identity of a German enclave community. Departmental Linguistics Seminar Series, University of Manchester.
- October 2007 Zum Stellenwert der sprachlichen Identität. Tagung der Sudetendeutschen Landsmannschaft, Munich, Germany.
- September 2007 Die Sprachinsel Vyskov/Wischau. Zur Identität einer isolierten Sprachgemeinschaft. 10. Arbeitstagung für bayerisch-österreichische Dialektologie, University of Klagenfurt, Austria.
- August 2007 Dialect Use as a Residual Identity Marker. Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HISON), Lesbos, Greece.
- January 2007 Documenting a moribund language variety: the Atlas der deutschen Mundarten in der Tschechischen Republik (ADT). Forum for Germanic Language Studies (FGLS), University of Nottingham.
Conference organisation:
- Lead organiser of European Minorities in Cross-Disciplinary Perspective (June 2009)
- Lead organiser of the 17th International Postgraduate Research Linguistics Conference (February 2008)
- Lead organiser of the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence European Studies Conference (January 2008)
- Looking out and looking in: towards a theoretical framework of studying identity politics in enclaves (December 2007, with S. Berger)
- 16th International Postgraduate Research Linguistics Conference (April 2007)
- European Studies Seminar Series (2007-2009, with D. Papadimitriou)
- Anglizismen in Europa (September 2006)
- Text — Verstehen. Grammatik und darüber hinaus (March 2005, with other organisers from the Institut für Deutsche Sprache)
- Deutsche Mundarten in Tschechien und in der Slowakei. Stabilität und Kontakt von Varietäten (November 2004, as Student Assistant at the University of Regensburg)
Affiliation to research centres:
- Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
- Atlas der historischen deutschen Mundarten in der Tschechischen Republik (Regensburg, Vienna, Brno)
- Osteuropa-Institut, Regensburg
- Bohemicum, Regensburg/Passau
Membership of professional organisations:
- Elected Member of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain Student Committee
- Member of the Forum for Germanic Language Studies, Historical Sociolinguistics Network, and Conference of University Teachers of German
Teaching areas:
I have held temporary posts (as lecturer, tutor and teaching assistant) at the Universities of Manchester, Salford and Regensburg, and Goethe-Institut, and taught (and designed from scratch some of) the following courses:
- English Language and Linguistics (first year seminar)
- German Phonetics and Phonology (first year tutorial)
- German Language (ab initio A1, intermediate B2, and advanced C2 seminar)
- German Grammar and Style (final year seminar)
- Structure of Modern German (morphology, syntax and semantics) (final year seminar)
- German/English Translation (MA/State Exam seminar)
- Language in Society/Language Obsolescence (MA lecture)
Professional biography:
- Studied Translation, Interpreting and Linguistics, University of Geneva
- BA (First Class Hons.) in German, French and Linguistics (supplementary courses in Italian and Russian), University of York
- Awarded three-year research scholarship from the DAAD
- Diploma (Distinction) in Teaching German as a Foreign Language, University of Regensburg
- Magister Artium (Distinction) in German and English Linguistics (supplementary courses in Polish, Czech and Latin), University of Regensburg
- Awarded three-year funding from the European Commission-financed Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
- Currently Visiting Researcher at the Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim, Osteuropa-Institut and Bohemicum, Regensburg, engaged in research for a PhD.
- Further awards from the Adalbert Stifter Verein (research into the German minority in the Czech Republic) and the Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft (Förderpreis für Wissenschaft [pdf]).