TU Dortmund University

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with TU Dortmund University*

The Diachrony of Word Class Peripheries

EditorTanja Ackermann & Christian Zimmer

Subjects Historical linguistics | Morphology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 238] 2025. | edited volume | open access

World Englishes in their Local Multilingual Ecologies

Edited by Peter Siemund, Gardy Stein & Manuela Vida-Mannl

Subjects English linguistics | Language policy | Multilingualism | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics

[Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 9] 2025. | edited volume | open access

Crossing Boundaries through Corpora: Innovative corpus approaches within and beyond linguistics

Edited by Sarah Buschfeld, Patricia Ronan, Theresa Neumaier, Andreas Weilinghoff & Lisa Westermayer

Subjects Corpus linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 119] 2024. | edited volume

Linguistic Dimensions of Crisis Talk: Formalising structures in a controlled language

Claudia Sassen

Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 136] 2005. ix, 230 pp. | monograph

Narrative Interaction

Edited by Uta M. Quasthoff & Tabea Becker

Subjects Cognitive psychology | Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Narrative Studies | Pragmatics

[Studies in Narrative, 5] 2005. vi, 306 pp. | edited volume

Jubelius, Lena 2026 Comparing grammaticalization paths: The German bekommen and the English get passive

Keywords: GET passives | persistence | corpus analysis | synchronic and diachronic variation | English/German

Languages in Contrast | Online First Publication, 31 pp. | article | open access

Vida-Mannl, Manuela 2025 English as a lingua franca in Croatia’s multilingual ecology

Keywords: Croatia | English as a lingua franca | English in tourism | global use of English

In: World Englishes in their Local Multilingual Ecologies, Siemund, Peter, Gardy Stein & Manuela Vida-Mannl (eds.) [Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 9] pp. 364–383 | open access

Vida-Mannl, Manuela, Sarah Buschfeld & Kleanthes K. Grohmann 2025 The linguistic ecology of Cyprus

Keywords: bilectalism | Cypriot Greek | Cypriot Turkish | English in Cyprus | language ecology | multilingualism

In: World Englishes in their Local Multilingual Ecologies, Siemund, Peter, Gardy Stein & Manuela Vida-Mannl (eds.) [Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 9] pp. 166–189 | open access

Vida-Mannl, Manuela, Gardy Stein & Peter Siemund 2025 Investigating World Englishes in their local multilingual ecologies: An introduction

In: World Englishes in their Local Multilingual Ecologies, Siemund, Peter, Gardy Stein & Manuela Vida-Mannl (eds.) [Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 9] pp. 1–9 | open access

Buschfeld, Sarah 2025 The pluricentricity vs. pluriareality debate: What postcolonial diffusion and transnational language contact can tell us

Keywords: globalization | multilingualism | Malaysian English | Indonesian English | Namibian English | Singapore English | South African English

In: Pluricentricity and Pluriareality: Dialects, Variation, and Standards, Meer, Philipp & Ryan Durgasingh (eds.) [Studies in Language Variation, 32] pp. 118–140

Ronan, Patricia, Sarah Buschfeld, Theresa Neumaier, Andreas Weilinghoff & Lisa Westermayer 2024 Introduction: Crossing discipline boundaries with corpus‑linguistic methods

In: Crossing Boundaries through Corpora: Innovative corpus approaches within and beyond linguistics, Buschfeld, Sarah, Patricia Ronan, Theresa Neumaier, Andreas Weilinghoff & Lisa Westermayer (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 119] pp. 1–6

Buschfeld, Sarah, Claus Weihs & Patricia Ronan 2024 Modeling Linguistic Landscapes: A comparison of St Martin’s two capitals Philipsburg and Marigot

Keywords: St Martin | multilingualism | Linguistic Landscapes | Multi-Label Classification | quantitative approach

Linguistic Landscape 10:3 pp. 302–334 | article

Neumaier, Theresa 2024 “I have come to the conclusion that you must die”: Threats in Late Modern English threatening letters

Keywords: commissives | impoliteness | letter | Old Bailey | speech act | threat

Journal of Historical Pragmatics 26:2 pp. 262–287 | article

Sahlender, Moritz & Inga ten Hagen 2024 Do teachers adapt their gestures in linguistically heterogeneous second language teaching to learners’ language proficiencies?

