publications Dec 09

PUBLICATIONS – complete list (last update: January 2010)

I. Monographs Kortmann, B. 2005. English Linguistics: Essentials. (rev. and enlarged version of Kortmann 1999) Berlin: Cornelsen. (also available as e-book) Kortmann, B. 1999 (several reprints since). Linguistik: Essentials. (Studium kompakt Anglistik/Amerikanistik). Berlin: Cornelsen. Kortmann, B. 1997a. Adverbial Subordination. A Typology and History of Adverbial Subordinators Based on European Languages. (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology). Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. {reviewed by Pieter A.M. Seuren in Cognitive Linguistics 1998 (9-3): 318-319; Maria Załeska in Linguistics 1998: 621-623; Friedrich Ungerer in Anglia 1999, 117/1: 99-103; Ursula Lenker in Word 2000, 51/3: 430-434; Michele Prandi in Sprachtypologische Universalienforschung (STUF) 1999, 52: 87-91} Kortmann, B. 1997b. A Cross-Linguistic Dictionary of Adverbial Subordinators. (Linguistic Data on Diskette). Munich: LINCOM EUROPA. Kortmann, B. 1991. Free Adjuncts and Absolutes in English: Problems of Control and Interpretation. London/New York: Routledge. {reviewed by Herbert Penzl in: Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik 1994, LXI/2: 94-95; Joachim Schmole-Rostosky in Anglia 112/1-2: 157-160; Werner Abraham in Linguistics 1994, 32: 135-137; Frederike van der Leek in The Year's Work in English Studies 1991, 72: 47-48} Kortmann, B. 1984. The Expanded Form as Grammatical Marker of the Imperfective Aspect. An Inquiry into its Present-day English Usage and the Theory of Aspect. (Unpublished M.A. thesis University of Trier). 237 pp.

II. Edited volumes Kortmann, B./J. Kabatek, eds. in preparation. Theorien und Methoden der Sprachwissenschaft (Sprachtheorie und Methodenlehre) / Theories and Methods of Linguistics [Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (WSK)]. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Kortmann, B./J. van der Auwera, eds. in preparation. Field of Linguistics: Europe. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Kortmann, B./C. Upton, eds. 2008. Handbook of Varieties: The British Isles. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Burridge, K./B. Kortmann, eds. 2008. Handbook of Varieties: Australia, Pacific and Australasia. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Kortmann, B./T. Herrmann/L. Pietsch/S. Wagner. 2005. A Comparative Grammar of British English Dialects: Agreement, Gender, Relative Clauses. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Kortmann, B./Edgar Schneider in collab. with Kate Burridge/Raj Mesthrie/Clive Upton, eds. 2004. A Handbook of Varieties of English. 2 vols + 1 CD-ROM. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. {reviewed by Monika Schmid in: LINGUIST List 16.1740, Jun 03 2005; Holger Diessel in Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft 2005; Christian Mair in Journal of English Linguistics 2005, 33: 381-389, Lieselotte Anderwald in The Year's Work in English Studies 2006, 85: 68-84; Andrea Sand in The Year's Work in English Studies 2006, 85: 86-87; Scott F. Kiesling in Language in Society 2007, 36: 437-440, Terence Odlin in

2 Language 2008, 84: 193-196; nominated for AKEP Award (best electronic book publication 2005) by the Arbeitskreis Elektronisches Publizieren des Börsenvereins des Deutschen Buchhandels Kortmann, B., ed. 2004. Dialectology Meets Typology: Dialect Grammar from a CrossLinguistic Perspective. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. {reviewed by Horst J. Simon in Journal of Linguistics November 2005, 41/03: 662-667; Hildegard L. Tristram in Studies in Language 2005, 29/2: 537-542; Werner Abraham in Linguistische Berichte 2006, 205: 95-102; Franz Patocka in Germanistik 2005, 46/3-4: 589-590; Thomas Stolz in STUF 2004, 57/4: 407-408; } Kortmann, B., ed. 2002. Editor of the section papers on "New Approaches to Dialectology" in: Kastovsky, D., ed. Anglistentag 2001 Vienna. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag. Couper-Kuhlen, E./B. Kortmann, eds. 2000. Cause – Condition – Contrast – Concession. Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. {reviewed by Debra Ziegeler in: Studies in Language, June 2002, 26/1: 201-215(15); René Dirven in Cognitive Linguistics 2002, 13–3: 302-424; Andrea Sanso in: Discourse Studies, Aug 2003, 5: 440-441} Kortmann, B., ed. 1991. Adverbial Subordinators in the Languages of Europe. EUROTYP Working Paper V/3. Strasbourg: European Science Foundation.

