Heiko Motschenbacher
List of John Benjamins publications in which Heiko Motschenbacher is involved.
Journals
ISSN 2950-578X | E‑ISSN 2950‑5798
Labeling in Language, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Edited by Heiko Motschenbacher
Special issue of Journal of Language and Sexuality 15:1 (2026) v, 136 pp.
10th Anniversary Issue: Reflections on the Field of Language and Sexuality Studies
Edited by William L. Leap and Heiko Motschenbacher
Special issue of Journal of Language and Sexuality 10:1 (2021) v, 96 pp.
Corpus Linguistics in Language and Sexuality Studies: Developments and Prospects
Edited by Heiko Motschenbacher
Special issue of Journal of Language and Sexuality 7:2 (2018) v, 135 pp.
Gender Across Languages: Volume 4
Edited by Marlis Hellinger and Heiko Motschenbacher
This is the fourth volume of a comprehensive reference work which provides systematic descriptions of the manifestations of gender in languages of diverse areal, typological and socio-cultural affiliations. To the 30 languages already analysed in previous volumes, Vol. 4 adds another 12 languages… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 36] 2015. xv, 415 pp.
New Perspectives on English as a European Lingua Franca
Heiko Motschenbacher
This volume complements earlier work on English as a lingua franca (ELF) by providing an in-depth study of the phenomenon from a decidedly European perspective. Distancing itself from more traditional approaches to the study of English in Europe (linguistic imperialism and “Euro-English”), the… read more[Not in series, 182] 2013. xi, 249 pp.
An Interdisciplinary Bibliography on Language, Gender and Sexuality (2000–2011)
Heiko Motschenbacher
This comprehensive, state-of-the-art bibliography documents the most recent research activity in the vibrant field of language, gender and sexuality. It provides experts in the field and students in tertiary education with access to language-centred resources on gender and sexuality and is,… read more[Not in series, 177] 2012. vii, 294 pp.
Language, Gender and Sexual Identity: Poststructuralist perspectives
Heiko Motschenbacher
This book makes an innovative contribution to the relatively young field of Queer Linguistics. Subscribing to a poststructuralist framework, it presents a critical, deconstructionist perspective on the discursive construction of heteronormativity and gender binarism from a linguistic point of view.… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 29] 2010. xi, 209 pp.
2026 Labeling theory in language and sexuality studies Labeling in Language, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Motschenbacher, Heiko (ed.), pp. 1–22 | Article
The article discusses the use of labeling theory in research on language and sexuality and simultaneously presents the theoretical framework for the studies included in this special issue. It is argued that labeling theory, an approach that originated in the sociology of deviance, represents a… read more
2021 Language and sexuality studies today: Why “homosexual” is a bad word and why “queer linguist” is not an identity 10th Anniversary Issue: Reflections on the Field of Language and Sexuality Studies, Leap, William L. and Heiko Motschenbacher (eds.), pp. 25–36 | Article
This article presents a short overview of the field of language and sexuality since the mid-1990s and discusses two issues that have repeatedly played a role in my own work in the field during the last decade: the incompatibility of the term homosexual with non-heteronormative language use, and… read more
2018 Corpus linguistics in language and sexuality studies: Taking stock and looking ahead Corpus Linguistics in Language and Sexuality Studies: Developments and Prospects, Motschenbacher, Heiko (ed.), pp. 145–174 | Article
As an introduction to the special issue, this paper presents an overview of previous corpus linguistic work in the field of language and sexuality and discusses the compatibility of corpus linguistic methodology with queer linguistics as a central theoretical approach in language and sexuality… read more
2016 A poststructuralist approach to structural gender linguistics: Initial considerations Gender, Language and the Periphery: Grammatical and social gender from the margins, Abbou, Julie and Fabienne H. Baider (eds.), pp. 65–88 | Article
This article attempts to counter the contemporary marginalisation of
structural gender linguistics within the field of language and gender. It argues
that, in order to make structural gender linguistics compatible with recent
developments in the field, it is necessary to initiate a conceptual shift… read more
2016 Inclusion and foreign language education: What linguistics can contribute ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 167:2, pp. 159–189 | Article
Prompted by the increased visibility of inclusive pedagogies, the present article discusses the concept of “inclusion” in relation to foreign language teaching from a linguistic perspective. The foreign language classroom constitutes a special environment that poses specific language-related… read more
2015 Some new perspectives on gendered language structures Gender Across Languages: Volume 4, Hellinger, Marlis and Heiko Motschenbacher (eds.), pp. 27–48 | Article
2015 Structural gender trouble in Croatian Gender Across Languages: Volume 4, Hellinger, Marlis and Heiko Motschenbacher (eds.), pp. 49–95 | Article
2014 Language, normativity and power: The discursive construction of objectophilia The Expression of Inequality in Interaction: Power, dominance, and status, Pishwa, Hanna and Rainer Schulze (eds.), pp. 239–264 | Article
The present paper aims to shed light on how social actors orient to sexual normativity in their talk. It relates normativity to (Foucauldian) notions of discourse and power, arguing that local linguistic negotiations of sexuality are generally shaped by a competition between dominant and… read more
2012 Launching a new phase in language and sexuality studies Journal of Language and Sexuality 1:1, pp. 1–14 | Article
2012 'I think Houston wants a kiss right?': Linguistic constructions of heterosexualities at Eurovision Song Contest press conferences Journal of Language and Sexuality 1:2, pp. 127–150 | Article
This article provides an ethnographically based discourse analysis of linguistic practices of heterosexual construction in a transnational media context, Eurovision Song Contest press conferences. It aims to shed light on how research on heterosexualities can contribute to the critical discussion… read more