Tilburg University

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

Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots: Special issue of Interaction Studies 24:1 (2023)

Edited by Mohamed Chetouani, Elodie F. Briefer, Angela Dassow, Ricard Marxer, Roger K. Moore, Nicolas Obin & Dan Stowell

Subjects Artificial Intelligence | Cognition and language | Evolution of language | Interaction Studies

[Interaction Studies: Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, 24:1] 2023. | special issue

Comparative Studies in Germanic Syntax: From Afrikaans to Zurich German

Edited by Jutta M. Hartmann & László Molnárfi

Subjects Generative linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 97] 2006. vi, 332 pp. | edited volume

Verb Clusters: A study of Hungarian, German and Dutch

Edited by Katalin É. Kiss & Henk van Riemsdijk

Subjects Generative linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Uralic languages

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 69] 2004. vi, 514 pp. | edited volume

Linguistics in the Netherlands 2001

Edited by Ton van der Wouden & Hans Broekhuis

Subjects Theoretical linguistics

[Linguistics in the Netherlands: AVT Publications, 18] 2001. | yearbook | open access

Abduction, Belief and Context in Dialogue: Studies in computational pragmatics

Edited by Harry Bunt & William Black

Subjects Natural language processing | Pragmatics

[Natural Language Processing, 1] 2000. vii, 471 pp. | edited volume

The Derivational Residue in Phonological Optimality Theory

Edited by Ben Hermans & Marc van Oostendorp

Subjects Phonology | Theoretical linguistics

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 28] 2000. viii, 321 pp. | edited volume

Discourse Studies in Cognitive Linguistics: Selected papers from the 5th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Amsterdam, July 1997

Edited by Karen Van Hoek, Andrej A. Kibrik & Leo Noordman

Subjects Cognition and language | Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 176] 1999. vi, 187 pp. | edited volume

Smith, Sean P. 2025 Review of Multispecies Discourse Analysis: The Nexus of Discourse and Practice in Sea Turtle Tourism and Conservation by Gavin Lamb (2024)

Linguistic Landscape 12:1 pp. 107–110 | book review | open access

Del Vecchio, Valentina 2025 ‘Medium’ choice in a community of Italians in the UK

Keywords: linguistic repertoire | medium | code-switching | language shift | close-knit social network | Italian migration

In: Italo-Romance Heritage Languages: Multiple approaches, Goria, Eugenio & Margherita Di Salvo (eds.) [Studies in Bilingualism, 68] p. 64

van Rijt, Jimmy, Michelle Bouw & Sven De Maeyer 2025 Measuring grammatical understanding: Assessing the usability of the Test for Grammatical Understanding (TGU) through item response theory analyses

Keywords: L1 grammar | grammar testing | grammatical understanding | grammatical reasoning | TGU | IRT analyses

Pedagogical Linguistics | Online First Publication, 24 pp. | article | open access

Krajinović, Ana, Jozina Vander Klok & Kilu von Prince 2025 When (not) to establish a new category: The case of perfect, ‘already’ and iamitives

Keywords: aspect | perfect | already | iamitive | linguistic category | Austronesian

Studies in Language 49:3 pp. 546–586 | article | open access

Backus, Ad M. 2025 Translanguaging and codeswitching

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 15:1 pp. 36–40 | article commentary | open access

Smith, Sean P. 2024 Review of Language in Place: Stylistic Perspectives on Landscape, Place and Environment by Daniela Francesca Virdis, Elisabetta Zurru & Ernestine Lahey (2021)

Linguistic Landscape 10:3 pp. 339–342 | book review | open access

Luining, Michiel & Tom Van Hout 2024 Subverting EU legal concepts: How Hungary enacts illiberalism in constitutional discourse

Keywords: populist constitutional imaginary | EU migration and asylum | narrative subversion | Hungary

Journal of Language and Politics 23:5 pp. 747–769 | article | open access

Hou, Mingyi 2024 The divided affective connections with the influencer: Teacher Guo and fans’ digital carnival on Douyin

Keywords: influencer | wanghong | Douyin | carnival | mock impoliteness | platform content moderation | digital ethnography

In: Influencer Discourse, Garcés-Conejos Blitvich, Pilar & Alexandra Georgakopoulou (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 349] pp. 43–74

Barking, Marie, Maria Mos & Ad Backus 2024 Individual variation in contact effects – stability, convergence, and divergence

Keywords: language contact | individual variation | stability | convergence | divergence

