{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-03-29T16:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:13:10","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ralf-thiede\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralf Thiede"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ralf-thiede\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/320\/2018\/11\/Ralf_Thiede.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-125 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ralf-thiede\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/320\/2018\/11\/Ralf_Thiede-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ralf-thiede\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/320\/2018\/11\/Ralf_Thiede-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ralf-thiede\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/320\/2018\/11\/Ralf_Thiede.jpg 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor of Linguistics, UNC Charlotte &#8211; syntax, cognitive linguistics, historical linguistics, linguistics of children&#8217;s literature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>undergraduate Univ. of M\u00fcnster (Anglistik, Philosophy, minor in Education)<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. University of Missouri \u2013 Columbia, 1990<\/li>\n<li>M.A. University of Missouri \u2013 Columbia, 1984<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Dissertation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cognitive Interfaces in Government and Binding Theory: Formal Interactions between Syntax and Peripheral Modules.&#8221; 1990. University of Missouri &#8211; Columbia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/pqdtglobal\/docview\/303867682\/576D407CB0394B2APQ\/24?accountid=14605\">DAI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Areas of Interest<\/strong><br \/>\nLinguistics (syntax, history, cognition and linguistics, language acquisition\/learning\/attrition, evolution of language, English grammar); the language of children&#8217;s literature; language and power; English Medieval Language and Literature; and the concept of harmony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">ISNI: <a href=\"https:\/\/isni.org\/isni\/0000000475908347\">0000 0004 7590 8347<\/a><br \/>\nORCID ID: <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8557-1379\">0000-0001-8557-1379<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=MS_F1oAAAAAJ\">Google Scholar page<\/a><br \/>\nWeb of Science ID: <a class=\"very-dark-gray-link\" title=\"Copy and share this profile's URL\" href=\"https:\/\/publons.com\/researcher\/B-1901-2019\/\">B-1901-2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Current Project<\/strong><br \/>\nStarting a new project on the topic of harmony, ranging from classical philosophy and medieval literature to modern linguistics and cognitive neuroscience. This should be fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 1983. A Black English\/Standard English interim grammar in college composition: A case study. Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 17: 171-80. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moacademysci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Transactions17-1983.pdf\">online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 1992. Lexical Transformations and the Mapping of English Ditransitives.\u00a0<em>The National Kaohsiung Normal University Journal of English Literature and Language<\/em> 1 (December): 104-18.<\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 1993. Review of Neurolinguistics: Historical and theoretical perspectives, by Charles Pierre Bouton.\u00a0<em>Language<\/em> 69: 409-10. DOI: <a class=\"truncate-anchor-peer-review inline\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2307\/416555\" target=\"orcid.blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10.2307\/416555<\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/416555\">JSTOR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 1994. Friedens- und Konfliktforschung: Aktuelle Fachtermini in Deutsch und Englisch. <em>Lebende Sprachen<\/em> 1994.4: 156-57. <a title=\"Lebende Sprachen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/dg\/viewjournalissue.articlelist.resultlinks.fullcontentlink:pdfeventlink\/$002fj$002fles.1994.39.issue-4$002fles.1994.39.4.156$002fles.1994.39.4.156.pdf?t:ac=j$002fles.1994.39.issue-4$002fissue-files$002fles.1994.39.issue-4.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Davis, Boyd, and Ralf Thiede. 2000. Writing into Change: Style Shifting in Asynchronous Electronic Discourse. Ch. 5 of <em>Network-Based Language Teaching: Concepts and Practice<\/em>, ed. Mark Warschauer and Richard Kern. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI: <a class=\"url doi\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/CBO9781139524735.007\">10.1017\/CBO9781139524735.007<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=wFH56QxG2uwC&amp;pg=PA232&amp;dq=thiede,+ralf&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=dUdxUuPMJYuqsASP-4GYBg&amp;ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&amp;q=thiede%2C%20ralf&amp;f=false\">Google Books preview<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 2006. Lexical Classification and Pragmatic Licensing of Mandarin <strong><em>ba<\/em><\/strong>. <em>Southern Journal of Linguistics<\/em>\u00a027.1\/2 (2003): 1-38.<\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 2007. MERGE and Information Management. <em>Human Sciences<\/em>\u00a055 (2007): 57-70.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sid.ir\/fa\/VEWSSID\/J_pdf\/64413865510.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 2009. Stylistics and Syntax: Exploitation of Mixed Systems in English. <em>Southern Journal of Linguistics<\/em> 33.2: 72-91. <a title=\"Stylistics and Syntax\" href=\"http:\/\/libres.uncg.edu\/ir\/uncc\/listing.aspx?styp=ti&amp;id=15301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NC Docks Open Access<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 2012. Linguistics and children&#8217;s literature.\u00a0<em>Southern Journal of Linguistics <\/em>36.2: 1-9.<\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf, 2012. Special issue: &#8216;Linguistics and Child Literature,&#8217;\u00a0<em>Southern Journal of Linguistics.<\/em>\u00a0With articles by Theofil Husar, Brittany A. Stone, Elizabeth Tingley, and Julie Wright.