Leibniz Institute for the German Language

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with Leibniz Institute for the German Language*

Investigating Wikipedia: Linguistic corpus building, exploration and analysis

Edited by Céline Poudat, Harald Lüngen & Laura Herzberg

Subjects Applied linguistics | Computational & corpus linguistics | Corpus linguistics

[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 121] 2024. | edited volume

Free Variation in Grammar: Empirical and theoretical approaches to optionality in grammar

Edited by Kristin Kopf & Thilo Weber

Subjects Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 234] 2023. | edited volume | open access

Relationships in Organized Helping: Analyzing interaction in psychotherapy, medical encounters, coaching and in social media

Edited by Claudio Scarvaglieri, Eva-Maria Graf & Thomas Spranz-Fogasy

Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 331] 2022. | edited volume

Non-canonical control in a cross-linguistic perspective

Edited by Anne Mucha, Jutta M. Hartmann & Beata Trawiński

Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 270] 2021. | edited volume | open access

OKAY across Languages: Toward a comparative approach to its use in talk-in-interaction

Edited by Emma Betz, Arnulf Deppermann, Lorenza Mondada & Marja-Leena Sorjonen

Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 34] 2021. | edited volume

Discourses of Helping Professions

Edited by Eva-Maria Graf, Marlene Sator & Thomas Spranz-Fogasy

Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 252] 2014. vi, 320 pp. |

Gubina, Alexandra 2025 Structurally ‘incomplete’ social action formats in the grammar of talk-in-interaction?: The case of deontic infinitives in spoken German

Keywords: social action format | deontic infinitive | rule | instruction | request | agency | epistemics | embodiment | German as Foreign/Second Language | Interactional Linguistics

In: Grammar in Action: Building comprehensive grammars of talk-in-interaction, Steensig, Jakob, Maria Jørgensen, Jan K. Lindström, Nicholas Mikkelsen, Karita Suomalainen & Søren Sandager Sørensen (eds.) [Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 37] pp. 116–154

Barthel, Mathias & Christoph Rühlemann 2025 Pupil size indicates planning effort at turn transitions in natural conversation

Keywords: interaction | conversation | triads | turn-taking | turn-transitions | pupillometry | processing load | speech planning | question-answer sequences | corpus analysis

In: Mobile Eye Tracking: New avenues for the study of gaze in social interaction, Zima, Elisabeth & Anja Stukenbrock (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 351] pp. 188–205 | open access

Graf, Eva-Maria, Frédérick Dionne, Melanie Fleischhacker, Hansjörg Künzli & Thomas Spranz-Fogasy 2025 Expansion, reduction, or both?: A mixed-methods research design to explore questioning sequences as agents of effectiveness in business coaching

Keywords: qualitative linguistic research | quantitative psychological research | mixed-methods research | business coaching | questioning sequences | (appropriate) responsiveness | effectiveness

Nota Bene 2:1 p. 69 | article

Cotgrove, Louis, Rüdiger Thul & Kathy Conklin 2025 The conversationality index: A quantitative assessment of conversation in social media interactions

Keywords: social media | conversation | conversation analysis | nonlinear response functions | bounded quality scores | computer-mediated communication | digitally-mediated communication

Internet Pragmatics | Online First Publication, 30 pp. | article

Dang-Anh, Mark 2024 Handling signs medially: On mediality and indexicality in semiotic media practices

Keywords: semiotic media practices | indexicality | praxeology | media linguistics | prisoners of war | Second World War | eavesdropping | mediality | semioticity | sociality

In: Media as Procedures of Communication, Luginbühl, Martin & Jan Georg Schneider (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 348] pp. 220–245

Fenner, Carolina 2024 Claims of not-knowing as patients’ responses in psychodynamic psychotherapy

Keywords: not-knowing | ich weiß nicht | keine Ahnung | psychodynamic psychotherapy | conversation analysis | disalignment | therapeutic questions

Pragmatics 36:1 pp. 37–62 | article

Kornfeld, Laurenz 2024 Giving space for self-direction: Trouble-flagging declaratives in sanctioning problem behavior

Keywords: conversation analysis | interactional linguistics | agency | declaratives | family interaction

