Aston University

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

The Evolving Curriculum in Interpreter and Translator Education Stakeholder perspectives and voices

Edited by David B. Sawyer, Frank Austermühl & Vanessa Enríquez Raído

Subjects Applied linguistics | Language teaching | Translation Studies

[American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series, XIX] 2019. | edited volume

Describing Cognitive Processes in Translation: Acts and events

Edited by Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow, Birgitta Englund Dimitrova, Séverine Hubscher-Davidson & Ulf Norberg

Subjects Cognition and language | Interpreting | Psycholinguistics | Translation Studies

[Benjamins Current Topics, 77] 2015. v, 151 pp. |

The Habsburg Monarchy's Many-Languaged Soul: Translating and interpreting, 1848–1918

Michaela Wolf & Kate Sturge

Subjects History of linguistics | Translation Studies

[Benjamins Translation Library, 116] 2015. xvii, 289 pp. | | open access

The Development of Professional Competence: Special issue of Translation and Interpreting Studies 9:1 (2014)

Edited by Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow, Birgitta Englund Dimitrova & Séverine Hubscher-Davidson

Subjects Interpreting | Translation Studies

[Translation and Interpreting Studies: The Journal of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association, 9:1] 2014. | special issue

Describing Cognitive Processes in Translation: Acts and events: Special issue of Translation and Interpreting Studies 8:2 (2013)

Edited by Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow, Birgitta Englund Dimitrova, Séverine Hubscher-Davidson & Ulf Norberg

Subjects Interpreting | Translation Studies

[Translation and Interpreting Studies: The Journal of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association, 8:2] 2013. | special issue

Interpreting in a Changing Landscape: Selected papers from Critical Link 6

Edited by Christina Schäffner, Krzysztof Kredens & Yvonne Fowler

Subjects Interpreting | Translation Studies

[Benjamins Translation Library, 109] 2013. ix, 340 pp. | edited volume

Keyness in Texts

Edited by Marina Bondi & Mike Scott

Subjects Corpus linguistics | Discourse studies | Lexicography | Pragmatics

[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 41] 2010. vi, 251 pp. | edited volume

Politics as Text and Talk: Analytic approaches to political discourse

Edited by Paul Chilton & Christina Schäffner

Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 4] 2002. x, 246 pp. | edited volume

Developing Translation Competence

Edited by Christina Schäffner & Beverly Adab

Subjects Language teaching | Translation Studies

[Benjamins Translation Library, 38] 2000. xvi, 244 pp. | edited volume

Political Discourse in Transition in Europe 1989–1991

Edited by Paul Chilton, Mikhail V. Ilyin & Jacob L. Mey

Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 36] 1998. xi, 272 pp. | edited volume

Giovanelli, Marcello 2026 Reading Covid poetry: A cognitive modal grammar account

Keywords: Cognitive Grammar | construal | Covid-19 | Jackie Kay | modality | point of view

In: Practising Stylistics: Essays in Honour of Paul Simpson, Neary, Clara, Simon Statham & Peter Stockwell (eds.) [Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 45] pp. 45–60

Busso, Lucia & Ottavia Tordini 2025 How do media talk about the COVID-19 pandemic?: Metaphorical thematic clustering in Italian online newspapers

Keywords: metaphor analysis | COVID-19 | structural topic modelling | corpus linguistics | Italian newspapers | conceptual metaphor theory

In: COVID-19: Metaphor and metonymy across languages and cultures, Wen, Xu, Wei-lun Lu, Joe Lennon & Zoltán Kövecses (eds.) [Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication, 11] pp. 10–39

Mojedano Batel, Andrea 2025 Diachronic change in Spanish ‘liking’ constructions: A case of analogical extension through a multiplicity of source constructions

Keywords: argument structure | analogical extension | construction grammar | psych-verbs | Spanish

Journal of Historical Linguistics | Online First Publication, 65 pp. | article | open access

Dianová, Simona & Monika Brusenbauch Meislová 2025 Navigating Brexit through fear: An appraisal analysis of 2016–2024 British Prime Ministerial discourse

