Dr. Kerstin Richter

• (Fictional) neology
• Use and semantics of non-existentials
• Onomastics
• Dialectology
• Contrastive linguistics
• Artificial languages

• Richter, Kerstin. in prep. The semantics of fictional neologisms and their use beyond the community of practice: a corpus-based study.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2024. Review excerpt on book cover. Word formation as a naming device by Pius ten Hacken & Renáta Pancová, Edinburgh University Press.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2023. Meta-Verpackung. Titanic 44 (10). 41.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2021. Fokusgruppenbasierte Online-Umfragen als Medium varietätenlinguistischer Datenerhebung: Konzeptvorschlag und Erfahrungsbericht. In Roswitha Fischer, Stefan Hackl, Sandra Reimann, Paul Rössler (eds.), Praktische Relevanz von Namenforschung und Namenkunde. Festschrift für Albrecht Greule zum 75. Geburtstag (= Regensburger Studien zur Namenforschung 10) Regensburg: edition vulpes. 135-150.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2020. Morning Glory. Titanic 41 (1). 39.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2019. Interview on Non-Standard Bird Names in England, Bavaria and Austria: A Diachronic Comparative Study.  https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-384191
• Richter, Kerstin. 2019. Non-Standard Bird Names in England, Bavaria and Austria: A Diachronic Comparative Study. Regensburg: Universität Regensburg, PhD thesis. doi: 10.5283/epub.38419
• Richter, Kerstin. 2019. Bezeichnungen endemischer Wildvögel in ornithologischen Schriften des 19. Jahrhunderts in Bayern - eine Quellenanalyse. In Christian Ferstl, Ulrich Kanz, Peter Kaspar und Ludwig Zehetner (eds.), Dialekt ~ Namen. Beiträge zum 7. Dialektologischen Symposium im Bayerischen Wald, Hetzenbach, 28. bis 30. April 2017 (= Regensburger Dialektforum 23). Regensburg: edition vulpes. 206-233.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2019. Bairische Volksnamen von Wildvögeln. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Vogelfauna in der Inn-Salzach-Region. In Heimatbund Mühldorf (ed.), Das Mühlrad. Beiträge zur Geschichte des Landes an Isen, Rott und Inn. Band 61, Jahrgang 2019. Mühldorf. 19-46.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2015. Gauwitz, Moosreiger und Dornkreil: Die bairischen Volksnamen der Vögel. In Christian Ferstl (ed.), Mit Schmeller von Puhoi bis Hinterkleebach. Beiträge aus verschiedenen Bereichen dialektologischer Forschung. Jahrbuch der Johann-Andreas-Schmeller-Gesellschaft 2013. Regensburg: edition vulpes. 91-125.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2010. Gabriele Susanne Kerner. Titanic 31 (3). 38.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2008. Das Lied vom Tod. Titanic 29 (12). 40.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2007. Gegenteil. In Robert Gernhardt & Klaus C. Zehrer (eds.), "Bilden Sie man einen Satz mit ...": 555 Ergebnisse eines Dichterwettstreits. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch. 78.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2005. Walkman. Titanic 26 (2). 35.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2005. Galveston, Texas. Titanic 26 (1). 40.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2004. Papiere. Titanic 25 (10). 37.

