Erik Schleef
List of John Benjamins publications for which Erik Schleef plays a role.
2017 Chapter 11. Developmental sociolinguistics and the acquisition of T-glottalling by immigrant teenagers in London Acquiring Sociolinguistic Variation, De Vogelaer, Gunther and Matthias Katerbow (eds.), pp. 305–341 | Chapter
This study examines the acquisition of T-glottalling among teenage migrants in London. Results show that constraint hierarchies based on native input begin to be approached after two years in England. Initially, variation is completely reallocated; however, as teenagers spend more time in England,… read more
2015 Ageing meanings of (ing): Age and indexicality in Manchester, England English World-Wide 36:1, pp. 48–90 | Article
This study examines the social meanings that speakers associate with variants of the variable (ing) in Manchester, focusing on a comparison of two age groups: a young age group of adolescents and those in very early adulthood, and an older age group. In most English varieties, (ing) has two… read more
2015 Production and perception of (ing) in Manchester English Language Variation - European Perspectives V: Selected papers from the Seventh International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 7), Trondheim, June 2013, Torgersen, Eivind, Stian Hårstad, Brit Mæhlum and Unn Røyneland (eds.), pp. 197–210 | Article
Unlike most varieties of English, in which (ing) has only two major realisations, [ɪŋ] and [ɪn], in Manchester a third variant for (ing) occurs, [ɪŋɡ]. Our research firstly confirms that [ɪŋɡ] exists in Manchester as a variant of (ing) for young adult speakers and that it is more common in more… read more
2013 Migrant teenagers’ acquisition of sociolinguistic variation: The variables (ing) and (t) Language Variation - European Perspectives IV: Selected papers from the Sixth International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 6), Freiburg, June 2011, Auer, Peter, Javier Caro Reina and Göz Kaufmann (eds.), pp. 201–214 | Article
This paper investigates the acquisition of the sociolinguistic constraints of two variables, (ing) and (t), by non-native teenagers of Polish origin in both London and Edinburgh. First, the native sociolinguistic constraints on variation of (ing) and (t) are identified. These are then compared with… read more
2011 Teenagers’ acquisition of variation: A comparison of locally-born and migrant teens’ realisation of English (ing) in Edinburgh and London English World-Wide 32:2, pp. 206–236 | Article
In recent years, the UK has experienced unparalleled numbers of migrants from Eastern Europe, particularly Poland. Many migrants came with their families. We examined variation in the English spoken by adolescent Polish migrants in Edinburgh and London. We asked: to what extent are teenage Polish… read more
2009 A cross-cultural comparison of the functions and sociolinguistic distribution of English and German tag questions and discourse markers in academic speech Cross-Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Academic Discourse, Suomela-Salmi, Eija and Fred Dervin (eds.), pp. 61–80 | Article
This article investigates the speech of Humanities and Natural Science instructors and students in 32 German and 32 American lectures and interactional classes. It examines how English and German structural markers and question tags contribute to variations of style in response to social and… read more