III. Articles Kortmann, B. in preparation. "Non-standard Varieties in the Areal Typology of Europe". In: B. Kortmann/J. van der Auwera, eds. Field of Linguistics: Europe. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Kortmann, B./Langstrof, C. in preparation. "Regional Varieties of British English." In: A. Bergs/L. Brinton, eds. Historical Linguistics of English: An International Handbook. [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Kortmann, B. to appear. "Introduction/Foreword." In: R. Taiwo (ed.) Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction. Hershey: IGI Global Publishers.

Kortmann, B. to appear. "Variation across Englishes". In: T.A. Kirkpatrick, ed. Handbook on World Englishes. London: Routledge. Kortmann, B. to appear. "Areal Variation in Syntax." In: J.E. Schmidt/P. Auer, eds. Language and Space: Theory and Methods. [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Kortmann, B. 2009. "Die Rolle von (Nicht-Standard-)Varietäten in der europäischen (Areal-) Typologie." In: U. Hinrichs/N. Reiter/S. Tornow, eds. Eurolinguistik: Entwicklung und Perspektiven. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 165-187. Kortmann, B./B. Szmrecsanyi. to appear. "Parameters of Morphosyntactic Variation in World Englishes: Prospects and Limitations of Searching for Universals." In: P. Siemund, ed. Linguistic Universals and Language Variation. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Kortmann, B./S. Wagner. to appear. "Changes and Continuities in Dialect Grammar." In: R. Hickey, ed. Eighteenth-Century English: Ideology and Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kortmann, B./M. Schulz. 2009. "The Linguistics of English – Setting the Agenda." English Today 99/25/3: 59-62. Kortmann, B./B. Szmrecsanyi. 2009. "World Englishes between Simplification and Complexification". In: T. Hoffmann/L. Siebers, eds. World Englishes: Problems Properties – Prospects. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. 265-285. Haser, V./B. Kortmann. 2009. "Agreement in English Dialects." In: A. Dufter/J. Fleischer/G. Seiler, eds. Describing and Modeling Variation in Grammar. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 273-299.

