Pejoration
Edited by Rita Finkbeiner, Jörg Meibauer and Heike Wiese
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 228] 2016. vii, 357 pp.
Heike Wiese
List of John Benjamins publications for which Heike Wiese plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Pronouns – Grammar and Representation
Edited by Horst J. Simon and Heike Wiese
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 52] 2002. xii, 294 pp.
Subjects Psycholinguistics | Semantics | Syntax | Typology
Articles
2022 The three-dot sign in language contact Discourse-pragmatic markers, fillers and filled pauses: Pragmatic, cognitive, multimodal and sociolinguistic perspectives, Beeching, Kate, Grant Howie, Minna Kirjavainen and Anna Piasecki (eds.), pp. 246–271 | Article
In this study, we investigate the three-dot sign as a discourse marker (DM) with textual, subjective and intersubjective discourse functions. As a graphical marker that is used across languages, the three-dot sign is especially suitable for comparative studies and dynamics in language contact.… read more
2021 Chapter 10. Emoji as graphic discourse markers: Functional and positional associations in German WhatsApp® messages Pragmatic Markers and Peripheries, Van Olmen, Daniël and Jolanta Šinkūnienė (eds.), pp. 277–300 | Chapter
We investigate emoji as graphic discourse markers in German WhatsApp® messages. As comparably novel devices in the rapidly evolving domain of digital messenging, emoji provide an interesting example to observe change in progress. We present a corpus study and an experimental study. Main results… read more
2016 What is pejoration, and how can it be expressed in language? Pejoration, Finkbeiner, Rita, Jörg Meibauer and Heike Wiese (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Article
2016 Pejoration in contact: m-reduplication and other examples from urban German Pejoration, Finkbeiner, Rita, Jörg Meibauer and Heike Wiese (eds.), pp. 243–268 | Article
This paper analyses examples of pejoration in the dynamic multilinguals setting of urban German, and their possible Turkish sources. The focus of our investigation is on pejorative functions of m-reduplication (“Cola Mola”). In addition, we discuss usages of “Scherz”/“Spaß” ‘joke, fun’ in urban… read more
2014 The mental representation and processing of light verbs Structuring the Argument: Multidisciplinary research on verb argument structure, Bachrach, Asaf, Isabelle Roy and Linnaea Stockall (eds.), pp. 61–80 | Article
This article gives an overview of our ongoing research on the processing and representation of light verb constructions. Light verb constructions consist of a light verb, which is semantically bleached, and an event nominal, which identifies the kind of event. Together the noun and the verb… read more
2011 Kiezdeutsch as a multiethnolect Ethnic Styles of Speaking in European Metropolitan Areas, Kern, Friederike and Margret Selting (eds.), pp. 45–73 | Article
This paper deals with Kiezdeutsch, a way of speaking that emerged among adolescents in multiethnic urban neighbourhoods of Germany. We argue for a view of Kiezdeutsch as a multiethnolect, based on a recognition study that tested the acceptability and evaluation of such features by adolescents from… read more
2011 The role of information structure in linguistic variation: Evidence from a German multiethnolect Language Variation - European Perspectives III: Selected papers from the 5th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 5), Copenhagen, June 2009, Gregersen, Frans, Jeffrey K. Parrott and Pia Quist (eds.), pp. 83–96 | Article
2002 Grammatical properties of pronouns and their representation: An exposition Pronouns – Grammar and Representation, Simon, Horst J. and Heike Wiese (eds.), pp. 1–21 | Article