Interactional Linguistics 4:2 pp. 131–157 | article

Trawiński, Beata, Marc Kupietz & Kristel Proost 2024 Linguistic constructions

Languages in Contrast 24:2 pp. 165–169 | introduction

Küttner, Uwe-A. 2025 When excuse me means excuse you! : On sanctioning others by ‘excusing’ oneself and relationships between form-based practices of speaking

Keywords: complaining | complainability | misconduct | practices of speaking | affordances | pragmatic landscape

Interactional Linguistics 4:2 pp. 158–192 | article

Herzberg, Laura & Harald Lüngen 2024 Investigating reply relations on Wikipedia talk pages to reconstruct interactional strategies of Wikipedia authors

Keywords: Wikipedia talk pages | reply relations | referencing strategies | interactional structures | computer-mediated communication | CMC

In: Investigating Wikipedia: Linguistic corpus building, exploration and analysis, Poudat, Céline, Harald Lüngen & Laura Herzberg (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 121] pp. 107–133

Küttner, Uwe-A., Laurenz Kornfeld, Christina Mack, Lorenza Mondada, Jowita Rogowska, Giovanni Rossi, Marja-Leena Sorjonen, Matylda Weidner & Jörg Zinken 2024 Introducing the “Parallel European Corpus of Informal Interaction” (PECII): A novel resource for exploring cross-situational and cross-linguistic variability in social interaction

Keywords: Interactional Linguistics | corpus | informal interaction | European languages | cross-linguistic | comparison | activity | situation design | intervention | turn-initial elements

In: New Perspectives in Interactional Linguistic Research, Selting, Margret & Dagmar Barth-Weingarten (eds.) [Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 36] pp. 132–160 | open access

Deppermann, Arnulf 2024 What do you understand by X?: Semantics in Interactional Linguistics

Keywords: Interactional Linguistics | Interactional Semantics | definition | interactional history | meta-semantic practice | semantics | person-reference

In: New Perspectives in Interactional Linguistic Research, Selting, Margret & Dagmar Barth-Weingarten (eds.) [Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 36] pp. 103–131 | open access

Gubina, Alexandra, Barbara A. Fox & Chase Wesley Raymond 2024 What to do next: Should I and ((Do) you) want me to in joint activities in American English

Keywords: social action format | action formation | conversation analysis | interactional linguistics | offers | project | self | other | responsibility | grammar

In: New Perspectives in Interactional Linguistic Research, Selting, Margret & Dagmar Barth-Weingarten (eds.) [Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 36] pp. 20–48 | open access

Poudat, Céline, Harald Lüngen, Laura Herzberg & Lydia-Mai Ho-Dac 2024 Introduction

In: Investigating Wikipedia: Linguistic corpus building, exploration and analysis, Poudat, Céline, Harald Lüngen & Laura Herzberg (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 121] pp. 1–10

Farag, Rahaf & Bernd Meyer 2023 Coordination in telephone-based remote interpreting

Keywords: telephone interpreting | turn-taking | trouble sources | Arabic | German | dialogue interpreting

Interpreting 26:1 p. 80 | article | open access

Reinken, Niklas 2024 Handwritten letters and grammatical structures in German: A framework

Keywords: graphetics | graphematics | letterforms | handwriting | basic shapes

Written Language & Literacy 26:2 pp. 155–187 | article

Deppermann, Arnulf & Elwys De Stefani 2024 Meaning in interaction

Keywords: Interactional Linguistics | Interactional Semantics | meaning | semantics

Interactional Linguistics 3:1/2 pp. 1–12 | editorial

Helmer, Henrike 2024 Ad-hoc-compounds in spoken German: (When) do we need compositionality?

Keywords: morphology | word formation | ad-hoc-expressions | repair | Conversation Analysis (CA) | Interactional Linguistics (IL)

Interactional Linguistics 3:1/2 pp. 67–92 | article

Weber, Thilo & Kristin Kopf 2023 Free variation, unexplained variation?

