Christina Laurer

The Author: Born in Vienna in 1974, Christina Laurer studied English and Italian at the University of Vienna, she spent a year in Italy (Turin) and two years in Canterbury where she did linguistic research at the University College London. After having been awarded her M.A. in English and Italian she pursued her academic career doing Ph.D. research into sociolinguistics and phonetics. In 2000 she achieved qualified teacher status in Britain and is presently teaching at the «Theresianum» in Vienna. Since 2006 the author has been lecturing practical phonetics at the Linguistics Department, University of Vienna.