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 15:3 pp. 370–403 | article | open access

Lutzenberger, Hannah 2024 Kata Kolok phonology – variation & acquisition

Sign Language & Linguistics 27:1 pp. 103–115 | abstract

Terziyan, Treysi 2025 Testing the waters: Two measures of orthographic depth in Turkish

Keywords: Turkish | orthographic depth | transparent orthography | shallow orthography | reading | spelling | literacy

Written Language & Literacy 27:1 pp. 64–88 | article

Leidig, Eviane & Cas Mudde 2023 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): The overlooked populist radical right party

Keywords: India | BJP | Hindutva | nativism | populism | authoritarianism | Modi

Journal of Language and Politics 22:3 pp. 360–377 | article | open access

Doreleijers, Kristel & Jos Swanenberg 2023 Hyperdialectisms revisited

Keywords: hyperdialectism | dialect change | North Brabant | adnominal gender marking | sociolinguistics

Linguistics in the Netherlands 40 pp. 39–54 | article | open access

Piepers, Joske, Ad Backus & Jos Swanenberg 2023 Is ‘he’ still here?: Exploring the contemporary use of masculine subject pronouns for women in Dutch dialects

Keywords: Dutch dialects | female reference | interview | masculine subject pronoun | Twitter

Linguistics in the Netherlands 40 pp. 194–209 | article | open access

Rasenberg, Marlou, Azeb Amha, Matt Coler, Marjo van Koppen, Emiel van Miltenburg, Lynn de Rijk, Wyke Stommel & Mark Dingemanse 2023 Reimagining language: Towards a better understanding of language by including our interactions with non-humans

Keywords: language | human-animal interaction | human-computer interaction | meaning-making | large language models

Linguistics in the Netherlands 40 pp. 309–317 | article | open access

van Lier, Eva, Ad Backus, Nel de Jong, Rik van Gijn, Konrad Rybka, Jantien Smit, Josje Verhagen, Katherine Walker & Camille Welie 2023 The Netherlands Urban Field Station: Taaldiversiteit inzetten voor gelijkere kansen

Linguistics in the Netherlands 40 pp. 285–292 | article | open access

Chetouani, Mohamed, Elodie F. Briefer, Angela Dassow, Ricard Marxer, Roger K. Moore, Nicolas Obin & Dan Stowell 2023 Vocal interactivity in-and-between humans, animals and robots

Interaction Studies 24:1 pp. 1–4 | introduction

Backus, Ad, Michael Cohen, Neil Cohn, Myrthe Faber, Emiel Krahmer, Schuyler Laparle, Emar Maier, Emiel van Miltenburg, Floris Roelofsen, Eleonora Sciubba, Merel Scholman, Dimitar Shterionov, Maureen Sie, Frédéric Tomas, Eva Vanmassenhove, Noortje Venhuizen & Connie de Vos 2023 Minds: Big questions for linguistics in the age of AI

Linguistics in the Netherlands 40 pp. 301–308 | article | open access

van Lier, Eva, Ad Backus, Nel de Jong, Rik van Gijn, Konrad Rybka, Jantien Smit, Josje Verhagen, Katherine Walker & Camille Welie 2023 The Netherlands Urban Field Station: How language diversity promotes equality of opportunity

Linguistics in the Netherlands 40 pp. 293–300 | article | open access

Tang, Xuefei 2022 Intellectual discourse on Chinese media in times of the coronavirus

Keywords: public intellectual | cultural authority | coronavirus | crisis discourse | media communication

Chinese Language and Discourse 13:1 pp. 143–165 | article

Backus, Ad & Derya Demirçay 2022 Intense Turkish-Dutch bilingualism leads to intense Turkish-Dutch mixing: A usage-based account of increasing integration of two typologically different languages

Keywords: codeswitching | Turkish | Dutch | grammatical fusion | insertion | alternation | usage-based | multiword units

Belgian Journal of Linguistics 35 pp. 13–33 | article

Chen, Ao, Melis Çetinçelik, M. Paula Roncaglia-Denissen & Makiko Sadakata 2021 Native language, L2 experience, and pitch processing in music

Keywords: music advantage | tone language | L2 | L2 proficiency

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 13:2 pp. 218–237 | article

Kendall, Lia N., Quentin Raffaelli, Rebecca M. Todd, Alan Kingstone & Neil Cohn 2020 Show me how you feel: Iconicity and systematicity in visual morphology