• Richter, Kerstin. 2026. "What exactly are these things?": The language didactics of science fiction and fantasy films. Language in fantastic film worlds: exploring fictional telecinematic discourse (International Conference), Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, 19-20 March.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2025. "Their school is like Hogwarts by the sea": Modelling semantic relevance of pop culture fictionalisms beyond the fandom. Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, 3 June.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2025. Introducing words and concepts: The language didactics of science fiction and fantasy films. Advancing Research in English Linguistics (ARiEL Conference), University of Regensburg, 16 May.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2024. The influence of pop culture (sci-fi, gaming, fantasy) on mainstream language. Virtual discussion with editors and guest speakers (webinar), Oxford University Press & Oxford English Dictionary, 21 November.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2024. Modelling semantic relevance beyond the community of practice. Graduate Programme for English Linguistics, Recent Research in English Linguistics Colloquium (Prof. Dr. Jakob Leimgruber), University of Regensburg, Germany, 16 May.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2023. "The 59-year-old looks like Gandalf": Use and function of operated fictionalisms beyond the community of practice. Graduate Programme for English Linguistics, Recent Research in English Linguistics Colloquium (Prof. Dr. Jakob Leimgruber), University of Regensburg, Germany, 4 May.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2022. Measuring entrenchment? A study on neologisms from the Potterverse. Graduate Programme for English Linguistics, Recent Research in English Linguistics Colloquium (Prof. Dr. Jakob Leimgruber), University of Regensburg, Germany, 25 May.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2019. Gauwitz, Moosreiger und Dornkreil: Die bairischen Volksnamen der Vögel. Geschichtsverein Heimatbund Mühldorf, Mühldorf am Inn, Germany, 18 April.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2019. "Non-standard bird names in England, Bavaria and Austria: A diachronic comparative study. Disputatio, University of Regensburg, Germany, 25 February.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2019. Welcher Vogel singt denn da? Lautmalerische Vogelbezeichnungen im englischen und bairischen Sprachraum. Annual Convention Forschergruppe NAMEN, University of Regensburg, Germany, 13 February.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2018. Focus group based online snowball samples: A methodological field report. Graduate Programme for English Linguistics, Recent Research in English Linguistics Colloquium (Prof. Dr. Edgar Schneider), University of Regensburg, Germany, 17 May.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2018. Bairische Dialektbezeichnungen von Wildvögeln im kontemporären Sprachgebrauch. Ornithologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ostbayern, Regensburg, Germany, 10 January.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2017. Vernacular bird names in Britain and Bavaria: Theoretical, empirical and lexical approaches. Graduate Programme for English Linguistics, Recent Research in English Linguistics Colloquium (Prof. Dr. Edgar Schneider), University of Regensburg, Germany, 29 June.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2017. Die bairischen Volksnamen der Vögel. 7. Dialektologisches Symposium im Bayrischen Wald, Hetzenbach, Germany, 29 April.
• Richter, Kerstin. 2015. Gauwitz, Moosreiger und Dornkreil: Die bairischen Volksnamen der Vögel. Annual Convention Johann-Andreas-Schmeller-Gesellschaft, Tirschenreuth, Germany, 17 April.

WiSe 2025/26

• Sprachmittlung (Seminar)

SoSe 2025

• Understanding English Linguistics II: English in Use (Seminar zur Vorlesung)

WiSe 2024/25

• Sprachmittlung (Seminar)

SoSe 2024

• Forensic Linguistics (Proseminar)
• Understanding English Linguistics II: English in Use (Seminar zur Vorlesung)

WiSe 2023/24

• Text Analysis (Seminar)
• Gewalt, Aggression und Konflikt in Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften und Katholischer Theologie (Ringvorlesung für Master Kriminologie und Gewaltforschung, 11.01 & 18.01.)

SoSe 2023

• Text Analysis (Seminar)
• Understanding English Linguistics II: English in Use (Seminar zur Vorlesung)

WiSe 2022/23

• Neologisms of the English Language (Hauptseminar)

SoSe 2022

• English Names (Hauptseminar)
• Understanding English Linguistics II: English in Use (Seminar zur Vorlesung)
• Gewalt, Aggression und Konflikt in Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften und Katholischer Theologie (Ringvorlesung für Master Kriminologie und Gewaltforschung, 23.06 & 30.06.)

WiSe 2021/22

• (De)Constructing Artificial Languages (Proseminar)
• Sprachmittlung (Seminar)
• Understanding English Linguistics II: English in Use (Seminar zur Vorlesung)

SoSe 2021

• Lexicology & Lexicography (Proseminar)
• Textanalyse (Seminar)
• Understanding English Linguistics II: English in Use (Seminar zur Vorlesung)
• Gewalt, Aggression und Konflikt in Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften und Katholischer Theologie (Ringvorlesung für Master Kriminologie und Gewaltforschung, 24.06 & 01.07.)

