Andrin Büchler
Studied German and English linguistics as well as sociolinguistics at the University of Bern. He graduated in summer 2019 with a Master thesis on Obersaxen – eine höchstalemannische Sprachinsel. Sprachwandel als Folge von Sprach- und Dialektkontakt [Obersaxen – a Highest-Alemannic Sprachinsel. Linguistic change as a consequence of language and dialect contact]. Since October 2019, he is a PhD student and research assistant under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Péter Maitz in the department of German and since 2020, he is a member of the GSAH, participating in the doctoral program Studies in Language and Society.
Title of PhD Project
Das Schweizerdeutsche der Rätoroman*innen im „Unterland“ [The Swiss German spoken by Romansh people in German-speaking Switzerland]
Research Foci
Variationist sociolinguistics | Language and dialect contact | Second dialectology acquisition | Swiss dialectolog | Language minorities | Phonetics and phonology
