Current notice
I will be out of office from the 01.04.26–10.04.26 on holiday.
Kathryn A. Sherwood
M.A., Research Assistant and lecturer
Office Hours
You can book your office hour via email. Please state the topic you want to address and if you prefer to meet in person or via zoom.
Office hour for my students: Tuesdays from 12–1 p.m.
I also offer office hours for methods/data analysis in linguistics for any students who generally need help with their methodology.
Method office hour: Wednesday 12–1 p.m. via zoom.
Kathryn Sherwood
2.059
Rabinstraße 8
53111 Bonn
Research Interests
Pursuing my interests in computational linguistics, I worked at the Fraunhofer FKIE in the area of information analysis as a student assistant. In my master thesis, I investigated how generative artificial intelligences interpret syntactic ambiguities.
I also harbor an interest in language processing with a focus on how humans interpret semantic and syntactic ambiguities. In the area of pragmatics, I am especially interested in (im)politeness in different languages, with further interests in discourse analysis.
I am currently in the process of establishing an idea for a dissertation project to pursue a PhD in the area of computational linguistics in the future.
Computational Linguistics
Language Processing
Pragmatics
Syntax
Curriculum Vitae
02/2026
Erasmus teaching mobility at Aberdeen University (UK), teaching guest lectures focused on language and AI
Since 2024
Research Assistant and lecturer,
Linguistics of English and Translation Studies, University of Bonn, Germany
Since 2024
M.A. in Applied Linguistics, University of Bonn, Germany
2023–2024
Research Assistant, Information Analysis, Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany
01/2023–06/2023
Exchange Semester at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
2022–2023
Research Assistant, English Library, University of Bonn, Germany
Since 2021
B.A. in English and Linguistics, University of Bremen, Germany
10/2018–12/2018
Exchange Semester at Lancaster University, England
Teaching
Summer term 2026
Applied Linguistics: Language and AI (BA, Seminar + Übung)
Erasmus teaching mobility at Aberdeen University (Guest lectures)
Language Myths (BA, Lecture)
Dissecting Sentences (BA, Seminar)
Information Structure (BA, Seminar)
Winter term 2025/26
Language Structures and Functions (BA, Übung 1)
Language Structures and Functions (BA, Übung 2)
Summer term 2025
Issues in Language and Communication: Ambiguities in Language (BA, Seminar)
Issues in Language and Communication: Semantics (BA, Seminar)
Presentations
“Generative Artificial Intelligence and Syntactic Ambiguity: Interpretation of Relative Clause Attachment – Ambiguity Resolution and Language Bias of Generative Artificial Intelligences”.
Type:
Talk
Occassion:
13th Bonn Applied English Linguistics Conference (BAELc)
Date:
University of Bonn, Germany, 5–6 July 2024
“Politeness in Manga and Their Translations: A Comparison of Japanese Politeness Strategies with its English Translation in the Manga Yotsubato”.
Type:
Talk
Occasion:
11th Bonn Applied English Linguistics Conference (BAELc)
Date:
University of Bonn, Germany, 24–25 June 2022