Irmengard Rauch
Irmengard Rauch is a linguist and semiotician.
She is Professor of Germanic Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.1979–80; 1982–present. Previously at the Univ. of Illinois ; the University of Pittsburgh ; the Univ. of Wisconsin.
She is the editor of the book series Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics;Berkeley Models of Grammars; Studies in Old Germanic Languages and Literatures; co-editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis.
Selected works
- The Old High German Diphthongization: A Description of a Phonemic Change. Janua Linguarum, Series Practica XXXVI. The Hague: Mouton. 1967.
- Approaches in Linguistic Methodology. Co-ed. C. T. Scott. Introduction, I. Rauch and C. T. Scott, pp. 3–8. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 1967.
- Approaches…. published in Spanish-language edition as Estudios de metodologia linguistica, translated by M. L. Guillen. Madrid: Editorial Gredos, 1974.
- Der Heliand. Wege der Forschung CCCXXI. Co-ed. J. Eichhoff. Introduction, I. Rauch and J. Eichhoff,. Wege der Forschung CCCXXI. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1973.
- Linguistic Method: Essays in Honor of Herbert Penzl. Co-ed. G. F. Carr. Introduction: "Linguistic Method, A Matter of Principle," I. Rauch, pp. 19-23 . The Hague: Mouton, 1979.
- The Signifying Animal: The Grammar of Language and Experience. Co-ed. G.F. Carr. Bloomington: The Indiana University Press, 1980.
- Language Change. Co-ed. G. F. Carr. Preface I. Rauch, pp. vii-x. Bloomington: The Indiana University Press, 1983.
- The Semiotic Bridge: Trends from California. Co-ed. G.F.Carr. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1989.
- The Old Saxon Language: Grammar, Epic Narrative, Linguistic Interference. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1992.
- On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods. Co-ed. G. F. Carr and R. Kyes. Preface I. Rauch, pp. v-vi Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter,. 1992.
- Insights in Germanic Linguistics I. Methodology in Transition. Co-ed. G. F. Carr. Trends in Linguistics, vol 83. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1995.
- Insights in Germanic Linguistics II. Classic and Contemporary. Co-ed. G.F. Carr. . Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996.
- Across the Oceans. Studies from East to west in Honor of Richard K. Seymour. Co-ed. Cornelia Moore. Introduction: "Across Cultures, Across Disciplines," I Rauch, xvii-xix. Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1995.
- Semiotics Around the World: Synthesis in Diversity. Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the IASS, Berkeley, California, June 12–18, 1994. Vols I & II. Co-ed. G.F. Carr. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996.
- Semiotic Insights: The Data Do the Talking. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.
- New Insights in Germanic Linguistics I. Co-ed G.F. Carr. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. 1999.
- New Insights in Germanic Linguistics II. Co-ed G. F. Carr. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. 2001.
- New Insights in Germanic Linguistics III. Co-ed G.F. Carr. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. 2002.
- The Gothic Language: Grammar, Genetic Provenance and Typology, Readings. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. 2003.
- The Phonology / Paraphonology Interface and the Sounds of German across Time. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. 2008.
- The Gothic Language: Grammar, Genetic Provenance and Typology, Readings. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. 2011.
- BAG — Bay Area German Linguistic Fieldwork Project. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. 2015.
- The American Journal of Semiotics, vol. 9, no.4, co-ed. G.F.Carr.
- "Wolfram's Dawn-Song Series: An Explication." Monatshefte LV, 366-74.
- "A Problem in Historical Synonymy." Linguistics 6, 92-98.
- "Staging in Historical Phonemics: GMC. *ô > OHG uo." Linguistics 11, 50-56.
- "Phonological Causality and the Early Germanic Consonantal Conditioners of Primary Stressed Vowels." Approaches in Linguistic Methodology. Ed. I. Rauch and C. T. Scott. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 47-61.
- "Dimensions of Sound in Relation to an Early Hölderlin Poem." Linguistics 34, 46-54.
- "The Heliand Versus 5-7 Again." Folia Linguistica II, 39-47.
- "Heliand i-Umlaut Evidence for the Original Dialect Position of Old Saxon." Lingua 24, 365-73.
- "Das germanische reduplizierte Präteritum – Gunnar Bech." Lingua 27, 367-81.
- "The Germanic Dental Preterite, Language Origin, and Linguistic Attitude."Indogermanische Forschungen 77, 215-33.
