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Formal name: Agnes Terraschke Position: Research Fellow Applied Linguistics Personal Title: Dr Qualifications: MA (University of Aberdeen), MA, PhD (Victoria University of Wellington) Telephone: +61 2 9850 7959 Fax: +61 2 9850 7849 Email: agnes.terraschke@mq.edu.au Location: W6C 126B

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Before joining the AMEP Research Centre as a postdoctoral fellow, Agnes completed her MA in English with Language and Linguistics at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and her MA and PhD in Linguistics from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her PhD thesis examines the uses of pragmatic devices such as like and or something by non-native speakers of New Zealand English in terms of frequency and functions. The research involved a detailed discourse analysis of the data as well as considerations of L1 interference and accommodation to the interlocutor as factors potentially influencing non-native uses of these forms. Throughout her studies, Agnes has been involved in tutoring for a range of undergraduate Linguistics courses.

Agnes’ main research interests lie within the field of sociolinguistics, in particular cross-cultural and interlanguage pragmatics, the use of vague language and the connections between language and identity.

Thesis Title

The use of pragmatic devices by German non-native speakers of English

Selected Publications

Terraschke, Agnes 2007. Use of general extenders by German non-native speakers of English. IRAL 45 (2): 141-160.

Terraschke, Agnes and Janet Holmes (2007). 'Und tralala': General Extenders in German and New Zealand English. In Joan Cutting (ed.) Vague Language Explored. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 198-221.