WiSe 2020/21

• Phonetics and Phonology in the Classroom (Proseminar)
• Phonemic Transcription (Seminar, 2 courses)
• Understanding English Linguistics II: English in Use (Seminar zur Vorlesung)

SoSe 2020

• Syntaktische Analysen (Seminar)
• Understanding English Linguistics II: English in Use (Seminar zur Vorlesung, 7 courses)
• General Language Course A (Seminar, 3 courses)

WiSe 2019/20

• Introduction to English Linguistics (Seminar, 3 courses)
• Syntax (Proseminar)
• General Language Course A (Seminar, 3 courses)

SoSe 2019

• Introduction to English Linguistics (Seminar, 3 courses)
• Understanding English-German Contrasts (Proseminar)
• Text Analysis (Seminar)
• General Language Course A (Seminar, 3 courses)

WiSe 2018/19

• Introduction to English Linguistics (Seminar, 2 courses)
• English Morphology and Word-Formation (Proseminar)
• Phonemic Transcription (Seminar)
• General Language Course A (Seminar, 2 courses)

SoSe 2018

• Introduction to English Linguistics (Seminar)

M.A.

• 2026 (second supervisor) V. B., Really cruel and totally brutal: Intensifier usage in teen slasher movies
• 2025 (second supervisor) F. M., The American/British accents of Tom Jones and Demis Roussos
• 2025 (second supervisor) S. I. V. B., Between status and solidarity: A study on the attitudes and motivation towards English language learning in a Mexican private university
• 2025 (second supervisor) B. E., Attitudes of English teachers in Uzbekistan towards different English accents around the world
• 2024 (first supervisor) M. B. C., Audiovisual translation of humor: An analysis of  The Big Bang Theory with a focus on wordplay and culture-specific references
• 2023 (second supervisor) A. M., Language attitudes towards English language varieties in German business settings

B.A.

• 2025 A.-L. H., Echoes of violence: A Forensic Linguistic authorship study of male serial killers' writings (1888-1999) - from Jack the Ripper to BTK
• 2025 S. M., The language of murderers: Changing narratives before and after conviction
• 2024 N. M., Is the German language outdated? A study on the spread of the English language through social media and pop culture, and its influence on Anglicisms in German marketing slogans
• 2024 P. Y., Exploring the correlation between code-switching and film structure: An analysis of German-English code-switching in cinema
• 2024 L. C. P., Language use in The New Yorker and Vanity Fair: Insights into online journalism
• 2024 A.-L. H., Actors altering their accents for roles - Demonstrated by characters of the Harry Potter films
• 2023 T. K., The adaption of a forensic linguistics analysis method to the digital space in the context of authorship profiling
• 2023 N.-I. B., German and Russian speakers' perception of corporeal, imitative, synesthetic, and conventional sound symbolism in English-based fictitious brand names.
• 2023 L. H., Disney's attempt at making it right: A diachronic sociolinguistic analysis of  AAVE speakers in three selected films and their remakes
• 2023 I. P., "My honey calls me crispy chicken": A study on terms of endearment among romantic partners in Germany

State exam

• 2026 J. H., Englisch in der deutschen Werbesprache: Eine exemplarische diachrone Analyse in ausgewählten Branchen
• 2025 M. L., Phonetics and phonology in curricula and textbooks of Bavarian secondary schools from a diachronic perspective
• 2024 R. B., Word choice in the framing process of the abortion debate in the United States: a comparative analysis of word choice in the coverage of the overturning of Roe v Wade (awarded with Katharina-Seiler-Preis, February 2025)
• 2023 D. K., The emergence of new language constructs: Analyzing neologisms coined by digital natives

• Academic Counseling (Fachstudienberatung) English Linguistics (B.A. and Staatsexamen)
• Supervision of B.A., M.A. theses & Zulassungsarbeiten
• Pronunciation Examiner
• Member of Board of Examiners for the MA Programme ›English Linguistics‹

• OED Researchers Advisory Group
• Forschergruppe NAMEN
• Johann-Andreas-Schmeller-Gesellschaft
• Bund Bairische Sprache e.V.