<\/p>\n<p>Davis, Boyd, Ralf Thiede, and Mary K. Smith. 2013. Cross-cultural socialization into a common profession: Exploring how nursing students in Taiwan and in the U.S. narrate professional Identity. <em>Crossroads<\/em> (University of Bialystok) 1: 6-23. DOI: 10.15290\/cr.2013.01.01 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroads.uwb.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Crossroads-1.pdf\">online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 2015. Review of <em>Entranced by Story: Brain, Tale and Teller, from Infancy to Old Age<\/em> by Hugh Crago. <em>Children&#8217;s Literature Association Quarterly <\/em>40.1: 85-88.\u00a0 DOI: <a class=\"truncate-anchor-peer-review inline\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1353\/chq.2015.0001\" target=\"orcid.blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10.1353\/chq.2015.0001<\/a>\u00a0 <a title=\"review of Hugh Crago\" href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/login?auth=0&amp;type=summary&amp;url=\/journals\/childrens_literature_association_quarterly\/v040\/40.1.thiede.pdf\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 2018. Review of\u00a0<em>Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century<\/em> by Maryanne Wolf.\u00a0<em>Children&#8217;s Literature Association Quarterly\u00a0<\/em>43.4: 487-91. DOI: <a class=\"truncate-anchor-peer-review inline\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1353\/chq.2018.0055\" target=\"orcid.blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10.1353\/chq.2018.0055<\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/710424\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 2019.\u00a0<em>Children&#8217;s Books, Brain Development, and Language Acquisition<\/em>. New York: Routledge, 250 pp. <a href=\"https:\/\/uncc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma991010943987104091&amp;context=L&amp;vid=01UNCC_INST:01UNCC_INST&amp;lang=en&amp;search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&amp;adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&amp;tab=Everything&amp;query=creator,exact,Thiede,%20Ralf,AND&amp;facet=creator,exact,Thiede,%20Ralf&amp;mode=advanced\">link\u00a0<\/a> (institutional access) <a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/742709\">review<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">Thiede, Ralf. 2019. Synesthetic entrainment in interactive reading sessions of children&#8217;s books. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">Children&#8217;s Literature Association Quarterly <\/em><span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">44.4 (Winter): 381-400. <\/span><a style=\"font-size: revert\" href=\"https:\/\/muse-jhu-edu.librarylink.uncc.edu\/article\/742703\/pdf\">link<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\"> (UNCC access only)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf, and Daniel Boisvert. 2020. <em>Language, Mind, and Power: Why we Need Linguistic Equality.<\/em> London: Routledge. <a href=\"https:\/\/uncc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01UNCC_INST\/14gt3pp\/alma991011229586704091.\">link<\/a> (institutional access) DOI: <a class=\"truncate-anchor-peer-review inline\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9780429274879\" target=\"orcid.blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10.4324\/9780429274879<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/pb-assets\/cmscontent\/TCZ\/TCZ%20Book%20Reviews%202021\/May%202021\/Language,%20Mind%20and%20Power-%20Why%20We%20Need%20Linguistic%20Equality%20-1650313062.pdf\">review<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.54922\/IJEHSS.2022.0456\">review<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 2024. Review of\u00a0<em>Self and Story in Early Childhood: Children&#8217;s Developing Minds Revealed by Parent-Led Research<\/em>, by Hugh Crago.\u00a0<em>Children&#8217;s Literature Association Quarterly<\/em> 48.4: 436-39. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1353\/chq.2023.a930101\">10.1353\/chq.2023.a930101<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/930101\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. 2024. Language nutrition in acquisition, learning, and attrition. Ch. 11 of <em>Language, Aging and Society: What can Linguistics Do for the Aging\u00a0World?<\/em>, ed. by Lihe Huang and Boyd Davis, 227-46. Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-68789-1\">10.1007\/978-3-031-68789-1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thiede, Ralf. forthcoming Fall 2026. Reanalyzed vs. Fossilized <em>how come<\/em>: The Michael Montgomery Collection.\u00a0<em>Southern Journal of Linguistics<\/em>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ralf-thiede\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/320\/2021\/07\/reanalyzed-vs-fossilized-how-come.pdf\">manuscript<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Under contract: Thiede, Ralf. <em>When Cognitive Science Met Children&#8217;s Literature: Bank Street Pioneers of Audience Design<\/em>. University Press of Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfae.org\/show\/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins\"><strong>Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins<\/strong><\/a><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfae.org\/charlotte-talks\/2009-12-11\/spelling\">Spelling<\/a> (Dec. 11, 2009) with Prof. Cynthia Lewis (English, Davidson College), Ellen Levine and David Grambs, authors of\u00a0<em>So You Think You Can Spell?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfae.org\/show\/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins\/2014-11-27\/origins-of-our-favorite-phrases-rebroadcast\">Origins Of Our Favorite Phrases<\/a> (July 29, 2012, rebroadcast November 28, 2014) with Ben Zimmer (Executive Producer, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visualthesaurus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visual Thesaurus<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vocabulary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vocabulary.com<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Most recent conference presentation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">&#8220;Enslavement, Judeophobia, and Linguistic Imperialism in Bible Translations,&#8221; joint panel with Barbara Thiede, Dept. of Religious Studies. \/ &#8220;Augmenting&#8221; vs. &#8220;Protecting&#8221; the Target Language. SouthEastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL 93) March 26, 2026, Atlanta, Georgia State University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference access copies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Gertrude Stein as a Children&#8217;s Book Author.