In: Operationalizing Iconicity, Perniss, Pamela, Olga Fischer & Christina Ljungberg (eds.) [Iconicity in Language and Literature, 17] pp. 213–230

Procházka, Ondřej & Jan Blommaert† 2020 Ergoic framing in New Right online groups: Q, the MAGA kid, and the Deep State theory

Keywords: New Right | MAGA kid | Deep State | Internet memes | conspiracy theories | online groups

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 44:1 p. 4 | article

Ying, Lu & Jan Blommaert 2020 Understanding memes on Chinese social media: Biaoqing

Keywords: meme | Biaoqing | ludic | social media | knowledge work | algorithm | online-offline nexus | 模音 | 表情 | 社交媒体 | 戏谑 | 知识工作 | 算法

Chinese Language and Discourse 11:2 pp. 226–260 | article

Mudd, Katie, Hannah Lutzenberger, Connie de Vos, Paula Fikkert, Onno Crasborn & Bart de Boer 2020 The effect of sociolinguistic factors on variation in the Kata Kolok lexicon

Keywords: lexical variation | sign language | shared sign language | sociolinguistics | Kata Kolok

Asia-Pacific Language Variation 6:1 pp. 53–88 | article

Li, Jinling & Sjaak Kroon 2020 Chineseness as a moving target: Language and identity transformations in the Chinese diaspora in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Keywords: Chinese diaspora | identity | linguistic landscaping | multi-site ethnography | polycentricity

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 31:2 pp. 137–158 | article

Bernabeu, Pablo & Richard Tillman 2019 More refined typology and design in linguistic relativity: The case of motion event encoding

Keywords: linguistic relativity | Sapir-Whorf hypothesis | lexicalization patterns | motion event encoding | motion language | cognitive semantics | language typology | linguistics | psycholinguistics | methods

Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 8:2 pp. 163–171 | article | open access

Riemsdijk, Henk van 2019 Elements of syntax: Repulsion and attraction

In: Interfaces in grammar, Hu, Jianhua & Haihua Pan (eds.) [Language Faculty and Beyond: Internal and External Variation in Linguistics, 15] pp. 25–48

Aalberse, Suzanne, Ad Backus & Pieter Muysken 2019 Heritage languages: A language contact approach

In: Heritage languages: A language contact approach, Aalberse, Suzanne, Ad Backus & Pieter Muysken (eds.) [Studies in Bilingualism, 58] p.  ff.

Pianzola, Federico, Katalin Bálint & Jessica Weller 2020 Virtual reality as a tool for promoting reading via enhanced narrative absorption and empathy

Keywords: reading | virtual reality | narrative absorption | empathy | transportation | fiction

Scientific Study of Literature 9:2 pp. 163–194 | article

Quick, Antje Endesfelder, Elena Lieven, Ad Backus & Michael Tomasello 2018 Constructively combining languages: The use of code-mixing in German-English bilingual child language acquisition

Keywords: code-mixing | German – English | bilingual child | language proficiency | MLU

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 8:3 pp. 393–409 | article

Matusevych, Yevgen, Afra Alishahi & Ad Backus 2018 Quantifying cross-linguistic influence with a computational model: A study of case-marking comprehension

Keywords: cross-linguistic influence | computational model | case marking

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 8:5 pp. 561–605 | article

Dokter, N., R. Aarts, J. Kurvers, A. Ros & S. Kroon 2017 Academic language in elementary school mathematics: Academicness of teacher input during whole class instruction

Keywords: academic language | input | teacher | elementary school | mathematics instruction

Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 6:2 pp. 213–230 | article

Bálint, Katalin, Moniek M. Kuijpers & Miruna M. Doicaru 2017 The effect of suspense structure on felt suspense and narrative absorption in literature and film

Keywords: absorption | narrative | literature | film | suspense | discourse structure | delay

In: Narrative Absorption, Hakemulder, Frank, Moniek M. Kuijpers, Ed S. Tan, Katalin Bálint & Miruna M. Doicaru (eds.) [Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 27] pp. 177–197

Vermeer, Anne & Joey Ceglarek 2017 Development of qualifiers in children’s written stories

Keywords: qualifiers | stylistic development | written stories | children | elementary school | lexical variation | writing skills | gender differences in language

In: Developmental perspectives in written language and literacy, Segers, Eliane & Paul van den Broek (eds.)  pp. 237–255

