Blog CRC1646

On February 6, Amelie Ewald (project C01) contributed to the CELISO’s annual doctoral colloquium by presenting her dissertation project, along with eight other doctoral candidates. CELISO – The Sorbonne Centre for Linguistics – brings together the university’s researchers specialising in the Germanic, English, Scandinavian, and Slavic languages. The colloquium was organized by Brahim Bougnouch, Maëline Buge, Martine Etchart and Mélanie Gantier and gave PhD students affiliated to various French and international universities the opportunity to present their work and progress. In addition to PhD students, lecturers from CELISO were in attendance and engaged in lively discussions. Presentation sessions alternated with breaks, during which participants continued to discuss their topics, talked about their life as a PhD student outside their home universities and/or countries, encouraged one another and shared tips.

In her talk, Amelie Ewald explored ideas for experimental studies for investigating cognitive, linguistic and biographic foundations of wordplay affinity and examined the relevance for linguistic creativity. She was delighted by the positive feedback and greatly appreciated the warm, friendly exchange. An invitation to visit Bielefeld as part of the 11^th International Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association has already been accepted; perhaps some more participants will be drawn to Bielefeld even earlier for the DGfS Summer School.

Link to the program of the CELISO’s annual doctoral colloquium 2026.

Paris, photo: Amelie Ewald © SFB 1646                                      Sorbonne, photo: Amelie Ewald © SFB 1646

Amelie Ewald, photo: Johannes Ewald © Amelie Ewald

Project C01, photo: Sascha Hermannski © SFB 1646

back row from left to right: Joana Cholin, Lisa Hudalla & Amelie Ewald

front row from left to right: Jana Häussler & Dilara Balaban