- "'Heliand' i-Umlaut... " reprinted in Der Heliand. Ed. J. Eichhoff and I. Rauch, Wege der Forschung CCCXXI. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 461-70.
- "Old High German Vocalic Clusters," Issues in Linguistics: Papers in Honor of Henry and Renee Kahane. Ed, B. J. Kachru et al. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 774-79.
- "Some North-West Germanic Dental Conditioners and Laryngeal Effect." Husbanding the Golden Grain: Studies in Honor of Henry W. Nordmeyer. Ed. L. Frank and E. George. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan German Department, 255-64.
- "Were Verbs in Fact Noun Subsidiaries?" Proceedings of the Eleventh International Congress of Linguists. Ed. L. Heilmann. Bologna: Societa editrice il Mulino, 609-15.
- "Die phonologische Basis des Deutschen: unter- und überphonemische Faktoren."Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik VI, 62-71.
- "What Can Generative Grammar Do for Etymology?: An Old Saxon Hapax." Semasia:Beiträge zur germanisch-romanischen Sprachforschung 2, 249-60.
- "Semantic Features Inducing the Germanic Dental Preterite Stem." Studies in the Linguistic Sciences 5, 126-38.
- "Linguistic Method: Yesterday and Today." ERIC ED 917, 18 pp
- "Where Does Language Borrowing End and Genetic Relationship Begin?" Approaches to Language. Ed. McCormack and Wurm. The Hague: Mouton, 245-55.
- "Language-likeness." Studies in the Linguistic Sciences. Vol. 8, 183-89.
- "Semiotics and Language." The Language Quarterly. Vol. XVII, 2-6.
- "Distinguishing Semiotics from Linguistics and the Position of Language in Both." The Sign: Semiotics Around the World. Ed. R.W. Bailey et al., 328-34.
- "The State of the Semiotics Curriculum." Semiotic Scene. Vol. 2, no. 4, 151-55.
- "Semantic Naturalness in Word-Building: East German Nur-." Linguistic Method: Essays in Honor of Herbert Penzl. Ed. I.Rauch and G.F. Carr. The Hague: Mouton, 13-17.
- "The Language-Inlay in Semiotic Modalities." Semiotica 25, 67-76.
- "First-Language Syntax in the New High German of Swiss Authors." Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik. Vol. 9. Ed. M. Burkhard and G. Labroisse, 23-32.
- "What is Signifying?" The Signifying Animal: The Grammar of Language and Experience. Ed. I. Rauch and G. F. Carr. Bloomington: The Indiana University Press, 1-8.
- "Between Linguistics and Semiotics: Paralanguage." The Signifying Animal: The Grammar of Language and Experience. Ed. I. Rauch and G F. Carr. Bloomington: The University of Indiana Press, 284-89.
- "Robert Walser's 'Van Gogh': Ich Allein oder Wir Alle? Studie zur linguistischen und literarischen Interpretation." Akten des VI. Internationalen Germanisten-Kongresses, Basel. Co-author M. Burkhard, 291-97.
- "Inversion, Adjectival Participle, and Narrative Effect in Old Saxon." Niederdeutsches Jahrbuch 104, 22-30.
- "Semiotics in Search of Method: Narrativity." Semiotica 34, 167-76.
- "What is Cause?" The Journal of Indo-European Studies 9, 319-29.
- "The State of the Semiotics Curriculum II." Semiotic Scene 4, 64-77.
- "Toward a Schwa in Gothic." Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur 103, 392-401.
- "Historical Analogy and the Peircean Categories." Proceedings of the III International Conference on Historical Linguistics. , 359-67.
- "Uses of the Germanic Past Perfect in Epic Backgrounding" The Journal of Indo-European Studies 10, 301-14.
- "Evolution in a Semantic Set: Text, Discourse, Narrative." Language Change. Ed. I. Rauch and G. F. Carr. Bloomington: The Indiana University Press, 28-38.
- "The Semiotic Paradigm and Language Change." Semiotics 1981. Ed. J. Deely and M. Lenhart. New York: Plenum, 193-200.
- "On the Modality of the Article." Monatshefte 75, 156-62.
- "'Symbols Grow': Creation, Compulsion, Change." American Journal of Semiotics 3, 1-23.