De Jong, Chiara, Marie Postma-Nilsenova, Kayleigh Vedder, Danielle Hendriks, Maria Mos & Giuseppe Maggiore 2017 Local and global pitch perception in L1 and L2 readers of Dutch

Keywords: auditory perception | Dutch | phonological decoding | pitch perception | reading skills | second language learning | working memory

Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 6:1 pp. 100–118 | article

Wang, Xuan & Sjaak Kroon 2018 The chronotopes of authenticity: Designing the Tujia heritage in China

Keywords: authenticity | the Tujia | China | heritage | chronotope | heritage tourism

AILA Review 30:1 pp. 72–95 | article | open access

Vermeer, Anne 2016 Lexicale rijkdom, frequentielagen en tekstmoeilijkheid

Keywords: vocabulary | Dutch L1 | elementary school children | text writing skills | Dutch L2 | measures word frequency layers | lexical richness | text comprehension | text difficulty

Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 5:1 pp. 18–33 | article

Krijtenburg, Froukje & Eefje de Volder 2015 How universal is UN ‘peace’?: A comparative linguistic analysis of the United Nations and Giryama (Kenya) concepts of ‘peace’

Keywords: | Giryama (Kenya) | peace | United Nations | comparative ethnolexicology

International Journal of Language and Culture 2:2 pp. 194–218 | article

Li, Jinling & Kasper Juffermans 2014 Chapter 5. Learning and teaching Chinese in the Netherlands: The metapragmatics of a polycentric language

In: Learning Chinese in Diasporic Communities: Many pathways to being Chinese, Curdt-Christiansen, Xiao Lan & Andy Hancock (eds.) [AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 12] p. 97

Demirçay, Derya & Ad Backus 2014 Bilingual constructions: Reassessing the typology of code-switching

Keywords: code-switching | Turkish-Dutch | alternation | language change | multiword expressions | insertion | matrix language | congruent lexicalization | lexicon

Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 3:1 pp. 30–44 | article

Kroon, Sjaak, Jan Blommaert & Dong Jie 2013 Chinese and globalization

In: Linguistic Superdiversity in Urban Areas: Research approaches, Duarte, Joana & Ingrid Gogolin (eds.) [Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 2] pp. 275–296

Blommaert, Jan & Piia Varis 2013 Enough is enough: The heuristics of authenticity in superdiversity

In: Linguistic Superdiversity in Urban Areas: Research approaches, Duarte, Joana & Ingrid Gogolin (eds.) [Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 2] pp. 143–160

Spotti, Massimiliano 2013 The primary classroom as a superdiverse hetero-normative space

In: Linguistic Superdiversity in Urban Areas: Research approaches, Duarte, Joana & Ingrid Gogolin (eds.) [Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 2] pp. 161–178

Matusevych, Yevgen, Ad Backus & Martin Reynaert 2013 Do we teach the real language?: An analysis of patterns in textbooks of Russian as a foreign language

Keywords: cognitive linguistics | Russian as a foreign language | construction grammar | communicative language teaching | Second language teaching | corpus linguistics

Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 2:2 pp. 224–241 | article

Augusteijn, Hilde, Anne Vermeer & Marije van Amelsvoort 2012 Evaluatieve tweets van studenten en het effect van een interventie door docent-volgers

Keywords: curriculum evaluation | higher education | twitter

Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 1:2 pp. 236–251 | article

Veldhuis, Dorina & Jeanne Kurvers 2012 Offline segmentation and online language processing units: The influence of literacy

Written Language & Literacy 15:2 pp. 165–184 | article

Buekens, Filip 2011 Epistemology

In: Philosophical Perspectives for Pragmatics, Sbisà, Marina, Jan-Ola Östman & Jef Verschueren (eds.) [Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 10] pp. 79–81

Backus, Ad & Maria Mos 2011 Islands of (im)productivity in corpus data and acceptability judgments: Contrasting two potentiality constructions in Dutch

In: Converging Evidence: Methodological and theoretical issues for linguistic research, Schönefeld, Doris (ed.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 33] pp. 165–192

Buekens, Filip 2011 Philosophy of action

In: Philosophical Perspectives for Pragmatics, Sbisà, Marina, Jan-Ola Östman & Jef Verschueren (eds.) [Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 10] pp. 222–227

Schilperoord, Joost & Rein Cozijn 2010 The representation and processing of fixed and compositional expressions

