Dr Andreas Weilinghoff is junior professor of English Linguistics at the University of Koblenz.

His research has a strong quantitative and empirical orientation. Specific research interests lie in the fields of phonetics, sociolinguistics, computational linguistics and corpus linguistics. One of Dr Weilinghoff’s goals is to make the latest technology accessible for teaching and research. A particular example is the Whisper server which is accessible to all members of the University of Koblenz.

Positions and memberships:

• Junior Professor of English Linguistics at the Department of English and American Studies (University of Koblenz)

• Member of the Departmental Governing Body (Leitungskollegium)

• Member of the German Association for the Study of English (Anglistikverband)

• Associate member of the Department of Cultural Studies (University of Koblenz)

You can find more information about Dr Weilinghoff on his private website.

Research interests:

• Phonetics and Phonology

• Sociophonetics

• Sociolinguistics

• Corpus Linguistics

• Computational Linguistics

• Automatic Speech Recognition and Forced Alignment

• Scottish English

Awards:

• Dissertation Prize by the Department of Cultural Studies of TU Dortmund University, December 18, 2023.
• Winner of the Science Slam at the University of Koblenz, November 20, 2023.
• John Sinclair Bursary for best paper by an early career researcher at ICAME41 conference, May 20, 2020.

Talks:

• FORTHCOMING: Weilinghoff, Andreas (2024). 'Evaluating Whisper for Sociolinguistic Data Transcription.' IVACS conference. University of Cambridge, July 16-17, 2024.

• FORTHCOMING: Weilinghoff, Andreas; Buschfeld, Sarah (2024). 'Modeling morphosyntactic variation in Sint Maarten English(es).' ICAME45 conference. University of Vigo, June 18-22, 2024.

• FORTHCOMING: Weilinghoff, Andreas (2024). 'Assessing University Student Language Competencies with AI.' Interdisciplinary Colloquium. University of Koblenz, May 15, 2024.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2024). 'Linguistic Data preparation with AI: New Pathways in Speech Data Processing.' Interdisciplinary inaugural lecture. University of Koblenz, February 01, 2024.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2023). 'New ways in linguistic data preparation.' University of Salzburg, December 14, 2023.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2023). 'Harnessing a Revolution: The Latest AI for Natural Language Processing. Science Slam, University of Koblenz, November 30, 2023.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2023). 'Transformer models for linguistics. Opportunities and Challenges'. English Department, University of Münster, October 23, 2023.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2023). 'Completing a PhD: Tips for a wavering journey.' Plenary Talk. LinPin conference, The University of Duisburg-Essen, September 26, 2023.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2023): 'Vowel duration in contemporary Scottish Standard English'. UKLVC14 (United Kingdom Language Variation and Change), The University of Edinburgh, June 26-28, 2023.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2023): 'The past, present and possible future of phonetic research'. Department of English, University of Bern, Switzerland, March 02, 2023.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2022): 'Aitken's Law: Investigating vowel duration in the 21st century'. Department for Language, Literature and Culture, George McGovern Foyer, October 26, 2022.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2022): 'Investigating vowel duration in the 21st century: Aitken’s Law in naturally spoken Scottish Standard English'. NWAV50 Conference, Stanford University, USA, October 14, 2022.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas; Buschfeld, Sarah; Leuckert, Sven; Weihs, Claus (2022): 'How 'real' is the quantitative turn? Investigating statistics as the 'new normal' in Corpus Linguistics'. ICAME43 Conference, Anglia Ruskin University, UK, July 27-30, 2022.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2022): 'English in Scotland'.  Institute of English and American Studies, TU Dresden, Germany, June 29, 2022.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2022): 'Introduction to Sociophonetics'.  Institute of English and American Studies, TU Dresden, Germany, June 28, 2022.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2021): 'Accelerating transcription work with ASR technology and Python scripting'.  English Department, University of Münster, Germany, November 15, 2021 .

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2021): 'Politics and phonetics: Assessing the influence of party membership on pronunciation among Scottish politicians'. FRLSU2021, LMU Munich, Germany, October 30, 2021 .

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2021): 'Politics and phonetics: Assessing the influence of party membership on rhotic sounds among Scottish politicians'. NWAV49, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, October 20, 2021.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2021): 'AI and Linguistics: Using ASR technology for transcription work'. GULP (Glasgow University Laboratory of Phonetics), University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, September 30, 2021.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2021): 'Pushing transcription work to the next level – Using ASR and LaBB-CAT for linguistic studies'. ICAME42 Conference, TU Dortmund University, Germany, August 18-21, 2021. You can find all resources of my talk (slides, test file, scripts) here.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2021): 'Seeking patterns in language: Using ASR technology for linguistic studies'. Trier Center for Language and Communication (TCLC), University of Trier, Germany, May 14, 2021.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2021): 'Using and evaluating conditional inference tree modeling for linguistic studies in R'. R User Group and Brown Bag Lunch Series, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany January 27, 2021.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2020): ‘Aitken’s Law Revised: Vowel Length in 21st Century Scotland’. ICAME41 Conference, University of Heidelberg, May 20, 2020.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2020): ‘Aitken’s Law Revised: The Scottish Vowel Length Rule in 21st Century Scotland’. GULP (Glasgow University Laboratory of Phonetics), University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, April 02, 2020.

• Weilinghoff, Andreas (2019): ‘Aitken's Law Revised: A large-scale investigation into the Scottish Vowel Length Rule’. Pluricentricity vs. Pluriareality - Models, Varieties, Approaches, University of Münster, Germany, February 10, 2019.

BA and MA theses:

I have capacities for supervising Bachelor and Master theses. Feel free to contact me.

Winter semester 2023-2024:

M2 - Oral skills (British English).
M13 - Intersections between Linguistics and AI.

Summer semester 2023:

M4 - Varieties of English.