Zurich University of Applied Sciences
The Zurich University of Applied Sciences is represented in the CLARIN-CH Consortium by Prof. Cerstin Mahlow, from the School of Applied Linguistics,
Institute of Language Competence.
The community from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences provides CLARIN-CH language resources and expertise in language sciences.
Language resources
The Swiss Web Corpus for Applied Linguistics (Swiss-AL) corpus. It is the largest multilingual corpus in Switzerland and includes texts from over 350 relevant actors in public communication. It currently contains 8 million texts, including news items, specialist publications and parliamentary minutes, websites of political parties, companies and universities, statements by business associations and NGOs. Flexible data processing enables data-supported and data-driven analysis options on social and political discourses. The Swiss-AL corpus is available for research here.
Schools and Institutes involved in CLARIN-CH
School of Applied Linguistics
Institute of Language Competence
Group of German as Foreign Language
Areas of expertise:
Applied linguistics
Basic competences in reading and writing
Cognitive linguistics
Digital literacy
Foreign and bilingual didactics
General writing competence in vocational education
German linguistics
Integration policy and intercultural education
Interlingual differences and interlingual influences
Language didactics: explicit and implicit options for controlling learning processes
Language level evaluation procedures
Moral education
Profiles of language course leaders in the integration field
Political education
Role of formulaic language in language acquisition
Use-based models of first, second and foreign language acquisition
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Group of Digital Linguistics
Areas of expertise:
(Computer) morphology and phraseology
Development of NLP-based methods for the analysis and visualisation of text production
Digitality
Digital transformation and its socio-cultural and pedagogical/didactic implications
Text and Discourse Linguistics
Language and Politics/Political Linguistics
Language and Law/Legal Linguistics
Language Use in the 20th Century
Language Criticism
Language Ideology
Linguistic analysis and modelling of writing processes
Postcolonial Language Studies
Writing technology and document engineering
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Intercultural Studies and Linguistic Diversity
Areas of expertise:
Communication with authorities
Culture and language
Gender-equitable language
Functional-pragmatic language and discourse analysis
Inclusive language
Individual and social multilingualism
Institutional communication
Intercultural communication
Language policy and language-political aspects of multilingualism
Language comparison and language contrast
Linguistic relativity
Medical communication
Pragmatics
Scientific and administrative language
Swiss-German sign language
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Group of Language competence and knowledge transfer
Areas of expertise:
English as a world language in work and education
German as a foreign language
Psycholinguistics (Language Production)
Sign language (structure and processing; development of a European reference framework)
Spatial linguistics
Training language competence in the first language
Institute of Translation and Interpreting
Areas of expertise:
Applied Discourse studies
Audio description
Automated text translation
Automated subtitling
Automation and the usability of human-machine interfaces
Conference and community interpreting
Communication in multilingual settings
Distance interpreting
Ergonomics of translation
Extended Translation Competence
Human-machine communication
Information design
Intersemiotic translation
Interconnectedness between imagery, metaphors and cognitive models
Intralingual translation
Intelligent information
Information management
Interpreting studies
Impact of language technology
Multilingualism in Working Contexts
Multimodal communication
MT literacy and human-AI interaction
Neural networks and machine learning
Professional translation
Revision and Quality Assurance
Text and discourse linguistics
Technical communication
Translation processes and professional translation
Translation in the Swiss Context
Translation Theory and Practice
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Institute of Applied Media Studies
Areas of expertise:
Business Modeling and Entrepreneurial Communication
Comics journalism
Data journalism
Digital storytelling
Journalism
Journalism Quality & Quality Management
Information design
Innovation in Journalism
Interactive data visualization
Media Accountability & Ethics
Media Use
Media Literacy
Media in Development
Media Linguistics
Media convergence
Multimodality
Organisational Communication and Management
Organisational Communication and Public Sphere
Organizational and Strategic Communication
Radio journalism
Storytelling and Design
Strategic Management and Public Governance
Visual semiotics
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School of Management and Law
School of Management and Law
Areas of expertise:
Applying natural language processing
Business information systems
Corpus Linguistics
Data analysis
Discourse analysis
Intellectual Property and Innovation
Machine Learning
Statistical Methodology and Research Design
The language and usage of law
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