Osnabrück University

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

Literacy Acquisition in School in the Context of Migration and Multilingualism: A binational survey

Inken Sürig, Yazgül Şimşek, Christoph Schroeder & Anja Boness

Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Multilingualism | Writing and literacy

[Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 5] 2016. xii, 297 pp. |

The Evolution of Englishes: The Dynamic Model and beyond

Edited by Sarah Buschfeld, Thomas Hoffmann, Magnus Huber & Alexander Kautzsch

Subjects Contact Linguistics | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Multilingualism | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics

[Varieties of English Around the World, G49] 2014. xviii, 513 pp. |

Phonological Variation in French: Illustrations from three continents

Edited by Randall Gess, Chantal Lyche & Trudel Meisenburg

Subjects Phonology | Romance linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics

[Studies in Language Variation, 11] 2012. vii, 397 pp. | edited volume

Mood in the Languages of Europe

Edited by Björn Rothstein & Rolf Thieroff

Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 120] 2010. xvi, 647 pp. | edited volume

Contexts and Constructions

Edited by Alexander Bergs & Gabriele Diewald

Subjects Pragmatics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Constructional Approaches to Language, 9] 2009. v, 247 pp. | edited volume

Siepmann, Dirk & Christoph Bürgel 2025  A comprehensive grammar of spoken and written French as the first fully corpus-informed grammar of French

Keywords: French grammar | corpus linguistics | lexico-grammar | construction grammar | pedagogic grammar

Pedagogical Linguistics 7:1 pp. 17–37 | article

Bergs, Alexander 2025 From constructional innovation to linguistic change

Keywords: snowcloning | creativity | extravagance | salience | syntactic innovations | conventionalization

Functions of Language 32:1 pp. 16–42 | article

Ehmer, Oliver 2025 Marking action accomplishment with non‑lexical vocalizations

Keywords: instructed action | perception-in-action | aspect and aspectuality | demonstration | local action directive

Interactional Linguistics 5:1/2 pp. 22–68 | article | open access

Fankhauser, Anna 2024 Suggestions for a new model of functional phraseme categorization for applied purposes

Keywords: phraseme categorization | corpus-based phraseology | corpus-derived phraseme list | phraseological core | (bilingual) learner lexicography | foreign language teaching | translation

In: Recent Advances in Multiword Units in Machine Translation and Translation Technology, Monti, Johanna, Gloria Corpas Pastor, Ruslan Mitkov & Carlos Manuel Hidalgo-Ternero (eds.) [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 366] pp. 104–123

Le Foll, Elen 2022 Review of Corpus Approaches to Social Media edited by S. Rüdiger & D. Dayter (2020)

International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 27:1 pp. 126–132 | book review

Winter, Tatjana & Elen Le Foll 2022 Testing the pedagogical norm: Comparing if-conditionals in EFL textbooks, learner writing and English outside the classroom

Keywords: coursebooks | learner corpus | conditionals | pedagogical grammar | English Language Teaching (ELT)

International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 8:1 pp. 31–66 | article

Siepmann, Dirk 2022 This deserves a brief mention: A multi-corpus comparison of written and spoken academic discourse in English and French with implications for pedagogy and lexicography

Keywords: spoken academic discourse | written academic discourse | keywords | discourse markers | French/English

Languages in Contrast 23:1 pp. 60–92 | article

Le Foll, Elen 2022 “I’m putting some salt in my sandwich”.: The use of the progressive in EFL textbook conversation

Keywords: textbook language | coursebooks | progressive aspect | textbook corpus | English as a Foreign Language (EFL) | instructed second language acquisition | Spoken BNC2014 | collostructional analysis | distinctive collexeme analysis | materials design

In: Broadening the Spectrum of Corpus Linguistics: New approaches to variability and change, Flach, Susanne & Martin Hilpert (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 105] p. 93

Lehmann, Claudia & Alexander Bergs 2021 As if irony was in stock: The case of constructional ironies

Keywords: verbal irony | constructional ironies | construction grammar | conceptual integration | viewpoint

Constructions and Frames 13:2 pp. 309–339 | article

Le Foll, Elen 2021 Register variation in school EFL textbooks

Keywords: coursebooks | language teaching materials | multidimensional analysis (MDA) | textbook English

Register Studies 3:2 pp. 207–246 | article | open access

Posio, Pekka & Andrea Pešková 2021  Le dije yo, digo : Construccionalización de los introductores cuotativos con el verbo decir en español peninsular y argentino [ Le dije yo, digo ]

Keywords: español peninsular | español argentino | verbos cuotativos | construccionalización | Peninsular Spanish | Argentinean Spanish | quotatives | constructionalization | discourse markers

