Marc Pierce
Associate Professor — Ph.D, Germanic Linguistics, University of Michigan

Contact
- E-mail: mpierc@austin.utexas.edu
- Phone: 232-6360
- Office: BUR 358
- Campus Mail Code: C3300
Interests
Historical linguistics, Germanic linguistics and philology, history of linguistics, phonology, Scandinavian studies
Biography
Marc Pierce's published research is mainly in the areas of historical linguistics (especially historical phonology and etymology), phonology, and the history of linguistics. He teaches or has taught a variety of courses in Germanic linguistics and philology (including the history of the German language, various older Germanic languages, and the structure of the German language), as well as courses in German language and literature, the history of linguistics, Scandinavian literature, and Great Books.
Courses
UGS 303 • Fairy Tales In America-Wb
60800-60815 • Fall 2020
Internet; Synchronous
GCWr
ID
GER 369 • German Lang: Hist Perspec
37464 • Spring 2020
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM BUR 232
GC
(also listed as LIN 373)
S S 302C • Hon Soc Sci:methods/Theory
41600 • Spring 2020
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM PHR 2.114
SB
GER 347L • Lang/Socty Ger-Spkng Countries
37015 • Fall 2019
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM BUR 228
CDGCWr
GER 381 • Intro Germanic Linguistics
37040 • Fall 2019
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM BUR 232
GER 328 • Advanced German Grammar
37670 • Spring 2019
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM BIO 301
UGS 303 • Fairy Tales In America
61635-61650 • Spring 2019
Meets MW 11:00AM-12:00PM BUR 220
GCWr
ID
ANT 320L • German Lang: Hist Perspec
31645 • Fall 2018
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM BUR 337
(also listed as LIN 373)
GER 328 • Advanced German Grammar
37820 • Fall 2018
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM BUR 337
GER 393K • Landmarks Linguistic Thought
37644 • Spring 2018
Meets F 10:00AM-1:00PM BUR 232
GSD 310 • Grimms' Fairy Tales
37755 • Spring 2018
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM CPE 2.206
GC
(also listed as C L 305, EUS 307)
GER 340C • Hist Backgrounds Of German Civ
38055 • Fall 2017
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM BUR 234
GC
GER 369 • German Lang: Hist Perspec
38080 • Fall 2017
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM BUR 337
GCWr
(also listed as ANT 320L, LIN 373)
GER 369 • Structure Of German Language
38010 • Spring 2017
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM WEL 3.260
GER 381 • Intro To Synchron Ling: Ger
38040 • Spring 2017
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM BUR 232
GER 393K • Older Lang/Cul:mid High Ger
37915 • Fall 2016
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM BUR 232
GSD 310 • Grimms' Fairy Tales
38020 • Fall 2016
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM PMA 5.120
GC
(also listed as C L 305, EUS 307)
GER 369 • Ger Lang: Historical Perspec
37225 • Spring 2016
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM BUR 337
Wr
(also listed as ANT 320L, C C 348, LIN 373)
GER 381 • Intro To Diachron Ling: Ger
37255 • Spring 2016
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM BUR 232
GER 369 • Structure Of German Language
37295 • Spring 2015
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM BUR 234
GER 393K • Landmarks 19/20-C Linguistic
37360 • Spring 2015
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM BUR 232
GER 347L • Lang/Socty Ger-Spkng Countries
38220 • Fall 2014
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM BUR 214
CDGCWr
GER 393K • Older Langs/Culs: Old Saxon
38300 • Fall 2014
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM BUR 232
GER 340C • Hist Backgrounds Of German Civ
38400 • Spring 2014
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM BUR 337
GC
(also listed as EUS 346)
GER 369 • Ger Lang: Historical Perspec
38425 • Spring 2014
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM WEL 3.402
Wr
(also listed as ANT 320L, C C 348, LIN 373)
GER 381 • Intro To Diachron Ling: Ger
38540 • Fall 2013
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM BUR 232
UGS 302 • Writing Systems Of The World
65240 • Fall 2013
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM WEL 3.260
Wr
GER 369 • Structure Of German Language
38110 • Spring 2013
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM BUR 337
GER 393K • Older Langs/Culs: Gothic
38170 • Spring 2013
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM BUR 337
GER 369 • Ger Lang: Historical Perspec
38050 • Fall 2012
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM BUR 337
