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Monika S. Schmid
FAcSS FBA
Schmid in 2005
OccupationLinguist
Academic background
Alma materHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Academic work
DisciplineSociolinguistics
Sub-disciplineLanguage attrition
Institutions

Monika S. Schmid FAcSS FBA is a German linguist who specialises in language attrition. She is a professor and Head of the Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York.

Biography

Monika Schmid began studying at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) in 1990, where she was president of their student parliament.[1] While interviewing survivors of the Holocaust in Germany, she learned about the importance of the transmission of native language from parent to child.[2] In 2000, she obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in English Linguistics from HHU, with her thesis based on these interviews, and she began working as a Lecturer in English Language at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.[2][3] She worked as a lecturer at HHU from 1996 to 2001.[1] In 2007, she moved to the University of Groningen English Department, where she was Senior Lecturer in English Language until her promotion to Professor in 2010.[4] At the University of Essex, she became Professor of Linguistics in 2013 and Head of the Department in 2018, both positions she held until 2021.[3] She later moved to the University of York, where she became a professor,[4] and in January 2022, she became the Head of the Department of Language and Linguistic Science.[3]

As an academic, Schmid specialises in language attrition.[3] In 2002, she published First Language Attrition, Use and Maintenance, a book based on her thesis;[3] in the book, she noticed that the main cause of German-language attrition within German Jewish Holocaust survivors was Holocaust trauma.[5] She has also contributed to BBC News, the Berliner Zeitung, The Conversation, The Guardian, Svenska Dagbladet, and de Volkskrant, either as an author or as a quoted expert.[4]

Schmid was elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2021.[6] She was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2022.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Schmid, Monika S. "Monika S. Schmid". LinkedIn. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b Schmid, Monika S. (10 December 2015). "First language attrition among German-Jewish refugees". Language Attrition. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e "New Head of Department". University of York. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Monika S. Schmid". York University. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  5. ^ Hardach, Sophie (6 June 2018). "Can you lose your native language?". BBC Future. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Autumn 2021 Fellows for conferment by institution" (PDF). Academy of Social Sciences. 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Professor Monika Schmid FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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