- "Semiotists on Semiotists: The Heartbeat of the Sign." Semiotica 55, 227-50.
- "Syntax des Altsächsischen." Sprachgeschichte: Ein Handbuch zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und ihrer Erforschung. Ed. W. Besch, O. Reichmann, S. Sonderegger. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter, 1089-93.
- "Semiotics and Linguistics." Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics. Ed. T. A. Sebeok et al. Berlin: Mouton/de Gruyter, 912-920.
- "Language and Other Sign Systems." Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics. Ed. T. A. Sebeok et al. Berlin: Mouton/de Gruyter, 433-438.
- "The Mendacious Mode in Modern German." Els Oksaar Festschrift. Ed. Hartwig Wittje. Tubingen: Gunter Narr, 343-351.
- "Evidence of Language Change." Research Guide for Language Change. Ed. E. Polome. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 37-70.
- "The Impact of Language on Luther: Sapir-Whorf Redux." Languages and Cultures: Studies in Honor of Edgar C. Polome. Ed. M. A. Jazayery and W. Winter. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 535-549.
- "Peirce, Saussure, Uexküll." Proceedings of the III International Congress of the History of Linguistics. Ed. L. G. Kelley et al. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 575-583.
- "Old Saxon hell, Drawl, and Silence." Althochdeutsch: Festschrift für Rudolf Schutzeichel. Ed. R. Bergmann. H. Tiefenbach, L. Voetz. Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1145-1151.
- "Peirce: 'With No Pretension to Being a Linguist.'" Semiotica. 65 29-43.
- "How Do Germanic Linguistic Data React to Newer Literary Methods?" Germania: Comparative Studies in the Old Germanic Languages and Literatures. Ed. D. Calder and T. Craig Christy. Wolfeboro, NH: D. S. Brewer, 97-111.
- "The Sausurrean Axes Subverted." dispositio. XII 35-44.
- "San Francisco Bay Area German: A Pilot Study." Co-author with BAG Graduate Student Group. Monatshefte. 80 94-102.
- "Is There an Aspect Distinction in Certain Strong/Weak Verb Alternations? Evidence from German in the San Francisco Bay Area" Co-author with BAG Graduate Student Group. Semper Idem et Novus: Festschrift for Frank Banta. Ed. F.G. Gentry et al. Goppingen: Kummerle Verlag, 433-443.
- "Language Change in Progress: Privacy and Firstness," The Semiotic Bridge: Trends from California. Ed. I. Rauch & G F. Carr. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 375-383.
- "Medicine and Semiotics," Bochum Publications in Evolutionary Cultural Semiotics, Vol 10: Semiotics in the Individual Sciences. Ed. W. Koch. Bochum: Universitätsverlag Dr. Norbert Brockmeyer 299-317.
- "On the Nature of Firsts in Language Change," Proceedings of the XIV International Congress of Linguists. Ed. W. Banner, J. Schildt, D. Viehweger. Berlin: Akademie Verlag 1432-1434.
- "Basler Rezept I: Method, Medical Code, and the Polysemous Symptom," Herbert Kolb Festschrift. Ed. Klaus Matzel and Hans-Gert Roloff. Bern: Peter Lang A. G., 523-27.
- "Computerizing the Bay Area German Project," Co-author B. Schiffman and G. Trauth.American Journal of Germanic Linguistics and Literatures. vol. no 2 177-198.
- "Bilingual Pragmatics: Evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area German Project," Co-author with BAG Graduate Student Group. Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik LVII 295-305.
- "An Unexploited Rule for Morphological Naturalness," Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Western Conference on Linguistics II. Ed. Vida Samiian et al. Fresno: California State University Department of Linguistics 277-286,
- "Semiotics: canon, theses," Semiotica 86 85-92.
- "Early New High German e-Plural," Beiträtge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur. 113 367-383.
- "Another Old English – Old Saxon Isogloss: Activity," De Gustibus: Essays for Alain Renoir. In Albert Bates Lord Studies in Oral Tradition, 10, ed. J. M. Foley. New York: Garland 480-493.
- "Old Saxon Barred Vowel," On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods. Ed. I. Rauch, G.F. Carr, R. Kyes, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter 245-252.
- "Icon Deconstruction and Icon Construction," in: Signs of Humanity/ L'Homme et ses signes I-III. Ed. G. Deladelle et al.. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1992, 401-405.
