University of the Witwatersrand

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with University of the Witwatersrand*

Titles

Thematising Multilingualism in the Media

Edited by Helen Kelly-Holmes & Tommaso M. Milani

Subjects Language policy | Multilingualism | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

[Benjamins Current Topics, 49] 2013. v, 151 pp. | edited volume

Thematising Multilingualism in the Media: Special issue of Journal of Language and Politics 10:4 (2011)

Edited by Helen Kelly-Holmes & Tommaso M. Milani

Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Journal of Language and Politics, 10:4] 2011. | special issue

Whitehead, Kevin A. & Gene H. Lerner 2026 When personal names are mentioned in conversations: Presumed known, perhaps known and presumed unknown

Keywords: person reference | recognitional reference | membership categories | storytelling | reported speech

Pragmatics | Online First Publication, 28 pp. | article

Leal, Alice 2024 Review of The Language(s) of Politics: Multilingual Policy-Making in the European Union by Nils Ringe (2022)

Language Problems and Language Planning 48:1 pp. 107–112 | book review

Neyra, Rosario, Matthew Butler, Emilie Munch Nicolaisen, Paul Sbertoli-Nielsen, Catherine L. Tam, Barbara A. Fox & Chase Wesley Raymond 2024 A multimodal approach to grammatical aspect: Embedded depictions and their aspectual characteristics as interactional resources

Keywords: aspect | grammar | morphology | epistemics | turn-taking | embodiment | multimodality

Interactional Linguistics 4:2 pp. 225–256 | article | open access

Padmos, Henrike, Hedwig te Molder & Tom Koole 2023 Dealing with the dual demands of expertise and democracy: How experts create proximity to the public without undermining their status as experts

Keywords: ordinary democracy | public participation | expertise | epistemics | reported speech | conversation analysis | discursive psychology

Pragmatics and Society 15:6 pp. 858–883 | article | open access

Koole, Tom 2024 Meaning as referential work: Reflections on the research object of Interactional Semantics

Keywords: interactional semantics | meaning | referential work | interactional linguistics | conversation analysis | linguistic semantics

Interactional Linguistics 3:1/2 pp. 167–177 | editorial

Newfield, Denise 2023 Literature and culture studies in classrooms: From petrification to spark

Keywords: literary education | poetry | new materialism

In: Children’s Cultures after Childhood, Deszcz-Tryhubczak, Justyna & Macarena García-González (eds.) [Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition, 16] pp. 185–200 | open access

Mendoza, Arturo, Viviana Oropeza, Daniel Rodríguez, Zazil Sobrevilla & Joaquín Martínez 2022 Challenges, feelings, and attitudes towards writing in ERPP in semi-periphery countries: The case of Mexican graduate students

Keywords: English for research publication purposes | English for academic purposes | English as an additional language | graduate students in semi-periphery countries | attitudes towards writing in ERPP | inglés con fines de publicación de investigación | inglés con fines académicos | inglés como lengua adicional | estudiantes de posgrado en países de la semiperiferia | actitudes hacia la escritura en ERPP

Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes 2:2 pp. 129–159 | article

Rafaely, Daniella & Kevin A. Whitehead 2020 Extraordinary emergencies: Reproducing moral discourses of the child in institutional interaction

Keywords: conversation analysis | moral discourse | institutional interactions | emergency calls | childhood | sexuality | sexual assault

Pragmatics and Society 11:1 pp. 45–69 | article

Pulles, Maaike, Jan Berenst, Kees de Glopper & Tom Koole 2020 Text selection proposals in dialogic reading in primary school

Keywords: dialogic reading | peer interaction | text selection proposals | conversation analysis: inquiry learning | primary education | classroom interaction

Pragmatics and Society 11:4 pp. 591–614 | article

Milani, Tommaso M. 2018 Introduction

Linguistic Landscape 4:3 pp. 209–213 | introduction

Milani, Tommaso M., Erez Levon, Roey J. Gafter & Iair G. Or 2018 Tel Aviv as a space of affirmation versus transformation: Language, citizenship, and the politics of sexuality in Israel

Keywords: affect | affirmation | body | intimate citizenship | Israel | queer | transformation

Linguistic Landscape 4:3 pp. 278–297 | article

Koole, Tom & Nina Verberg 2017 Aligning caller and call-taker: The opening phrase of Dutch emergency calls

Keywords: emergency calls | conversation analysis | applied conversation analysis | type-conformity | preference organization

Pragmatics and Society 8:1 pp. 129–153 | article

Penn, Claire & Jennifer Watermeyer 2012 11. Cultural brokerage and overcoming communication barriers: A case study from aphasia

In: Coordinating Participation in Dialogue Interpreting, Baraldi, Claudio & Laura Gavioli (eds.) [Benjamins Translation Library, 102] pp. 269–296

Milani, Tommaso M. 2009 At the intersection between power and knowledge: An analysis of a Swedish policy document on language testing for citizenship

Keywords: citizenship | Foucault | Critical Discourse Analysis | language politics | governmentality | language testing

Journal of Language and Politics 8:2 pp. 287–304 | article

Finlayson, Rosalie, Marné Pienaar & Sarah Slabbert 2008 Metaphors of transformation: The new language of education in South Africa

In: Metaphors for Learning: Cross-cultural Perspectives, Berendt, Erich A. (ed.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 22] pp. 225–243

Reagan, Timothy 2005 Review of English as a Global Language by David Crystal (2003)Review of The Local Politics of Global English: Case Studies in Linguistic Globalization by Selma Sonntag (2003)

Language Problems and Language Planning 29:3 pp. 289–291 | book review

Murphy, M. Lynne 1995 Review of Pragmatics: An Introduction by Jacob L. Mey (1993)

Functions of Language 2:1 pp. 112–114 | book review

Childs, G. Tucker 1994 Expressiveness in Contact Situations: The Fate of African Ideophones

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 9:2 pp. 257–282 | article

Taylor, John R. 1994 Possessives and topicality

Functions of Language 1:1 pp. 67–94 | article

Tsohatzidis, Savas L. 1985 Review of Les Énoncés Performatifs: Contribution à la Pragmatique by François Récanati (1981)

Studies in Language 9:2 pp. 271–282 | book review

Dladla, Celimpilo Review of Language Policy: A Slim Guide by Florian Coulmas (2025)

Language Problems and Language Planning | Online First Publication, 7 pp. | book review

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