RWTH Aachen University

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

Title

Theme in English and German: A corpus-based contrastive analysis of clause openings in original and translated texts

Jonas Freiwald

Subjects Comparative linguistics | Corpus linguistics | English linguistics | Functional linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 112] 2023. | monograph

Freiwald, Jonas & Stella Neumann 2025 Re-opening the case: A corpus-based study of translational patterns using non-agentive constructions in translations from English to German

Keywords: quantitative Corpus-Based Translation Studies | probabilistic language system | non-agentive construction | English–German contrasts

Target 38:1 pp. 114–142 | article

Pauls, Tobias 2025 SEEFLEX: The Corpus of Secondary English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Exams

Keywords: learner corpora | secondary school exams | curriculum-based writing | xml mark-up | register | text types

International Journal of Learner Corpus Research | Online First Publication, 26 pp. | article

Moessner, Lilo 2024 Modality and the English subjunctive in noun clauses: A diachronic study

Keywords: non-fact vs fact modality | root vs epistemic modality | periphrastic expression | modal construction | semi-modal construction | permission | volition | obligation | possibility | futurity

In: Keys to the History of English: Diachronic linguistic change, morpho-syntax and lexicography. Selected papers from the 21st ICEHL, Porck, Thijs, Moragh S. Gordon & Luisella Caon (eds.) [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 363] pp. 103–119

Neumann, Stella, Elma Kerz & Arndt Heilmann 2024 Comparing contact effects in translation and second language writing

Keywords: second language writing | translation | task expertise | transfer | constraint dimensions | register | geometric multivariate analysis

In: Constraints on Language Variation and Change in Complex Multilingual Contact Settings, van Rooy, Bertus & Haidee Kotze (eds.) [Contact Language Library, 60] pp. 223–254

Boux, Isabella 2024 Review of Indirect Speech Acts by Nicolas Ruytenbeek (2021)

Pragmatics & Cognition 30:2 pp. 444–449 | book review

Heilmann, Arndt, Jonas Freiwald, Stella Neumann & Zoë Miljanović 2022 Analyzing the effects of entrenched grammatical constructions on translation

Keywords: entrenchment | translation experiment | automaticity | default translation

Translation, Cognition & Behavior 5:1 pp. 110–143 | article

Kerz, Elma, Stella Neumann & Paula Niemietz 2022 Assessing linguistic complexity and register flexibility in advanced second language learners: Evidence from group- and individual-level analyses

Keywords: register flexibility | second language learning | linguistic complexity | inter-individual variability | experience-related factors | personality traits

Register Studies 4:1 pp. 55–90 | article

Moessner, Lilo 2022  Should with non-past reference: A corpus-based diachronic study

Keywords: quantitative analysis | qualitative interpretation | mandative construction | Old English (OE) | Middle English (ME) | Early Modern English (EModE) | meaning extension | main clause | relative clause | noun clause

In: English Historical Linguistics: Change in structure and meaning. Papers from the XXth ICEHL, Los, Bettelou, Claire Cowie, Patrick Honeybone & Graeme Trousdale (eds.) [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 358] pp. 225–242

Alber, Jan 2021 Review of Human minds and animal stories: How narratives make us care about other species by W. Małecki, P. Sorokowski, B. Pawłowski & M. Cieński (2019)

Scientific Study of Literature 11:1 pp. 142–146 | book review

Neumann, Stella & Stefan Evert 2021 A register variation perspective on varieties of English

Keywords: register variation | varieties of English | the International Corpus of English | Geometric Multivariate Analysis | visualisation | field | tenor and mode

In: Corpus-based approaches to register variation, Seoane, Elena & Douglas Biber (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 103] pp. 143–178

Alber, Jan, Jessica Jumpertz & Axel Mayer 2021 How professional readers process unnatural narrators: An empirical perspective

Keywords: unnatural narrators | processing of the impossible | defamiliarization | cognitive approaches to literature | empirical literary studies

Scientific Study of Literature 10:2 pp. 193–213 | article

Moessner, Lilo 2020 Old English law-codes: A synchronic-diachronic genre study

Keywords: legal language | Old English law-codes | Old English wills | Present-Day English statutes | qualitative interpretation | quantitative analysis

Journal of Historical Pragmatics 21:1 pp. 28–52 | article

Kerz, Elma & Daniel Wiechmann 2020 The role of verbal working memory in L2 sentence comprehension: Evidence from advanced German learners of English

Keywords: (verbal) working memory | language experience | individual differences | second language sentence comprehension | experience-based models

Journal of Second Language Studies 3:1 pp. 1–30 | article

Neumann, Stella 2020 On the interaction between register variation and regional varieties in English

Keywords: register variation | variety | regional variation | context of situation | context of culture | multivariate analysis | corpus analysis | probabilistic distribution | linguistics | lexico-grammar

Language, Context and Text 2:1 pp. 121–144 | article

Jakobs, Eva-Maria & Claas Digmayer 2020 The invisible supporters: Writing for reuse

Keywords: writing and text reuse in business-related environments | entrepreneurship communication | commenting activities | functional feedback types

AILA Review 33 pp. 21–46 | article | open access

Wegener, Rebekah 2019 What makes a text a text?