- Deconstruction, Prototype Theory and Semiotics," The American Journal of Semiotics 9, no. 4 129-38.
- "Discourse, Space, Writing, "The American Journal of Semiotics 9, no.4 5-10.
- "The Old English Genesis B Poet: Bilingual or Interlingual?' American Journal of Germanic Linguistics and Literatures v. 5, no. 2 163-184.
- "Toward Germanic Schwa: Old Saxon Evidence," Vielfalt des Deutschen. Ed. K. J. Mattheier, K-P. Wegera et al. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1993:61-66.
- "1994," Semiotica 98 157-62.
- "Linguistic Polygraphy and Linguistic Polyphony: Old Saxon /ie, uo/," IV. Proceedings of the xv International Congress of Linguists. Ed. Andr6 Crochetière, Jean-Claude Boulanger and Conrad Ouellon. Quebec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1994, 263-266.
- "IASS World Congresses: The Fifth," Proceedings of the I Congresso Mundial de Semiotica y Comunicacion, Monterrey, Mexico.
- "Germanic Linguistics in the Post-Modern Age," Insights in Germanic Linguistics I, Methodology in Transition. Ed. I. Rauch and G. F. Carr in the series Trends in Linguistics 83. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1995, 1-4.
- "Formal and Less Formal Rules, "Insights in Germanic Linguistics I,: Methodology in Transition. Ed. I. Rauch and G.F. Carr in series Trends in Linguistics 83. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1995, 265-273.
- "BAG IV: Phonological Interference,". In: Insights in Germanic Linguistics I, Methodology in Transition. Ed. I. Rauch and G. F. Carr Trends in Linguistics 83. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1995, 275-292.
- "Semiotics and Language," Reprinted by The Language Quarterly in the Gedenkschrift for Dr. Albert Gessman.
- "Semiotic Pronominal Configurations: A Question of Pathological Language," Semiosis.
- "English Phonetic Contrasts in San Francisco Bay Area German,", in: Across the Oceans: Studies from East to West in Honor of Richard K. Seymour.Ed. I. Rauch and Cornelia Moore. Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1995, 167-175.
- "My Language is the Sum Total of Myself: Humboldt and Peirce,"Essays in Honor of Thomas A. Sebeok. Ed. Norma Tasca. Porto, Portugal: Fundação Eng. Antonio de Almeida, 1995, 109-117.
- "Zwei Variationen von 'politisch-korrektem' Deutsch." Ed. M.S. Batts. Akten des IX. Kongresses der Internationalen Vereinigung für germanistische Sprach-und Literaturwissenschaft. Tubingen: Niemeyer, 1996.
- "'Symbols Grow' II" in Semiotics Around the World: Synthesis in Diversity: Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the IASS, Berkeley, 1994. Vol. I. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 87-93.
- "BAG V: PC German,", Insights in Germanic Linguistics II: Classic and Contemporary. Ed. I.Rauch and G.F. Carr Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 207-226.
- "Openness, Eco, and the End of Another Millenium," in Reading Eco: A Pretext to Literary Semiotics. Ed. R. Capozzi. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 137- 146.
- "Babysitter/in, lernbehindert, and other German PC Terms", in German Studies in Honor of Anatoly Liberman, ed. by M. Berryman, K.G. Goblirsch and M.H. Taylor. NOWELE 31-32,.
- "Feature Spreading in Old High German and Old Saxon: Umlaut, Monophthongization, Pragmatics,"890-New Insights in Germanic Linguistics I. Ed. I. Rauch and G.F. Carr. New York: Peter Lang Publishing 201-210.
- "Syntax des Altniederdeutschen ", in Sprachgeschichte: Ein Handbuch zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und ihrer Erforschung.Ed.W. Besch et al., Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1263-1269.
- "BAG VI: Toward a Grammar of German e-mail,". New Insights in Germanic Linguistics I. Ed. I. Rauch and G.F. Carr..New York: Peter Lang Publishing 181-200.
- "Zum Gedenken an Herbert Penzl.". Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik 28 9-24.
- "On the BBC/A&E Bicentennial 'Pride and Prejudice,'" Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 2 327-346.
- "BAG VI-2: Toward a Grammar of German Snail Mail,", New Insights in Germanic Linguistics II, ed. I. Rauch and G.F. Carr. New York: Peter Lang Publishing 147-158.