3 Szmrecsanyi, B./B. Kortmann. 2009a. "The Morphosyntax of Varieties of English Worldwide: A Quantitative Perspective". Special Issue The Forests Behind the Trees. Lingua 119: 16431663. Szmrecsanyi, B./B. Kortmann. 2009b. "Between Simplification and Complexification: Nonstandard Varieties of English Around the World." In: G. Sampson/D. Gil/P. Trudgill, eds. Language Complexity as an Evolving Variable. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 64-79. Szmrecsanyi, B./B. Kortmann. 2009. "Vernacular Universals and Angloversals in a Typological Perspective." In: M. Filppula/J. Klemola/H. Paulasto, eds. Vernacular Universals and Language Contacts: Evidence from Varieties of English and Beyond. London/New York: Routledge. 33-53. Kortmann, B. 2007. "English Linguistics Today – Its Current Situation and Future Perspectives". In: A. Nünning/J. Schlaeger, eds. Recent Developments and New Directions. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag. 23-40. Kortmann, B./S. Wagner. 2007. "A Fresh Look at Late Modern English Dialect Syntax." In: J. Pérez-Guerra/D. González-Álvarez/J.L. Bueno-Alonso/E. Rama-Martínez, eds. ‘Of Varying Language and Opposing Creed’: New Insights into Late Modern English. Bern: Peter Lang. 279-300. Kortmann, B. 2006. "Syntactic Variation in English: A Global Perspective". In: B. Aarts/A. McMahon, eds. Handbook of English Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell. 603-624. Kortmann, B./V. Haser. 2006². "Adverbs". In: Keith Brown, ed. Encyclopedia of English Language and Linguistics, vol. 1. Oxford: Elsevier. 66-69. Kortmann, B./S. Wagner. 2005. "The Freiburg English Dialect Project and Corpus". In: B. Kortmann/T. Herrmann/L. Pietsch/S. Wagner. A Comparative Grammar of British English Dialects: Agreement, Gender, Relative Clauses. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 1-20. Kortmann, B. 2004a. "Do as a Tense and Aspect Marker in Varieties of English". In: B. Kortmann, ed. Dialectology meets Typology: Dialect Grammar from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 245-275. Kortmann, B. 2004b. "Introduction". In: B. Kortmann, ed. Dialectology meets Typology: Dialect Grammar from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 110. Kortmann, B. 2004c. "Why Dialect Grammar Matters". The European English Messenger XIII: 24-29. Kortmann, B. 2004d. "Typology and Dialectology". Fāngyán (Dialect) 2: 148-157. Kortmann, B. 2004e. "Synopsis: Morphological and Syntactic Variation in the British Isles". In: B. Kortmann/E. Schneider with K. Burridge/R. Mesthrie/C. Upton, eds. A Handbook of Varieties of English. Vol. 2: Morphology, Syntax. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 1089-1103. (reprinted 2008 in Kortmann/Upton, eds. 478-495). Kortmann, B./E. Schneider. 2004. "General Introduction". In: B. Kortmann/E. Schneider with K. Burridge/R. Mesthrie/C. Upton, eds. A Handbook of Varieties of English. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 1-9. (reprinted 2008 in the paperback edition, 1-21). Kortmann, B./B. Szmrecsanyi. 2004. "Global Synopsis: Morphological and Syntactic Variation in English". In: B. Kortmann/E. Schneider with K. Burridge/R. Mesthrie/C. Upton, eds. A Handbook of Varieties of English. Vol. 2: Morphology, Syntax. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 1142-1202. Kortmann, B./Upton, C. 2004. "Introduction - Varieties of English in the British Isles". In: B. Kortmann/E. Schneider with K. Burridge/R. Mesthrie/C. Upton, eds. A Handbook of Varieties of English. Vol. 2: Morphology, Syntax. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 23-33. (reprinted 2008 in Kortmann/Upton, eds. 23-32). Burridge, K./B. Kortmann. 2004. "Introduction - Varieties of English in the Pacific and Australasia". In: B. Kortmann/E. Schneider with K. Burridge/R. Mesthrie/C. Upton, eds. A Handbook of Varieties of English. Vol. 2: Morphology, Syntax. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 547-559. (reprinted 2008 in Burridge/Kortmann, eds. 23-36).