In: The Linguistics Enterprise: From knowledge of language to knowledge in linguistics, Everaert, Martin B.H., Tom Lentz, Hannah N.M. De Mulder, Øystein Nilsen & Arjen Zondervan (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 150] pp. 291–314

Mol, Lisette, Emiel Krahmer, Fons Maes & Marc Swerts 2009 The communicative import of gestures: Evidence from a comparative analysis of human–human and human–machine interactions

Keywords: gesture | human–machine interaction | narration | audience design

Gesture 9:1 p. 97 | article

Aarts, Rian, Serpil Demir, Jeanne Kurvers, Lotte Henrichs & Mohammadi Laghzaoui 2014 Ontluikende Schooltaalvaardigheid in Interacties Tussen Moeders en Driejarigen: Op zoek naar schooltaalkenmerken in Nederlandse, Berber en Turkse gezinnen

Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 76:1 pp. 21–38 | article

van den Bosch, Antal 2006 Spelling space: A computational test bed for phonological and morphological changes in Dutch spelling

Written Language & Literacy 9:1 pp. 25–44 | article

Kuiken, Folkert, Maria Mos & Ineke Vedder 2005 Cognitive task complexity and second language writing performance

EUROSLA Yearbook 5:1 pp. 195–222 | article

Hartmann, Jutta M. 2005 Why there is(n’t) wh-movement in there-constructions

Linguistics in the Netherlands 22:1 pp. 87–98 | article | open access

Hermans, Ben 2002 Overapplication of Yer vocalization in Russian

Linguistics in the Netherlands 19:1 pp. 85–95 | article | open access

Byrdina, Arina & Korrie van Helvert 2014 Text Composition in a Second Language: L1 Transfer or L2 Proficiency?

Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 68:1 p. 95 | article

Rramdani, Y.E 2002 The Acquisition of the Plural in Tarifit-Berber: between bilingual and monolingual children

ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 137-138:1 pp. 313–340 | article

van Riemsdijk, Henk 2008 A far from simple matter: Syntactic reflexes of syntax-pragmatics misalignments

In: Perspectives on Semantics, Pragmatics, and Discourse: A Festschrift for Ferenc Kiefer, Kenesei, István & Robert M. Harnish (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 90] pp. 21–41

Verdaasdonk, Hugo 2008 Quotations expressing the valuative stands of literary reviewers

In: The Psychology and Sociology of Literature: In honor of Elrud Ibsch, Schram, Dick & Gerard J. Steen (eds.) [Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature, 35] pp. 379–394

van Rees, Kees & Koen van Eijck 2008 The fragmentation of the media audience

In: The Psychology and Sociology of Literature: In honor of Elrud Ibsch, Schram, Dick & Gerard J. Steen (eds.) [Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature, 35] pp. 261–288

Hermans, Ben 2002 CL in OT

Linguistics in the Netherlands 18:1 pp. 139–150 | article | open access

van der Wouden, Ton & Hans Broekhuis 2002 Preface

Linguistics in the Netherlands 18:1 p. v | other | open access

van Wijk, Carel 2001 Restoring reputation with direct mail: Persuasive effects of blaming either individuals or organisations

Keywords: reputation | direct-mail letter | blaming | involvement | gender

Document Design 2:3 pp. 280–292 | article

Van Waes, Luuk & Carel van Wijk 2001 The influence of politeness on the perception of product recall notices

Keywords: crisis communication | product recall notices | politeness strategies

Document Design 2:3 pp. 272–279 | article

Hermans, Ben & Marc van Oostendorp 2000 Voice–tone interaction in a Limburg dialect: Evidence for feature licensing

Linguistics in the Netherlands 17:1 pp. 81–91 | article | open access

Appel, René & Anne Vermeer 2014 Trying to Bridge the Gap: Second Language Vocabulary Instruction For Minority Children

Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 46-47:1 p. 9 | article

Folmer, Jetske 1992 Dutch immigrants in New Zealand: A case study of language shift and language loss

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 15:2 pp. 1–18 | article

Broeder, Peter 1990 Reference to People in Adult Language Acquisition

ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 87-88:1 pp. 23–43 | article

Redeker, Gisela 1989 Review of Coherence and grounding in discourse edited by Russell S. Tomlin (1987)

Studies in Language 13:1 pp. 226–235 | book review

Thijsse, Elias C.G. 1987 Review of Boolean Semantics for Natural Language by Edward L. Keenan & Leonard M. Faltz (1985)

Studies in Language 11:1 pp. 235–244 | book review

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