Keywords: fear-based appeals | discourse | appraisal theory | Brexit | United Kingdom

Journal of Language and Politics 25:3 pp. 295–330 | article | open access

Matras, Yaron 2024 Review of Variation rolls the dice. A worldwide collage in honour of Salikoko S. Mufwene edited by Enoch Oladé Aboh & Cécil B. Vigouroux (2021)

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 39:1 pp. 293–301 | book review | open access

Lim, Joyce 2024 Review of Corpus linguistics for writing development by P. Durrant (2023)

International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 29:2 pp. 291–295 | book review | open access

Adam, Naomi & Paula Ghintuială 2024 “The twain is crossing”: Overlapping ontologies in Gerwig’s Barbie (2023)

Keywords: multimodality | ontolepsis | possible worlds theory | telecinematic stylistics

Journal of Language and Pop Culture 1:1 pp. 109–140 | article | open access

Brusenbauch Meislová, Monika 2024 Discourse of self-legitimation: Self- and other-presentation in the European Parliament’s soft law on Brexit

Keywords: Self-legitimation | discourse | European Parliament | soft law | Brexit

Journal of Language and Politics 24:4 pp. 545–569 | article | open access

Mueller, Charles M., Peter Richardson & Stephen Pihlaja 2023 A mental spaces analysis of religious identity discourse

Keywords: mental spaces | blending | cognition | religion | identity | discourse analysis

Review of Cognitive Linguistics 22:2 pp. 541–563 | article

Harrison, Chloe 2022 

Narrative Inquiry 33:1 pp. 254–257 | book review | open access

Silva, Breno B., David Orrego-Carmona & Agnieszka Szarkowska 2022 Using linear mixed models to analyze data from eye-tracking research on subtitling

Keywords: eye tracking | subtitling | linear mixed-effects models | LMMs | traditional statistical methods | confounding variables | reading | audiovisual translation

Translation Spaces 11:1 pp. 60–88 | article

Orrego-Carmona, David 2022 Review of A Project-Based Approach to Translation Technology by Rosemary Mitchell-Schuitevoerder (2020)

The Journal of Internationalization and Localization 8:2 pp. 165–170 | book review

Busso, Lucia 2021 Review of MetaNet edited by Miriam R.L. Petruck (2018)

Constructions and Frames 13:2 pp. 340–347 | book review

Szarkowska, Agnieszka, Breno Silva & David Orrego-Carmona 2021 Effects of subtitle speed on proportional reading time: Re-analysing subtitle reading data with mixed effects models

Keywords: subtitling | subtitle speed | eye tracking | proportional reading time | linear mixed effects models

Translation, Cognition & Behavior 4:2 pp. 305–330 | article

Tayebi, Tahmineh 2021 Conceptualizations of ugly and beautiful: An analysis of im/politeness metapragmatic markers in Persian

Keywords: aesthetics | im/politeness | metapragmatic | culture | Persian

International Journal of Language and Culture 8:1 pp. 128–146 | article

Emerson, Tristan, Leigh Harrington, Louise Mullany, Sarah Atkins, Dick Churchill, Rachel Winter & Rakesh Patel 2020 Learning to manage rapport in GP trainee encounters: A discursive politeness approach

Keywords: health communication | discursive (im)politeness | rapport management | professional identity | doctor-patient interaction | face | power | applied linguistics | medical training | simulated interaction

In: Politeness in Professional Contexts, Archer, Dawn, Karen Grainger & Piotr Jagodziński (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 311] pp. 25–54

Chałupnik, Małgorzata & Sarah Atkins 2020 Team interaction in healthcare settings: Leadership, rapport-building and clinical outcomes in ad hoc medical teams

Keywords: healthcare communication | professional communication | interprofessional communication | directives | requests | speech acts | politeness | rapport management | pragmatics | emergency medicine

In: Politeness in Professional Contexts, Archer, Dawn, Karen Grainger & Piotr Jagodziński (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 311] pp. 55–84

