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.
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Channel 1 |
9.50-10.00 |
Welcome |
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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)
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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 |