Wr
(also listed as ANT 320L, LIN 373)
T C 302 • Lang/Concealment/Decipherment
42945 • Fall 2012
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM CRD 007B
Wr
GER 328 • Advanced German Grammar
37945 • Spring 2012
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM GEA 127
GER 381 • Intro To Diachronic Lin: Ger
38010 • Spring 2012
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM BUR 232
(also listed as LIN 383)
GER 328 • Advanced German Grammar
38000 • Fall 2011
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM GEA 114
GER 393K • Linguistic Thought Landmarks
38090 • Fall 2011
Meets MW 1:30PM-3:00PM BUR 234
(also listed as LIN 393)
GRC F301 • Grimms' Fairy Tales
85080 • Summer 2011
Meets MTWTHF 11:30AM-1:00PM BUR 337
C1
(also listed as C L F305, EUS F307)
GER 393K • Older Lang/Cul:old High Ger
38250 • Spring 2011
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM BUR 337
T C 302 • Faust Legend: Magus To Today
43400 • Spring 2011
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM CRD 007B
Wr
GER 328 • Advanced German Grammar
37795 • Fall 2010
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM BUR 337
GER 347L • Lang/Socty Ger-Spkng Countries
37812 • Fall 2010
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM BUR 337
GRC F301 • Grimms' Fairy Tales-W
84595 • Summer 2010
Meets MTWTHF 11:30AM-1:00PM PMA 5.112
Wr
C1
(also listed as C L F305, EUS F307)
GER 369 • Ger Lang: Historical Persp-W
38090 • Spring 2010
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM BUR 337
C2
(also listed as C C 348, LIN 373)
GER 393K • Middle High German
38155 • Spring 2010
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM BUR 232
GER 328 • Advanced German Grammar
38400 • Fall 2009
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM NOA 1.102
GER 381 • Intro To Diachronic Lin: Ger
38470 • Fall 2009
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM BUR 232
GER 369 • Ger Lang: Historical Persp-W
37505 • Spring 2009
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM BUR 337
C2
(also listed as ANT 320L, LIN 373)
GER 328 • Advanced German Grammar
38700 • Fall 2008
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM EPS 4.104
GER 369 • Structure Of German Language
38750 • Fall 2008
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM PAR 305
(also listed as LIN 373)
GER 393K • Older Germanic Languages
38815 • Fall 2008
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM EPS 4.102A
(also listed as LIN 383)
GER 369 • Intro Ger Syntax/Morph/Phonol
39225 • Fall 2007
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM RAS 211A
GER 381 • Intro To Diachronic Lin: Ger
39255 • Fall 2007
Meets MW 3:30PM-5:00PM EPS 4.102A
GER 369 • Structure Of German Lang-W
36937 • Spring 2006
Meets MWF 3:00PM-4:00PM WAG 112
C2
GER 369 • Germanic Linguistics
36870 • Fall 2005
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM JES A203A
(also listed as LIN 373)
GER 381 • Intro To Diachronic Lin: Ger
36897 • Fall 2005
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM CBA 4.346
(also listed as LIN 383)
Publications
2019 Language Death and Language Revival: Contrasting Manx and Texas German. The Medieval Cultures of the Irish Sea and the North Sea: Manannán and his Neighbors, edited by Charles MacQuarrie and Joseph F. Nagy, 183-206. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
2019 The Eaton Group (David Gramling, Agata Szczodrak, Diane Richardson, Lindsay Preseau, Marc Pierce, Karin Maxey, Jan Kühne, David Johnson, Ivett Guntersdorfer, Edward Dawson, Nick Block). A Multilingual Turn in German Studies: Premises, Provisos, and Prospects. Die Unterrichtspraxis 52: 14-31.
2017 On Underwears. American Speech 92: 374-376.
2017 The Univerbation of helluva. American Speech 92: 100-103.
2016 The Emergence of the Concept of “Morphologically Conditioned Sound Changes.” Papers in Historical Phonology 1: 250-268.
2015 More on ish. American Speech 90: 394-398.
2015 Marc Pierce, Hans C. Boas, and Karen Roesch. The History of Front Rounded Vowels in New Braunfels German. Germanic heritage languages in North America: Acquisition, Attrition and Change, edited by Janne Bondi Johannessen and Joseph C. Salmons, 117-132. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
2015 On the Reception of Ernst Ebbinghaus’ Work in Gothic Studies. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft 25: 99-108.
2014 Hans C. Boas, Marc Pierce, and Collin Brown. On the variability of Texas German wo as a complementizer. Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung —Language Typology and Universals 67: 589-611.
2014 The Further Degrammaticalization of ish. American Speech 89: 115-118.