Football and Language / Fußball und Sprache
The Innsbruck Football Research Group
Die Innsbrucker Fußball-Forschungsgruppe
Faculty of Language, Literature and Culture University of Innsbruck
Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Innsbruck
Members
Gerhard Pisek, Erika Giorgianni, Eva Lavric, Wolfgang Stadler Andrew Skinner, Irene Giera (see picture above from the foundation in 2005) (+ Jasmin Steiner)
Contact: eva.lavric@uibk.ac.at
Publications
The Linguistics of Football (edited volume, 2008)
Körper und Sprachen im Fußball (edited volume, 2023)
Language and Football (edited volume, 2024)
Complete List of Publications (with Downloads)
Projects
Multilingualism in Football Teams (ongoing project)
Emotions in Football Commentaries (completed project)
Emotions and Types of Enunciation in Fan Chants (project Eva Lavric)
The Football and Language Bibliography Online
Workshops
Language and Football (Workshop, Innsbruck, 26-28/10/2007)
Multilingual and multifaceted Football (Workshop, Innsbruck, 10/06/2016)
Dire le corps du footballeur (Workshop, Reims, 29/06/2018)
Language and Football II / Sprache und Fußball II (Workshop, Innsbruck, 09-12/12/2021)
Knowledge Transfer / Dissemination of findings with Press Review