Active with the TGDP: 2017-2023
PhD in Germanic Studies (UT Austin)
Matthias Warmuth received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 2023. He has an interest in linguistics, SLA, and L2 pedagogy. His dissertation focused on how language death and language attrition, i.e., the process of forgetting a native or first language, affect the pronunciation of Texas German. More specifically, his research addresses a variety of changes in the sound system, contrasting data collected by Glenn Gilbert in the 1960s with more recent data collected by the TGDP. His focus lies on developments that are most likely due to transfer from American English (AE), the dominant language for all current speakers of TxG.