In: Free Variation in Grammar: Empirical and theoretical approaches to optionality in grammar, Kopf, Kristin & Thilo Weber (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 234] pp. 1–20 | open access

Deppermann, Arnulf 2024 Meta-semantic practices in social interaction: Definitions and specifications provided in response to Was heißt X (‘what does X mean’)

Keywords: Interactional Linguistics | semantics | definition | specification | repair-initiation

Interactional Linguistics 3:1/2 pp. 13–39 | article | open access

Park, Innhwa, Rachel S. Y. Chen, Jan Gorisch, Song Hee Park, Nadja Tadic & Eiko Yasui 2023 The use of interlocking multi-unit turns in topic shifts

Keywords: conversation analysis | multi-unit turn | interlocking organization | topic management | topic shift | disjunction | inbreath | turn design

Pragmatics 35:1 pp. 51–71 | article

Scarvaglieri, Claudio, Eva-Maria Graf & Thomas Spranz-Fogasy 2022  Relationships in Organized Helping: Analyzing interaction in psychotherapy, medical encounters, coaching and in social media

In: Relationships in Organized Helping: Analyzing interaction in psychotherapy, medical encounters, coaching and in social media, Scarvaglieri, Claudio, Eva-Maria Graf & Thomas Spranz-Fogasy (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 331]

Graf, Eva-Maria, Claudio Scarvaglieri & Thomas Spranz-Fogasy 2022 Practices of relationship management in organized helping: Introduction

In: Relationships in Organized Helping: Analyzing interaction in psychotherapy, medical encounters, coaching and in social media, Scarvaglieri, Claudio, Eva-Maria Graf & Thomas Spranz-Fogasy (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 331] pp. 1–26

Kabatnik, Susanne, Christoph Nikendei, Johannes C. Ehrenthal & Thomas Spranz-Fogasy 2022 Relationship management by means of solution-oriented questions in German psychodiagnostic interviews

Keywords: relationship | therapeutic alliance | solution-oriented questions | psychodiagnostic interview | psychotherapy

In: Relationships in Organized Helping: Analyzing interaction in psychotherapy, medical encounters, coaching and in social media, Scarvaglieri, Claudio, Eva-Maria Graf & Thomas Spranz-Fogasy (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 331] pp. 127–150

Seiler, Guido & Thilo Weber 2022 Reichenbach meets underspecification: A novel approach to the perfect-past-cycle in German (and elsewhere)

Keywords: tense | preterite | perfect | underspecification | German | semantics | pragmatics

Journal of Historical Linguistics 12:1 pp. 108–166 | article

Hartmann, Jutta M., Anne Mucha & Beata Trawiński 2021 Non-canonical control in a cross-linguistic perspective: Introduction to the volume

In: Non-canonical control in a cross-linguistic perspective, Mucha, Anne, Jutta M. Hartmann & Beata Trawiński (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 270] pp. 1–12 | open access

Helmer, Henrike, Emma Betz & Arnulf Deppermann 2021 Coordination of OKAY, nods, and gaze in claiming understanding and closing topics

Keywords: nodding | gaze | multimodal | bodily conduct | object manipulation | understanding | closing | transition | change-of-state token | German

In: OKAY across Languages: Toward a comparative approach to its use in talk-in-interaction, Betz, Emma, Arnulf Deppermann, Lorenza Mondada & Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.) [Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 34] pp. 363–393

Betz, Emma & Arnulf Deppermann 2021 OKAY in responding and claiming understanding

Keywords: informing | second position | third position | closing | understanding | intersubjectivity | newsmark | continuer | (discrepancy of) expectation | prosody

In: OKAY across Languages: Toward a comparative approach to its use in talk-in-interaction, Betz, Emma, Arnulf Deppermann, Lorenza Mondada & Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.) [Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 34] pp. 56–92

Deppermann, Arnulf & Alexandra Gubina 2021 Positionally-sensitive action-ascription: Uses of Kannst du X? ‘Can you X?’ in their sequential and multimodal context

Keywords: action-ascription | request | question | Interactional Linguistics | Conversation Analysis | modal verbs | positionally-sensitive grammar | German

Interactional Linguistics 1:2 pp. 183–215 | article | open access

Deppermann, Arnulf & Lorenza Mondada 2021 Data and methods used in the study of OKAY across languages

Keywords: comparison | data | transcription | recording | multimodality | sequentiality | context