Spanish in Context 17:3 pp. 391–414 | article

Münch, Christian & Christina Noack 2021 From the oral-literate debate to the translanguaging paradigm – and back again: A German perspective on multilingual writing strategies

Keywords: literacy | oracy | translanguaging | multilingualism

Written Language & Literacy 23:2 pp. 214–231 | article

Pika, Simone & Tobias Deschner 2021 A new window onto animal culture: The case of chimpanzee gesturing

Keywords: communicative culture | chimpanzees | gestures | group-specific behaviour | social learning

Gesture 18:2/3 pp. 239–260 | article

Pešková, Andrea 2019 Slavic and Romance pro-drop in contrast: Evidence from Czech and Spanish

Keywords: pro-drop | pronominal subjects | Czech | Spanish

Languages in Contrast 19:2 pp. 310–333 | article

Siepmann, Dirk 2015 A corpus-based investigation into key words and key patterns in post-war fiction

Functions of Language 22:3 pp. 362–399 | article

Buschfeld, Sarah, Thomas Hoffmann, Magnus Huber & Alexander Kautzsch 2014 Editors’ preface: The evolution of Englishes: In honour of Edgar Schneider on the occasion of his 60th birthday

In: The Evolution of Englishes: The Dynamic Model and beyond, Buschfeld, Sarah, Thomas Hoffmann, Magnus Huber & Alexander Kautzsch (eds.) [Varieties of English Around the World, G49] pp. xi–xviii

Hinz, Johanna, Carina Krause, Rebekah Rast, Ellenor M. Shoemaker & Marzena Watorek 2013 Initial processing of morphological marking in nonnative language acquisition: Evidence from French and German learners of Polish

EUROSLA Yearbook 13:1 pp. 139–175 | article

Dimroth, Christine, Rebekah Rast, Marianne Starren & Marzena Watorek 2013 Methods for studying the acquisition of a new language under controlled input conditions: The VILLA project

EUROSLA Yearbook 13:1 pp. 109–138 | article

Gess, Randall, Chantal Lyche & Trudel Meisenburg 2012 Chapter 1. Introduction to phonological variation in French: Illustrations from three continents

In: Phonological Variation in French: Illustrations from three continents, Gess, Randall, Chantal Lyche & Trudel Meisenburg (eds.) [Studies in Language Variation, 11] pp. 1–19

Lyche, Chantal, Trudel Meisenburg & Randall Gess 2012 Chapter 14. Phonological variation in French: Unity and diversity across continents

In: Phonological Variation in French: Illustrations from three continents, Gess, Randall, Chantal Lyche & Trudel Meisenburg (eds.) [Studies in Language Variation, 11] pp. 369–387

Sichel-Bazin, Rafèu, Carolin Buthke & Trudel Meisenburg 2012 The prosody of Occitan-French bilinguals

In: Multilingual Individuals and Multilingual Societies, Braunmüller, Kurt & Christoph Gabriel (eds.) [Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism, 13] pp. 349–364

Hoffmann, Thomas 2011 The Black Kenyan English vowel system: An acoustic phonetic analysis

Keywords: (Black) Kenyan English | vowel system | PRAAT | acoustic analysis | linear mixed model analysis

English World-Wide 32:2 pp. 147–173 | article

Bergs, Alexander 2009 Review of Nineteenth-Century English: Stability and Change by Merja Kytö, Mats Rydén & Erik Smitterberg (2006)

Journal of Historical Pragmatics 10:1 pp. 170–177 | book review

Bergs, Alexander & Gabriele Diewald 2010 Contexts and constructions

In: Contexts and Constructions, Bergs, Alexander & Gabriele Diewald (eds.) [Constructional Approaches to Language, 9] pp. 1–14

Bergs, Alexander 2008 Letters: A new approach to text typology

In: Letter Writing, Nevalainen, Terttu & Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen (eds.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 1] pp. 27–46

Mehlem, Ulrich 2008 The graphematic representation of prepositional phrases in experimental writing of Tarifit Berber by Moroccan students in Germany and Morocco

Written Language & Literacy 10:2 pp. 195–218 | article

Vogel, Petra M. 2001 Review of Case, typology and grammar: In honor of Barry J. Blake edited by Anna Siewierska & Jae Jung Song (1998)

Studies in Language 25:1 pp. 167–173 | book review

Karrer, Wolfgang 1978  Noam Chomskys Werk: Kritik – Kommentar – Bibliographie. By Harald Weydt

Historiographia Linguistica 5:1/2 pp. 190–191 | book review

Scheffczyk, Adelhard 1977  Sprache und Philosophie. Von Erhard Albrecht

Historiographia Linguistica 4:2 pp. 245–252 | book review

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