Grit Liebscher
List of John Benjamins publications in which Grit Liebscher is involved.
2025 Chapter 6. Functions of address in the German linguistic landscape Beyond Binaries in Address Research: Politeness and identity practices in interaction, Fernández-Mallat, Víctor and María Irene Moyna (eds.), pp. 119–145 | Chapter
This chapter focuses on address forms within the linguistic landscape (LL); that is, in publicly visible written communication. Drawing on photographs collected in Germany between 2019 and 2021, we investigate the choices authors make between T and V forms of address, as well as alternatives… read more
2024 Turn-taking in the interactive Linguistic Landscape Linguistic Landscape 10:1, pp. 22–54 | Article
Building on Linguistic Landscape (LL) research that highlights its interactivity, we examine how interaction is a crucial element in the creation of meaning in the LL. Our analysis draws on the concept of turn-taking from conversation analysis, in applying the concept of turn, i.e. individual… read more
2018 Chapter 7. Transitions with “Okay”: Managing language alternation in role-play preparations Conversation Analysis and Language Alternation: Capturing transitions in the classroom, Filipi, Anna and Numa Markee (eds.), pp. 129–148 | Chapter
This chapter discusses language alternation and the use of “okay” in peer interactions among German as a foreign language learners at a university in the English-speaking part of Canada. In these peer interactions, learners composed and rehearsed a role-play in German that was subsequently… read more
2010 Negotiating identities through pronouns of address in an immigrant community Pragmatics 20:3, pp. 375–400 | Article
This article investigates forms of address, in particular the T/V distinction in German, in conversational interviews with German-speaking immigrants to English-speaking Canada and their descendants. From among 77 interviews conducted in two urban areas in Canada, we discuss instances of both the… read more
2006 Perspectives in conflict: An analysis of German-German conversations Beyond Misunderstanding: Linguistic analyses of intercultural communication, Bührig, Kristin and Jan D. ten Thije (eds.), pp. 155–174 | Article