Reershemius, Gertrud 2020 Semiotic rural landscapes and the performance of community in villages: A case study from low German-speaking northern Germany

Keywords: semiotic landscapes | rural communities | commodification | Low German | tourism

Linguistic Landscape 6:2 pp. 128–154 | article

Busso, Lucia, Alessandro Lenci & Florent Perek 2020 Valency coercion in Italian: An exploratory study*

Keywords: coercion | argument structure constructions | Italian | acceptability ratings | age grading

Constructions and Frames 12:2 pp. 171–205 | article

Harrington, Leigh 2020 Narrative practices in debt collection encounters

Keywords: debt collection | (dis)affiliation | (dis)alignment | identity construction | narrative accounts | narrative practices | organisational values | small stories

Narrative Inquiry 32:1 pp. 173–195 | article | open access

Busso, Lucia 2021 Constructional creativity in a Romance language: Valency coercion in Italian

Keywords: construction grammar | Italian | coercion | experimental linguistics

Belgian Journal of Linguistics 34 pp. 17–29 | article

Magliacane, Annarita 2020 Erasmus students in an Irish study abroad context: A longitudinal analysis of the use of ‘well’ and ‘like’

Keywords: L2 pragmatic markers | pragmatic development | student mobility | language exposure | L2 English | Irish English

Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 5:1 p. 89 | article

Tayebi, Tahmineh 2020 Heterogeneous distribution of cultural conceptualizations and (im)politeness evaluations

Keywords: politeness | impoliteness | cultural conceptualizations | cognition | Persian

International Journal of Language and Culture 7:1 p. 84 | article

Barakos, Elisabeth 2019 Amit, Aviv (2014). Regional Language Policies in France during World War II

Journal of Language and Politics 18:3 pp. 467–470 | book review

Schäffner, Christina 2017 Speaker positioning in interpreter-mediated press conferences

Keywords: interactional role | positioning | press conference | recontextualisation | social role

In: Discourse Analysis in Translation Studies, Munday, Jeremy & Meifang Zhang (eds.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 94] p. 99

Schäffner, Christina 2017 Review of Cognitive Linguistics and translation: Advances in some theoretical models and applications edited by A. Rojo & I. Ibarretxe-Antuñano (2013)

Review of Cognitive Linguistics 14:2 pp. 523–531 | book review

Hubscher-Davidson, Séverine 2016 Trait Emotional intelligence and translation: A study of professional translators

Keywords: professional translators | literary translation | job satisfaction | career success | trait emotional intelligence

Target 28:1 pp. 132–157 | article

Schäffner, Christina & Mark Shuttleworth 2015 Metaphor in translation: Possibilities for process research

Keywords: eye tracking | keystroke logging | metaphor | metaphor studies | multilingual approach | TAPs | translation process research | triangulation

In: Interdisciplinarity in Translation and Interpreting Process Research, Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, Susanne Göpferich & Sharon O'Brien (eds.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 72] p. 95

Schäffner, Christina 2015 Speaker positioning in interpreter-mediated press conferences

Keywords: press conference | positioning | interactional role | social role | recontextualisation

Target 27:3 pp. 422–439 | article

Grieve, Jack 2014 Chapter 1.1 A Multi-Dimensional analysis of regional variation in American English

In: Multi-Dimensional Analysis, 25 years on: A tribute to Douglas Biber, Berber Sardinha, Tony & Marcia Veirano Pinto (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 60] pp. 3–34

Schäffner, Christina 2014 Unknown agents in translated political discourse

In: The Known Unknowns of Translation Studies, Brems, Elke, Reine Meylaerts & Luc van Doorslaer (eds.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 69] pp. 131–153

Schäffner, Christina, Krzysztof Kredens & Yvonne Fowler 2013 Interpreting in a changing landscape: Challenges for research and practice

In: Interpreting in a Changing Landscape: Selected papers from Critical Link 6, Schäffner, Christina, Krzysztof Kredens & Yvonne Fowler (eds.) [Benjamins Translation Library, 109] pp. 1–11

Schäffner, Christina & Mark Shuttleworth 2013 Metaphor in translation: Possibilities for process research

Keywords: metaphor | metaphor studies | translation process research | TAPs | keystroke logging | eye tracking | multilingual approach | triangulation

Target 25:1 p. 93 | article

Bres, Jacques & Emmanuelle Labeau 2013 The narrative construction va + infinitive in Contemporary French: A linguistic phoenix rising from its medieval ashes?

