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Dan Walter

@spracheistleben.bsky.social

Associate Professor of German and Linguistics at Emory University. Researcher in Second Language Acquisition with foci in Psycholinguistics, Language Pedagogy, and Morphosyntax. General interest in and love for anything and everything linguistics related

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Dan Walter@spracheistleben.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If you are interested in the role of dialects in language learning and teaching, check out our new publications and special issue! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... escholarship.org/uc/l2

‘It’ll be real German, but German with a little twist’: Teaching and learning about dialects in the study abroad classroom - Daniel R. Walter, Julia Ruck, Sarah Lehrich, 2026

During study abroad, second language learners encounter real-world language that contrasts with what they have learned. To better support students while abroad,...

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Dan Walter@spracheistleben.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#linguistics Upcoming web conversation on Multidialectism in the Multilingual Turn! Registration is free, you just need a zoom account. Tuesday May 12, 2026, 12pm PST Register here: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: L2Journal Special Issue Launch: Multidialectism in the Multilingual Turn. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meetin...

The special issue of L2 Journal, Multidialectism in the Multilingual Turn, guest edited by Drs. Daniel Walter and Julia Ruck will be published in early May. Join the guest editors and contributors to ...

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Dan Walter@spracheistleben.bsky.social · 11mo ago

So proud of my undergrad for their work and their brave question in my German 101 class 4 year ago that started the project: "What pronoun should I use if I don't identify as male or female?" All I said was, "I don't know, why don't we find out together?" utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

Beyond xier: An Exploration of German Nonbinary Pronoun Usage and Discourse on Twitter | Gender and Language

Abstract Neopronouns are new pronouns created to address perceived gaps in the standard pronoun system. In the German language, neopronouns have neither stabilized around norms of usage nor has any singular neopronoun risen to prominence over others. However, many sources available to educators and researchers in a US context have foregrounded the neopronoun xier based on a small number of resources. To address this possible misrepresentation in the current pedagogical and linguistic literature, we conducted a study on nonbinary pronoun usage by German speakers on Twitter. Our findings indicate several neopronouns in use, with they, xier, dey, and sier being the most frequent. Further analysis indicated that these pronouns are often used in different ways by different speakers. These results document the unstable nature of neopronouns in the German-speaking world and provide a foundation for future neopronoun research.

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Dan Walter@spracheistleben.bsky.social · last yr.

Very excited that the Special Issue of Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German on trans and non-binary issues in the L2 German classroom is coming together! The full special issue will be released in the fall 25 issue but articles are coming out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17561221... #linguistics

Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German: Vol 0, No 0

<em>Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German</em> is a German education journal devoted to the improvement & innovation of teaching and learning German language & culture.

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Dan Walter@spracheistleben.bsky.social · last yr.

Very excited that the Special Issue of Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German on trans and non-binary issues in the L2 German classroom is coming together! The full special issue will be released in the fall 25 issue but articles are coming out in Early View. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17561221...

Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German: Vol 0, No 0

<em>Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German</em> is a German education journal devoted to the improvement & innovation of teaching and learning German language & culture.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Dan Walter@spracheistleben.bsky.social · last yr.

How are my fellow academics with kids holding up? Although I just got tenure last year, I'm feeling so exhausted managing my classes, service, and research with 3 young kids at home. This job gives me the flexibility to be there for them, but trying to be good at everything is frying my brain.