Miriam L. Schiele

Research Interests

Experimental Syntax, Ellipsis, Cross-Linguistic Comparisons

Short CV

October 2024

People's Choice Winner

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition
Matariki Network

July 2024

Certified science communicator

Graduate Academy
University of Tübingen

Since October 2023

PhD student

Project: Cross-linguistic experiments on fragmentary sentences
Supervisors: Jun.-Prof. Dr. James Griffiths and Prof. Dr. Sam Featherston
University of Tübingen

September 2023

General Linguistics, M.A.

University of Tübingen

September 2021

Linguistics, B.A.

University of Stuttgart

Award ceremony on December 2, 2024with Dean Prof. Dr. Angelika Zirker, awardee Ms. Miriam Schiele, Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Grathwohl. — Award ceremony on December 2, 2024, from left to right: Dean Prof. Dr. Angelika Zirker, awardee Ms. Miriam Schiele, Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Grathwohl.

Associated classes winter term 2024/2025

HS: English Syntax and the Theory of Grammar
Monday, 10-12 am (with James Griffiths)

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Schiele, Miriam L. In press. Preposition Omission and Preposition Stranding in German Varieties. Proceedings of 21st StaPs.
Guzmán Naranjo, Matías; Laura Becker; Miriam L. Schiele & I-Ying Lin. In press. Why modeling space is hard: Polynesian phoneme inventories as a test case. Linguistics.

Conference Presentations

Schiele, Miriam L. Upcoming. Preposition Omission and Focus in German Fragments: A Case for a Q-Based Approach. Talk at WCCFL, University of Washington.
Schiele, Miriam L. Upcoming. Phonological Weight in Preposition Omission. Talk at 22nd StaPs, online.
Schiele, Miriam L. Upcoming. Explaining Crosslinguistic Variation in Preposition Omission in Fragments. Poster at PLC, University of Pennsylvania.
Schiele, Miriam L. 2025. Contrastivity in Left Branch Extraction in German: An Experimental Approach. Talk at ConSOLE 33, University of Göttingen.
Schiele, Miriam. L. 2025. Island Sensitivity in Contrastive Fragments: Experimental Evidence for an In-Situ Approach. Poster at LOT Winter School, Radboud University.
Schiele, Miriam. L. 2024. Explaining Crosslinguistic Variation in Preposition Omission: A Hybrid Approach. Talk at Big Ellipsis Workshop, AU-KBC.
Schiele, Miriam. L. 2024. Island Sensitivity in Clausal Ellipsis: Presence of Contrast Demands Case Marking. Talk at Puzzles of Agreement, online conference.
Schiele, Miriam. L. 2024. The Role of Semantic Dependency in Preposition Omission. Talk at ExLing, Université Paris Cité.
Schiele, Miriam. L. 2024. Unspoken Material in Dialogues. Poster at Autumn School on Networks, University of Tübingen.
Schiele, Miriam L. 2024. Semantic Dependency in Preposition Omission. Poster at DGfS Summer School, University of Göttingen.
Schiele, Miriam L. 2024. Collecting Data in Linguistics Using Acceptability Judgments: A Workshop. Workshop at 75th StuTS, University of Graz.
Schiele, Miriam L. 2024. When can prepositions be omitted and what for? Acceptability judgments on P-omission in German varieties. Talk at 21st StaPs, Pázmán Péter Catholic University, Budapest.
Schiele, Miriam L. 2023. Acceptability of contrastive fragments. Talk at 74th StuTS, University of Vienna.
Schiele, Miriam L. 2023. Metaphors and speaker reliability in reasoning. Talk at 73rd StuTS, Goethe University Frankfurt.
Schiele, Miriam L. 2022. Instrumentalization of quotations. Talk at 72nd StuTS, University of Hamburg.
Guzmán Naranjo, Matías; Laura Becker & Miriam L. Schiele. 2022. Phoneme inventory size in Polynesian languages. Talk at 55th SLE, University of Bucharest.