Keywords: second language acquisition | teachers’ gestures | adaptive teaching

Gesture 22:2 pp. 189–226 | article | open access

Neumaier, Theresa 2023 New Englishes and Conversation Analysis: Turn-taking as a factor in explaining syntactic variation

Keywords: Conversation Analysis | interaction | turn-taking | turn-holding | topicalization | syntax | Asian Corpus of English | International Corpus of English | Southeast Asian Englishes | Caribbean Englishes | New Englishes

In: New Englishes, New Methods: Methodological considerations, Wilson, Guyanne & Michael Westphal (eds.) [Varieties of English Around the World, G68] pp. 65–83

Oyebola, Folajimi & Warsa Melles 2023 Question intonation patterns in Nigerian English

Keywords: intonation patterns | Nigerian English | tones and break indices | New Englishes | question forms

In: New Englishes, New Methods: Methodological considerations, Wilson, Guyanne & Michael Westphal (eds.) [Varieties of English Around the World, G68] pp. 108–131

Neumaier, Theresa 2022 Review of Nominal and Pronominal Address in Jamaica and Trinidad: Variation and Patterns by Matthias Klumm (2021)

English World-Wide 43:3 pp. 397–401 | book review

Buschfeld, Sarah 2021 The question of structural nativization in Namibian English: Some answers from extended uses of the progressive

Keywords: Namibian English | structural nativization | EFL | ESL | progressive marking

In: The dynamics of English in Namibia: Perspectives on an emerging variety, Schröder, Anne (ed.) [Varieties of English Around the World, G65] pp. 169–194

Wilden, Eva, Raphaela Porsch & Michael Schurig 2020 An early start in primary EFL education and the role of teacher qualification and teaching quality

Keywords: foreign language education | English as a foreign language | primary school | teaching quality | teacher qualification | age of onset

Language Teaching for Young Learners 2:1 pp. 28–51 | article

Cristante, Valentina & Sarah Schimke 2020 The processing of passive sentences in German: Evidence from an eye-tracking study with seven- and ten-year-olds and adults

Keywords: passive sentences | sentence processing | morphosyntax | eye-tracking | primary school children | phrases passives | traitement de phrases | morphosyntaxe | suivi oculaire | élèves du primaire

Language, Interaction and Acquisition 11:2 pp. 163–195 | article

Ronan, Patricia 2020 Question strategies in the Old Bailey Corpus

Keywords: Late Modern English | Old Bailey Corpus | courtroom discourse | question strategies | continuum of control

In: Voices Past and Present - Studies of Involved, Speech-related and Spoken Texts: In honor of Merja Kytö, Jonsson, Ewa & Tove Larsson (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 97] pp. 153–172

Quasthoff, Uta & Juliane Stude 2020 Children’s narrative interactions: Practices – competences – acquisition

Keywords: interaction | acquisition | practices | narrative competence | genres | longitudinal study | context | contextualization | personal narratives | fantasy stories

Narrative Inquiry 31:1 pp. 147–162 | article

Wimmer, Eva & Martina Penke 2020 The comprehension of wh-questions and passives in German children and adolescents with Down syndrome

Keywords: Down syndrome | developmental disorders | language impairment | language comprehension | wh-questions | passive sentences | sentence-comprehension deficits

In: Typical and Impaired Processing in Morphosyntax, Torrens, Vincent (ed.) [Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 64] pp. 279–302

Dolberg, Florian 2019 Agreement in language contact: Gender development in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

In: Agreement in language contact: Gender development in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Dolberg, Florian (ed.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 208] p.  ff.

Rossa, Henning 2016 The cognitive processes elicited by L2 listening test tasks – A validation study

In: Developing, Modelling and Assessing Second Languages, Keßler, Jörg-U., Anke Lenzing & Mathias Liebner (eds.) [Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching, 5] pp. 207–238 | open access

Lüke, Carina & Ute Ritterfeld 2015 The influence of iconic and arbitrary gestures on novel word learning in children with and without SLI

Keywords: gestures | SLI | novel word learning | slow mapping | fast mapping

Gesture 14:2 pp. 204–225 | article

Quasthoff, Uta M. 2013 Positioning as membership management: The case of narratives about public authorities

Keywords: authority | complaint stories | bureaucracy | positioning | membership categorization | narrative

Narrative Inquiry 23:1 pp. 132–153 | article

Herbort, Oliver, Yuqiu Chen, Lisa-Marie Krause & Mailin Antomo Commitment beyond words: Comparing pointing and verbal reference in ambiguous contexts

Keywords: commitment | pointing | multimodal communication | referring expressions | ambiguity

Gesture | Online First Publication | article

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.