Keywords: va + infinitive | grammaticalization | Old French | Contemporary French | narration | future

Diachronica 30:3 pp. 295–322 | article

Scott, Mike 2011 Review of Corpus linguistics: Refinements and reassessments edited by Antoinette Renouf & Andrew Kehoe (2009)

Functions of Language 18:1 pp. 139–148 | book review

Schäffner, Christina 2012 Theory of translatorial action

In: Handbook of Translation Studies: Volume 2, Gambier, Yves & Luc van Doorslaer (eds.) [Handbook of Translation Studies, 2] pp. 157–162

Coulthard, Malcolm 2011 Making a difference: Critical linguistic analysis in a legal context

Keywords: forensic linguistics | legal linguistics | critical linguistics | police | legal/lay interaction | asylum seekers

Pragmatics and Society 2:2 pp. 171–186 | article

Schäffner, Christina 2012 Norms of translation

In: Handbook of Translation Studies: Volume 1, Gambier, Yves & Luc van Doorslaer (eds.) [Handbook of Translation Studies, 1] pp. 235–244

Grant, Tim 2008 Approaching questions in forensic authorship analysis

In: Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics, Gibbons, John & M. Teresa Turell (eds.) [AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 5] pp. 215–229

Schäffner, Christina 2008 Doctoral training programmes: Research skills for the discipline or career management skills?

Keywords: career management | doctoral training programmes | research management | skills requirements for doctoral students

In: Efforts and Models in Interpreting and Translation Research: A tribute to Daniel Gile, Hansen, Gyde, Andrew Chesterman & Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast (eds.) [Benjamins Translation Library, 80] pp. 109–126

Labeau, Emmanuelle 2006 French Television Talk: What tenses for past time?

Keywords: French past tenses | oral French | perfective aspect

International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 11:1 pp. 1–28 | article

Labeau, Emmanuelle 2005 Beyond the Aspect Hypothesis: Tense–aspect development in advanced L2 French

EUROSLA Yearbook 5:1 p. 77 | article

Larrivée, Pierre 2004 Review of Présence ou absence de l’objet. Limites du possible en français contemporain by Meri Larjavaara (2000)

Lingvisticæ Investigationes 26:2 pp. 329–332 | book review

Larrivée, Pierre 2005 Le groupe nominal épithète: Monsieur le linguiste, Mes amis les linguistes, Les linguistes mes amis

Lingvisticæ Investigationes 27:1 pp. 47–81 | article

Edge, Julian & Sue Wharton 2008 Patterns of text in teacher education

In: Patterns of Text: In honour of Michael Hoey, Scott, Mike & Geoff Thompson (eds.)  pp. 255–286

Adab, Beverly 2002 The Translation of Advertising: A Framework for Evaluation

Babel 47:2 pp. 133–157 | article

Adab, Beverly 2008 Towards a More Systematic Approach to the Translation of Advertising Texts

In: Investigating Translation: Selected papers from the 4th International Congress on Translation, Barcelona, 1998, Beeby, Allison, Doris Ensinger & Marisa Presas (eds.) [Benjamins Translation Library, 32] pp. 223–234

Hosking, Dian Marie 2000 Social Construction as Process: Some New Possibilities for Research and Development

Keywords: Polyphony and Heterarchical development processes. | Participative Worldview | Social Construction Processes | Power to

Concepts and Transformation 4:2 pp. 117–132 | article

Larrivée, Pierre 1997 Review of Collection L’essentiel français by Claude Guimier (1996)

Lingvisticæ Investigationes 21:2 pp. 427–434 | book review

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