In: OKAY across Languages: Toward a comparative approach to its use in talk-in-interaction, Betz, Emma, Arnulf Deppermann, Lorenza Mondada & Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.) [Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 34] pp. 30–51

Wolfer, Sascha, Alexander Koplenig, Frank Michaelis & Carolin Müller-Spitzer 2020 Tracking and analyzing recent developments in German-language online press in the face of the coronavirus crisis: cOWIDplus Analysis and cOWIDplus Viewer

Keywords: RSS newsfeed corpus | data visualization | linguistic diversity | vocabulary | coronavirus

International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 25:3 pp. 347–359 | other

Zinken, Jörg, Giovanni Rossi & Vasudevi Reddy 2020 Doing more than expected: Thanking recognizes another’s agency in providing assistance

Keywords: agency | cooperation | courses of action | cultural diversity | expectation | gratitude | offers | recruitment | requests | thanking

In: Mobilizing others: Grammar and lexis within larger activities, Betz, Emma, Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm & Peter Golato (eds.) [Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 33] pp. 253–278

Steyer, Kathrin 2020 Multi-word patterns and networks: How corpus-driven approaches have changed our description of language use

Keywords: pattern-based lexicography | German reference corpus | phraseology | language fixedness | multiword expressions

In: Computational Phraseology, Corpas Pastor, Gloria & Jean-Pierre Colson (eds.) [IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature: Studies, Editions and Translations, 24] pp. 273–296

Proske, Nadine & Arnulf Deppermann 2020 Right-dislocated complement clauses in German talk-in-interaction: (Re-)specifying propositional referents of the demonstrative pronoun das

Keywords: right-dislocation | complementizer | German | demonstrative

In: Emergent Syntax for Conversation: Clausal patterns and the organization of action, Maschler, Yael, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Jan Lindström & Leelo Keevallik (eds.) [Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 32] pp. 275–302

Deppermann, Arnulf & Silke Reineke 2020 Practices of indexing discrepant assumptions with German ich dachte (‘I thought’) in talk-in-interaction

Functions of Language 27:2 pp. 113–142 | article

Hartmann, Jutta M. & Caroline Heycock 2019 Restrictions on “Low” person agreement in Dutch specificational copular constructions

Keywords: Dutch | person agreement | copular constructions | syntax

Linguistics in the Netherlands 36:1 pp. 130–146 | article

Hartmann, Jutta M. 2019 A focus analysis of apparent predicational clefts

Keywords: it-clefts | English | focus | contrast | focus alternatives | specificational copular clauses

Belgian Journal of Linguistics 32:1 pp. 121–143 | article

Brandt, Patrick & Eric Fuß 2018 A corpus-based analysis of pronoun choice in German relative clauses

Belgian Journal of Linguistics 31:1 pp. 195–218 | article

Schmidt, Thomas 2016 Good practices in the compilation of FOLK, the Research and Teaching Corpus of Spoken German

Keywords: oral corpora | corpus interface | transcription | spoken language

International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 21:3 pp. 396–418 | article

Fuß, Eric 2014 Complementizer agreement (in Bavarian): Feature inheritance or feature insertion?

In: Bavarian Syntax: Contributions to the theory of syntax, Grewendorf, Günther & Helmut Weiß (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 220] pp. 51–82

Deppermann, Arnulf 2013 Editorial: Positioning in narrative interaction

Narrative Inquiry 23:1 pp. 1–15 | article

Müller, Gereon 2008 10. Two types of remnant movement

In: Dimensions of Movement: From features to remnants, Alexiadou, Artemis, Elena Anagnostopoulou, Sjef Barbiers & Hans-Martin Gärtner (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 48] pp. 209–241

Müller, Gereon 2008 Harmonic alignment and the hierarchy of pronouns in German

In: Pronouns – Grammar and Representation, Simon, Horst J. & Heike Wiese (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 52] pp. 205–232

Meng, Katharina & Uta M. Quasthoff 2015 Introduction

Journal of Narrative and Life History 2:3 pp. 183–185 | article

Meng, Katharina 2015 Narrating and Listening in Kindergarten

Journal of Narrative and Life History 2:3 pp. 235–252 | article

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