- "Analogy's Hidden Triggers," New Insights in Germanic Linguistics II, ed. I. Rauch and G.F. Carr. New York: Peter Lang Publishing 159-166.
- "Bible Epic, Saxon," Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.M. Jeep. New York: Garland 56-59.
- "Paralanguage: Evidence from Germanic," Semiotica 135 147-156.
- "On the German Language of Civility/Vulgarity: Evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area,". Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 5 : 175-198.
- "Herbert Penzl," Internationales Germanisten Lexikon 1800-1950.. Marbach: Arbeitsstelle für die Erforschung der Geschichte der Germanistik.
- "Gothic h, r, hw and Ranked Constraints," Verba et Litterae: Explorations in Germanic Languages and German Literature, ed. A. Wedel and H-J. Busch. Newark DL: Lingua Text 117-123.
- "Historical Pragmatics: Pervasive Evidence from Old Saxon," New Insights in Germanic Linguistics III. ed. I. Rauch and G. F. Carr. New York: Peter Lang Publishing : 211-219.
- "A Semiotic Panorama, Alamode Borrowing and Diverse German," Semiotica, 141 : 377-386.
- "On the German Language of Civility/Vulgarity: Evidence from Bonn," Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 8,2: 261-289.
- "Bag VIII. Emotion, Gesture, and Language,".Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 10,1 : 17-46.
- "The Newly Found Leipzig Heliand Fragment." Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 11,1 1-17.
- "BAG IX. Toward the Architecture of the Apology,".Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 12,1 135-156.
- "Gender Semiotics, Anglo-Frisian wíf and Old Frisian Noun Gender," in Old Frisian Philology , ed. R. Bremmer et al, : 367-77.
- "Translations of the Bible," in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages," ed. R. F. Bjork. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- "BAG X: Toward the Architecture of the Lie,".Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 15, 2 53-89.
- "Rolf H. Bremmer, Jr. An Introduction to Old Frisian." In: NOWELE: 60/61, 199-203.
- BAG XI: Toward Human : Canine Communication".Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 16, 2 203-254.
- "Exapted 'oh': How Does It Fit into the Prosodic Hierarchy?" in Vox Germanica: Essays in Germanic Languages and Literature in Honor of James E. Cathey, ed. Stephen Harris and Michael J. Harris et al. Tempe, AZ: The Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 85-90.
- "The Power and the Glory of Sound," The American Journal of Semiotics 28.1-2 5-17.
- "Hic et Nunc: Evidence from Canine Zoosemiotics." Semiotica 196 229-242.
- BAG XII: German Netspeak / Textspeak,". Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 18,2 101-127.
- "On Gothic in the Computer Age," NOWELE 67 231-236.
- BAG XIII: "On Laughter: German and English Jokes". Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 19,2.
- "On Consonantal Conditioners Again and the Case of Rising Short Old Frisian IU" Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 20, 1
- "Preface" in The Old Saxon Heliand: An Annotated English Translation by Tonya Kim Dewey. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.
- BAG--Bay Area German Linguistic Fieldwork Project. Peter Lang Publishing; 2015.
- Semiotic Insights: The Data Do the Talking. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2008.
- The Phonology/Paraphonology Interface and the Sounds of German across Time. Peter Lang Publishing. 2011.
- The Gothic Language: Grammar, Genetic Provenance and Typology, Readings. Second edition. Peter Lang Publishing. 2011.
- The Old Saxon Language. Grammar, Epic Narrative,Linguistic Interference. Peter Lang Publishing. 1967.
- The Old High German Diphthongization. A Description of a Phonemic Change. Mouton & Company, 1967.
- Co-editor w Gerald F. Carr: 'Semiotics Around the World: Synthesis in Diversity. Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the IASS.' Berkeley, CA.Mouton de Gruyter, 1996.
The Grammar of Language and Experience Indiana University Press; Language Change ; The Semiotic Bridge: Trends from California, Mouton de Gruyter.
Recognition
- 2011 Eighth Thomas A. Sebeok Fellow
- 1998 Festschrift: Interdigitations: Essays for Irmengard Rauch
- 1996 Honorary Member, American Association of Teachers of German
- 1994 President, Fifth Congress of the IASS
- 1985 Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Dayton
- 1982 Guggenheim Fellow
- 1981-83 President, Semiotic Society of America
- Life Member, Modern Language Association, Linguistic Society of America