Prof. Dr. Alwin Fill
Title:
Using language to achieve ‘con-vironmental’ awareness
Biography:
Born: 1940 Kufstein, Austria
1957 – 1965 Innsbruck University (English, Classical Philology)
1969 – 1970 Florey Scholar at Oxford University, Queen’s College
1973 Visiting scholar at Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (U.S.A.)
Positions held:
1962 – 1963 German assistant teacher, Acton County Grammar School, London
1965 – 1977 University assistant, Innsbruck University
1977 – 1980 Lecturer in English Linguistics, Innsbruck University
since 1980 Professor of English Linguistics, Graz University
since 2007 professor emeritus
Research interests: Ecolinguistics, the language impact, language and suspense
Latest book publications:
2010: The Language Impact: Evolution – System – Discourse. London, Oakville: equinox.
2017: ed. (with H. Penz), The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics. New York and London: Routledge.