Susanne Maria Michaelis
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (0) 341 3550 271
e-mail:
susanne_michaelis@[>>> Please remove the text! <<<]eva.mpg.de
About me
I am a comparative linguist interested in the typology of creole languages and sign languages, language contact, and language change. I am best known for coediting the Atlas of pidgin and creole language structures (2013).
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Education
1988 | M.A. in Romance Philogogy, Linguistics, University of Freiburg/Breisgau |
1983/84 | Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service, Université de Poitiers, France |
1981-83 | Romance Philology, Slavic Philology, Linguistics, University of Bonn |
Degrees
1991 | Dr. phil. in Romance Philology, University of Freiburg/Breisgau Thesis: Junktion von Sachverhaltsdarstellungen im Seychellen-Kreol |
Career
2023-(2026) | Research Scientist (PI), Leipzig University, DFG-AHRC Project "Cross-modal grammaticalization in creoles and sign languages" |
2022-2023 | Postdoctoral researcher, Leipzig University (Office for Equal Opportunities, Diversity and Family) |
2020-now | Guest, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, (Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution), Leipzig |
2015-2020 | Guest, Max Planck Institute for The Science of Human History, (Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution), Jena |
2015 - 2020 | Postdoctoral researcher, Leipzig University (Philological Faculty), ERC-funded project "Grammatical Universals" |
2015 | Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution), Jena |
2011 - 2015 | Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, (Department of Linguistics), Leipzig |
2008 - 2011 | Research position in project “Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures” financed by the DFG, University of Gießen |
2003 - 2008 | Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, (Department of Linguistics), Leipzig |
2000 - 2003 | Maternal leave |
1998 - 2000 | Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, (Department of Linguistics), Leipzig |
1991 - 1998 | Assistant professor, Romance Philology Department, University of Bamberg |
Publications & Presentations
Michaelis, S. M. (2020). Avoiding bias in comparative Creole studies: Stratification by lexifier and substrate. Isogloss, 6(8). |
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Michaelis, S., & Haspelmath, M. (2020). Grammaticalization in Creole languages: Accelerated functionalization and semantic imitation. In W. Bisang, & A. L. Malchukov ( |
Bradford, T., Michaelis, S., & Zeshan, U. (2019). Stabilisation of the lexicon in an emerging jargon: The development of signs to express animate referents in a sign language contact situation. In U. Zeshan, & J. Webster ( |
Blasi, D. E., Michaelis, S., & Haspelmath, M. (2017). Grammars are robustly transmitted even during the emergence of Creole languages. Nature Human Behaviour, 1, 723-729. |
Michaelis, S. M., Maurer, P., Haspelmath, M., & Huber, M. ( |
2023
Shcherbakova, O., Michaelis, S. M., Haynie, H. J., Passmore, S., Gast, V., Gray, R. D., Greenhill, S. J., Blasi, D. E., & Skirgård, H. (2023). Societies of strangers do not speak less complex languages. Science Advances, 9(33): eadf7704. |
2022
Michaelis, S. (2022). Annegret Bollée (1937–2021). Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 37(1), 10-15. |
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Shcherbakova, O., Michaelis, S. M., Haynie, H. J., Greenhill, S. J., Blasi, D. E., Gray, R. D., Gast, V., & Skirgård, H. (2022). Grammatical complexity is only weakly influenced by the sociolinguistic envornment. In A. Ravignani, R. Asano, D. Valente, F. Ferretti, S. Hartmann, M. Hayashi, Y. Jadoul, M. Martins, Y. Oseki, E. D. Rodrigues, O. Vasileva, & S. Wacewicz ( |
2020
Michaelis, S. M. (2020). Avoiding bias in comparative Creole studies: Stratification by lexifier and substrate. Isogloss, 6(8). |
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Michaelis, S., & Haspelmath, M. (2020). Grammaticalization in Creole languages: Accelerated functionalization and semantic imitation. In W. Bisang, & A. L. Malchukov ( |
2019
Michaelis, S. M. (2019). Support from creole languages for functional adaptation in grammar: Dependent and independent possessive person-forms. In K. Schmidtke-Bode, N. Levshina, S. M. Michaelis, & I. A. Seržant ( |
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Schmidtke-Bode, K., Levshina, N., Michaelis, S. M., & Seržant, I. (2019). Explanation in typology: Diachronic sources, functional motivations and the nature of the evidence. Berlin: Language Science Press. |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2019). World-Wide comparative evidence for calquing of valency patterns in Creoles. Journal of Language Contact, 12(1), 191-231. |
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Bradford, T., Michaelis, S., & Zeshan, U. (2019). Stabilisation of the lexicon in an emerging jargon: The development of signs to express animate referents in a sign language contact situation. In U. Zeshan, & J. Webster ( |
2017
Blasi, D. E., Michaelis, S., & Haspelmath, M. (2017). Grammars are robustly transmitted even during the emergence of Creole languages. Nature Human Behaviour, 1, 723-729. |
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Michaelis, S. (2017). Avoiding bias in comparative creole studies: Stratification by lexifier and substrate. Zenodo. |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. (2017). Analytic and synthetic: Typological change in varieties of European languages. In I. Buchstaller, & B. Siebenhaar ( |
2014
Michaelis, S., & Haspelmath, M.(2014). Ein Weltatlas der Kontaktsprachen. Retrieved from https://www.mpg.de/7770933/MPI_EVAN_JB_2014?c=8236817. |
2013
Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Aspect markers and inchoative meaning. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Ditransitive constructions with 'give'. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Focus particle 'also'. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Inclusive–exclusive distinction in independent personal pronouns. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Instrument relative clauses. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Negative morpheme types. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Order of cardinal numeral and noun. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Order of relative clause and noun. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Maurer, P., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Antidual of paired body-part terms. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Coming from named places. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Comparative adjective marking. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Comparative standard marking. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Complementizer with verbs of knowing. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Complementizer with verbs of speaking. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Complements of 'think' and 'want'. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Existential verb and transitive possession verb. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmaht, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Experiencer constructions with 'fear'. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Experiencer constructions with 'headache'. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Experiencer constructions with 'like'. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Expletive subject in 'seem' constructions. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Going to named places. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Motion-to and motion-from. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Predicative adjectives. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Predicative locative phrases. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Predicative noun phrases. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Predicative possession. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Raining constructions. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Transitive motion verbs: 'pull'. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Transitive motion verbs: 'push'. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Haspelmath, M. (2013). Object relative clauses. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Haspelmath, M. (2013). Subject relative clauses. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Haspelmath, M. (2013). The associative plural. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Haspelmath, M. (2013). Verb doubling in temporal clauses. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Haspelmath, M. (2013). Vocative markers. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Haspelmath, M. (2013). Want’ complement subjects. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., Maurer, P., Haspelmath, M., & Huber, M. ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Rosalie, M. (2013). Seychelles Creole structure dataset. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Rosalie, M. (2013). Seychelles Creole. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S., Maurer, P., Haspelmath, M., & Huber, M. ( |
2009
Holm, J., & Michaelis, S. ( |
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Michaelis, S., & Rosalie, M. (2009). Loanwords in Seychelles Creole. In M. Haspelmath, & U. Tadmor ( |
2008
Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. (2008). Leipzig fourmille de typologues: Genitive objects in comparison. In Greville G. Corbett and Michael Noonan ( |
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Michaelis, S. M. (2008). Valency patterns in Seychelles Creole: Where do they come from? In S. M. Michaelis ( |
2007
Kriegel, S., & Michaelis, S. (2007). Verbal patterns in Old Mauritian Creole texts. In P. Baker, & G. Fon Sing ( |
2003
Michaelis, S., & Haspelmath, M. (2003). Ditransitive constructions: creole languages in a cross-linguistic perspective. Creolica. Retrieved from http://www.creolica.net/. |
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Kriegel, S., Michaelis, S., & Pfänder, S. (2003). Modalité et grammaticalisation - le cas des créoles français. In Sybille Kriegel; Jacques Arends ( |
2000
Michaelis, S. (2000). The fate of subject pronouns: evidence from Creole and non-Creole languages. In I. Neumann-Holzschuh, & E. W. Schneider ( |
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Michaelis, S., & Rosalie, M. (2000). Polysémie et cartes sémantiques: le relateur (av)ek en créole seychellois. Études Créoles, 23, 79-100. |
1997
Michaelis, S. (1997). Antikausativ als Brücke zum Passiv: fieri, venire und se im Vulgärlateinischen und Altitalienischen. In W. Dahmen, G. Holtus, J. Kramer, M. Metzeltin, W. Schweickard, & O. Winkelmann ( |
1996
Michaelis, S., & Thiele, P. ( |
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Michaelis, S., & Tophinke, D. ( |
1994
Michaelis, S. (1994). Komplexe Syntax im Seychellen-Kreol: Verknüpfung von Sachverhaltsdarstellungen zwischen Mündlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit. Tübingen: Narr. |
1993
Michaelis, S. (1993). Temps et aspect en créole seychellois: valeurs et interférences. Hamburg: Buske. |
2019
Michaelis, S. M. (2019). Variation across Asian and Pacific creoles, Symposium on sociolinguistic variation in signed and spoken languages of the Asia-Pacific region, UCLan, Preston
Michaelis, S. M. (2019). Focus particles in creole languages, International Conference on ‘Discourse Markers in Romance Languages’ (DISROM6, University of Bergamo)
2017
Michaelis, S. M. (2017). Principled hybridization in creole languages, SLE Summerschool, University of Neuchâtel.
Michaelis, S. M. (2017). International Chair Labex (Paris, CNRS-INALCO), Lectures on Creole languages and linguistic typology
Michaelis, S. M. (2017). Creole languages: Language shift and substrate influence; Fourth International Conference on Language Contact in Times of Globalization (University of Greifwald)
2015
Michaelis, S. M. & Haspelmath, M. (2019). Analytic and synthetic: Typological change in varieties of European languages; International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE), Leipzig University
Michaelis, S. M. (2015). Which patterns do lexifiers and substrates systematically contribute to creole languages? Evidence from the Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures; Summer meeting of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, University of Graz