&#8221; Children&#8217;s Literature Association 2021. <a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ralf-thiede\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/320\/2021\/06\/Thiede-ChLA-presentation-2021-15-min.pdf\">access copy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Science behind\u00a0<em>Here and Now<\/em>,\u00a0<em>City and Country<\/em>.&#8221; Children&#8217;s Literature Association 2022. <a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ralf-thiede\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/320\/2022\/06\/Thiede-ChLA-2022.pdf\">access copy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Defining Language Nutrition &#8212; Medically (and as a Human Right).&#8221; SouthEastern Conference on Linguistics 2025. <a href=\"\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ralf-thiede\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/320\/2025\/04\/Thiede-SECOL-2025-language-nutrition.pdf\">access copy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Courses Taught:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Undergraduate<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ENGL 2161 Grammar for Writing<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 3050 Topics: &#8216;Computers and Language,&#8217; &#8216;Psycholinguistics&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 3132 Introduction to Contemporary American English<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 3211 Medieval Literature<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 4050 Topics: &#8216;Medieval British Literature,&#8217; &#8216;Children&#8217;s Books as Language Nutrition,&#8217; &#8216;Linguistics of Children&#8217;s Literature&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 4075 English Honors Seminar<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 4161 Modern English Grammar<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 4166 Comparative Language Studies for Teachers (no longer offered)<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 4167 The Mind and Language<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 4211 Medieval Literature \/ Chaucer<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 4260 History of Global Englishes<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 4263 Linguistics and Language Learning<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 4750 Honors Seminar &#8216;Cognitive Linguistics of Children&#8217;s Literature&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 4759 Honors Seminar &#8216;Language, Mind, and Power&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>various independent studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Graduate<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ENGL 5167 The Mind and Language<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 5260 History of Global Englishes<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 6070 Topics: &#8216;Grammar and Etymology&#8217;, &#8216;Grammar for Teachers,&#8217; &#8216;Linguistics and Language Learning&#8217;, &#8216;Linguistics and Children&#8217;s Literature&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 6160 Introduction to the English Language<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 6161 Introduction to Linguistics<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 6163 Language Acquisition<\/li>\n<li>EDCI 8020 Topics in English Education<\/li>\n<li>various directed readings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Charlotte Teacher Institute<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;Grammar for the Real World&#8217; 2013 [<a href=\"http:\/\/charlotteteachers.org\/seminars\/2013-seminars\/grammar-for-the-real-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">description<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/charlotteteachers.org\/category\/curriculum-units\/2013\/grammar-for-the-real-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published curriculum units<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Professional Appointments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faculty Appointments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UNC\u00a0Charlotte since 1990<\/li>\n<li>National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan (1992-93)<\/li>\n<li>Occasional appointments at the University of Ludwigsburg, Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Editorial Appointments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editor of the <em>Southern Journal of Linguistics<\/em> 1999-2006; guest editor Spring 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Administrative Appointments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Director of Undergraduate Advising, Dept. of English (2005-2012)<\/li>\n<li>Dept. Parliamentarian (2010 &#8211; present)<\/li>\n<li>Coordinator, Applied Linguistics Program \/ Linguistics Minor (2013 &#8211; present)<\/li>\n<li>Director, Applied Linguistics Graduate Certificate (2013 &#8211; present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Professional Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vice President, SouthEastern Conference on Linguistics (2016-17)<\/li>\n<li>President, SouthEastern Conference on Linguistics [<a href=\"http:\/\/secol.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SECOL<\/a>] (2017-2021)<\/li>\n<li>Past President, SouthEastern Conference on Linguistics (2021-23)<\/li>\n<li>manuscript and book proposal reviewer for various publishers and journals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor of Linguistics, UNC Charlotte &#8211; syntax, cognitive linguistics, historical linguistics, linguistics of children&#8217;s literature. Education undergraduate Univ. of M\u00fcnster (Anglistik, Philosophy, minor in Education) Ph.D. University of Missouri \u2013 Columbia, 1990 M.A. University of Missouri \u2013 Columbia, 1984 Dissertation &#8220;Cognitive Interfaces in Government and Binding Theory: Formal Interactions between Syntax and Peripheral Modules.&#8221; 1990. 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