Englisches Seminar

Miriam L. Schiele

Research Interests

Experimental Syntax, Ellipsis, Cross-Linguistic Comparisons

Short CV
September 2025
Guest researcher

EDDA Research Center
University of Iceland

May 2025
Guest lecturer

Leiden University Center for Linguistics (LUCL)

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 Miriam Schiele, Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Grathwohl.
Publications
  • Schiele, Miriam L. In press. Preposition Omission and Focus in German Fragment Answers: Evidence for a SQ approach. In Gita Dhungana, Andrew W. Hedding, Ao Jiang, Siyu Liang, Shane Steinert-Threlkeld & Jingnong Qu (eds). Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 43. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
  • Schiele, Miriam L. 2025. Preposition Omission and Preposition Stranding in German Varieties. In A. Rahal (ed.). Recent Studies on Linguistics: Contributions from STaPs-21. J.B. Metzler.
  • Guzmán Naranjo, Matías, Laura Becker, Miriam L. Schiele & I-Ying Lin. 2025. Why modeling space is hard: Polynesian phoneme inventories as a test case. Linguistics. DOI: 10.1515/ling-2024-0016
Conference Presentations
  • Schiele, Miriam L. 2025. Semantic and syntactic constraints on ellipsis: Experimental evidence from German sluices. Talk at KLC 2025, University of Konstanz.
  • Schiele, Miriam L. 2025. Licensing Ellipsis under Semantic Constraint: Experimental Evidence from German Sluicing and its Parallels to Island Avoidance. Talk at 7th ECBAE, Saarland University.
  • Griffiths, James & Miriam L. Schiele. 2025. Left Branch Extraction and Clausal Ellipsis: An Experimental Approach. Talk at 7th ECBAE, Saarland University.
  • Schiele, Miriam L. 2025. Island Sensitivity in Multiple Sluicing: Experimental Evidence from German Adjectival Sluices. Talk at 7th ECBAE, Saarland University.
  • Schiele, Miriam L. 2025. Underlying Clauses of German Contrastive Fragments: Evidence for a Q-Based Approach. Poster at 58th SLE, Université Bordeaux Montaigne.
  • Schiele, Miriam L. 2025. Preposition Omission and Focus in German Fragments: A Case for a Q-Based Approach. Talk at 43rd WCCFL, University of Washington.
  • Schiele, Miriam L. 2025. Phonological Weight in Preposition Omission. Talk at 22nd StaPs, online.
  • Schiele, Miriam L. 2025. Explaining Crosslinguistic Variation in Preposition Omission in Fragments. Poster at PLC 49, 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.