REEL-Day 2025

8th Student Conference – Saturday, February 8th 2025


This is the first REEL Day jointly held by linguists from the University of Mainz, the University of Frankfurt and the University of Augsburg. The conference gives students a chance to discuss the results of their research projects with their peers.

Programme

All talks are given live via Zoom.

Channel 1
9.50-10.00 Welcome

Channel 1
Chair: Matthias Eitelmann
Channel 2
Chair: Ulrike Schneider
10.00–10.20 Sarah Birkle, Jasmin Kaim, Anna-Lena Kaltenegger (Uni Augsburg)
Floods, Waves, and Invasions: Analyzing Trump's Metaphors on Immigration in Social Media
Leonie Kratzer, Johannes Off, Luisa Ritter, Celine Weber (Uni Augsburg)
The Use of Twitter by US Politicians. An Exemplary Analysis of Personalization Based on Meeks (2016)

10.20–10.40

Paula Kapp, Julia Keßeboom, Savina Pepi, Rahel Zakarias, Nathalie Zimmer (JGU Mainz)
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Trump's us vs. them Rhetoric
Eliane Körber, Johannes Lilienfein, Lukas Popp, Ann-Kathrin Theisen (JGU Mainz)
"I Do the Weave" - Analysing Trump's Storytelling Between Weaving and Rambling

10.40-11.00

Makary Menes, Laura Recht, Natalie Trpkovic (Uni Augsburg)
Shaping Policy through Narrative: A Discourse-Historical Analysis of Trump’s Travel Ban Tweets as a Case Study of Islamophobic Political Action
Justin Kischka, Lukas Kuhlins, Lina Kupper, Andreas von Mücke (Uni Augsburg)
Personalization Strategies in Donald Trump's Twitter Campaigns: A Comparative Analysis of the 2020 and 2024 U.S. Presidential Elections

Channel 1
Chair: Matthias Eitelmann
Channel 2
Chair: Manfred Sailer

11.15-11.35

Eva Müller, Luca Riccardi, Sophia Schmidbaur, Estella Schnierle (Uni Augsburg)
X vs. Truth Social: Where Is Trump More Aggressive?
Dara Khalil, Dimitrios Mitsangas, Fatima Shah, Ildikó Holland (GU Frankfurt)
Negative Polarity Items in the Restrictor

11.35-11.55

Lilian Ahmad, Lisa Ahmad, Janik Monath, Aylin Yesildag (JGU Mainz) Impoliteness Strategies in Donald Trump’s Social Media Rhetoric on Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris

Julia Glennemeier, Marco Mildeberger, Theresa Pitzen, Lena Siebertz (JGU Mainz) A Follow-up Study of Trump’s Intensifier Usage

11.55-12.15 Tina Galneder, Pia Mayr, Florian Pasemann, Oliver Sträßer (Uni Augsburg)
Trump’s Twitter Files: Emotional Shifts from 2016, 2020, and 2024
Alexander Trautwein, Hanna Zanker (Uni Augsburg)
NO YOU DID NOT?? - Responses to Rage Bait on Social Media

Channel 1
Chair: Manfred Sailer
Channel 2
Chair: Ulrike Schneider

12.30-12.50

Jan Murawski, Michi Brosel, Rakhil Manashirova, Adriana Escandon Valdivia (GU Frankfurt)
Are Scalar NPIs Licensed in the Same Environments in Different Languages such as English, German and Spanish?
Aylin Schultheiß, Jannis Schramm, Lucia Arnesi (GU Frankfurt)
I DO have a Leg to Stand on: Licensing Negative Polarity Items Through Negative Side Messages
12.50-13.10 Mika Brunswig, Felix Cramer, Justin May, Elisa Murray, Fynn Reßler (JGU Mainz)
3. Trump’s Inaugural Addresses in Comparison
Victoria Fehlbier, Alexandra Kreci, Sheila Lewalter (JGU Mainz)
An Analysis of Concession Speeches

13.10-13.20 Channel 1
Closing

Organisers

PD Dr. Ulrike Schneider
Uni Augsburg
JGU Mainz

Prof. Dr. Manfred Sailer
GU Frankfurt

Dr. Matthias Eitelmann
JGU Mainz