Functions of Language 26:1 pp. 28–34 | article

Hützen, Nicole & Tatiana Serbina 2018 Lexical chains and topic continuity in the register of popular scientific writing: German-English contrasts

Keywords: contrastive register analysis | cohesion | lexical chains | popular scientific writing | topic continuity

Pragmatics and Society 9:1 p. 8 | article

Heilmann, Arndt, Tatiana Serbina & Stella Neumann 2018 Processing of grammatical metaphor: Insights from controlled translation and reading experiments

Keywords: grammatical metaphor | psycholinguistic experiments | eyetracking | keylogging

Translation, Cognition & Behavior 1:2 pp. 195–220 | article

Vajrabhaya, Prakaiwan & Eric Pederson 2018 Teasing apart listener-sensitivity: The role of interaction

Keywords: co-speech gesture | repetition | reduction | automatization | interaction

Gesture 17:1 pp. 65–97 | article

Heilmann, Arndt, Tatiana Serbina, Daniel Couto Vale & Stella Neumann 2018 Shorter than a text, longer than a sentence: Source text length for ecologically valid translation experiments

Keywords: translation experiments | experiment design | source text length | literal translation

Target 31:1 p. 98 | article

Rieger, Angelica 2017 Anna Isabell Wörsdörfer (2016). Von heroischen Bürgern, tapferen Rittern und liebenden Hirten. Literarische Mittelalterbilder im Frankreich des 18. Jahrhunderts

Revue Romane 52:2 pp. 329–332 | book review

Mittelberg, Irene 2018 Embodied frames and scenes: Body-based metonymy and pragmatic inferencing in gesture

Keywords: frames | scenes | metonymy | metaphor | pragmatic inferencing | motivation | indexicality | multifunctionality

Gesture 16:2 pp. 203–244 | article

Wegener, Rebekah 2017 Ilka Flöck, Requests in American and British English: A contrastive multi-method analysis

Languages in Contrast 17:2 pp. 308–311 | book review

Wegener, Rebekah 2016 Review of Discourse and Knowledge: A Sociocognitive Approach by Teun A. van Dijk (2014)

Languages in Contrast 16:2 pp. 280–284 | book review

Philipp, Andrea M. & Iring Koch 2016 Chapter 5. Action speaks louder than words, even in speaking: The influence of (no) overt speech production on language switch costs

In: Cognitive Control and Consequences of Multilingualism, Schwieter, John W. (ed.) [Bilingual Processing and Acquisition, 2] pp. 127–144

Neumann, Stella 2016 Cross-linguistic register studies: Theoretical and methodological considerations

Keywords: cross-linguistic studies | English/German | methodology | parallel corpora | register theory

In: Genre- and Register-related Discourse Features in Contrast, Lefer, Marie-Aude & Svetlana Vogeleer (eds.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 87] pp. 35–57

Neumann, Stella 2014 Cross-linguistic register studies: Theoretical and methodological considerations

Keywords: cross-linguistic studies | methodology | parallel corpora | English/German | register theory

Languages in Contrast 14:1 pp. 35–57 | article

Wiechmann, Daniel 2012 Review of Contrastive Studies in Construction Grammar by Hans Boas (2010)

Languages in Contrast 12:1 pp. 87–92 | book review

Neumann, Stella 2011 Assessing the impact of translations on English-German language contact: Some methodological considerations

In: Multilingual Discourse Production: Diachronic and Synchronic Perspectives, Kranich, Svenja, Viktor Becher, Steffen Höder & Juliane House (eds.) [Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism, 12] pp. 233–256

Moessner, Lilo 2010 Directive speech acts: A cross-generic diachronic study

Keywords: directive (speech act) | legal discourse | religious discourse | realisation strategy | scientific discourse

Journal of Historical Pragmatics 11:2 pp. 219–249 | article

Kerz, Elma & Florian Haas 2009 The aim is to analyze NP: The function of prefabricated chunks in academic texts

In: Formulaic Language: Volume 1. Distribution and historical change, Corrigan, Roberta, Edith A. Moravcsik, Hamid Ouali & Kathleen Wheatley (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 82] p. 97

Schneider, Jan Georg 2005  Wittgenstein und Platon: Sokratisch-platonische Dialektik im Lichte der wittgensteinischen Sprachspielkonzeption Von Barbara Schmitz

Historiographia Linguistica 32:1/2 pp. 248–254 | book review

Bald, Wolf-Dietrich 1985 A. C. Gimson: Emeritus Professor of Phonetics at University College London (1917-1985)

English World-Wide 6:2 pp. 271–273 | other

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