4 Kortmann, B. 2003. "Comparative English Dialect Grammar: A Typological Approach". In: Ignacio M. Palacios, María José López Couso, Patricia Fra and Elena Seoane, eds. Fifty Years of English Studies in Spain (1952:2002). A Commemorative Volume. Santiago de Compostela: University of Santiago. 63–81. Kortmann, B. 2002a. "New Prospects for the Study of English Dialect Syntax: Impetus from Syntactic Theory and Language Typology." In: Sjef Barbiers/Leonie Cornips/Susanne van der Kleij, eds. Syntactic Microvariation. Amsterdam. 185-213. (http://www.meertens.nl/books/synmic/) Kortmann, B. 2002b. "New Approaches to Dialectology: Introduction". In: Dieter Kastovsky, Gunther Kaltenböck and Susanne Reichl, eds. Anglistentag 2001 Vienna: Proceedings. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag. 3-6. Anderwald, L./B. Kortmann. 2002. "Typology and dialectology: A programmatic sketch". In: J. Berns/J. van Marle, eds. Present day dialectology: Problems and findings. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 159-171. Kortmann, B. 2001a. "Adverbial Conjunctions". In: Martin Haspelmath, Ekkehard König, Wulf Oesterreicher, and Wolfgang Raible, eds. Language Typology and Language Universals. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 842-854. Kortmann, B. 2001b. "Adverbial Clauses". In: Neil J. Smelser/Paul B. Baltes, eds. International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Vol 1. Amsterdam: Pergamon. 162167. Kortmann, B. 2001c. "In the Year 2525… Reflections on the Future Shape of English." Anglistik 12: 97-114. Couper-Kuhlen, E./B. Kortmann. 2000. "Introduction." In: Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen/B. Kortmann, eds. Cause - Condition – Contrast - Concession. Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 1-8. Kortmann, B. 1999a. "Iconicity, Typology and Cognition". In: M. Nänny/O. Fischer, eds. Form Miming Meaning: Iconicity in Language and Literature. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. 375-392. Kortmann, B. 1999b. "Typology and Dialectology". In: B. Caron, ed. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Linguists, Paris 1997. CD-ROM. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. Kortmann, B. 1998c. "The Evolution of Adverbial Subordinators in Europe". In: Monika S. Schmid/Jennifer R. Austin/D. Stein, eds. Historical Linguistics 1997. Selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Düsseldorf, 10-17 August 1997. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. 213-228. Kortmann, B. 1998a. "Adverbial Subordinators in the Languages of Europe". In: J. van der Auwera, ed. Adverbial Constructions in the Languages of Europe. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 457-561. {reviewed by Pérez Quintero M.J. 2000. In: Studies in Language, September 2000, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 441-448(8)} Kortmann, B. 1998b. "Kontrastive Linguistik und Fremdsprachenunterricht". In: W. Börner/K. Vogel, eds. Kontrast und Äquivalenz. Beiträge zu Sprachvergleich und Übersetzung. Tübingen: Narr. 136-167. Kortmann, B. 1997. "Typology and Language Change". In: W. Böker/H. Sauer, eds. Anglistentag 1996 Dresden - Proceedings. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag. 109-124. Kortmann, B. 1995a. "Adverbial Participial Clauses in English". In: M. Haspelmath/E. König, eds. Converbs in Cross-Linguistic Perspective - Adverbial Verb Constructions (Adverbial Participles, Gerunds). Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 189-237. Kortmann, B. 1995b. "Complementation and the Perfect". In: Wolfgang Riehle, ed. Anglistentag 1994 Graz - Proceedings. Tübingen: Niemeyer. 183-199. Kortmann, B. 1992. "Reanalysis Completed and in Progress: Participles as Source of Prepositions and Conjunctions". In: G. Kellermann/M.D. Morrissey, eds. Diachrony within Synchrony: Language History and Cognition. Frankfurt/M.: Lang. 429-453. Kortmann, B./E. König. 1992. "Categorial Reanalysis: The Case of Deverbal Prepositions". Linguistics 30: 671-697.

5 Kortmann, B./P.G. Meyer. 1992. "Is English Grammar More Explicit Than German Grammar, After All?" In: C. Mair/M. Markus, eds. New Departures in Contrastive Linguistics. (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft). Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft. 155-166. Kortmann, B. 1991a. "The Triad Tense-Aspect-Aktionsart: Problems and Possible Solutions". In: C.E. Vetters/W. Vandeweghe, eds. Belgian Journal of Linguistics 6. (Proceedings of the International Symposium 'Tense - Aspect - Aktionsart' Louvain-la-Neuve 1990). 9-30. Kortmann, B. 1991b. "Adverbial Subordinators in the Languages of Europe - A Project Description". In: idem, ed. Adverbial Subordinators in the Languages of Europe. (EUROTYP Working Paper V/3). Strasbourg: European Science Foundation. 7-32. Kortmann, B./P.G. Meyer. 1991. "Arbeitsteilung zwischen Lexikon und Grammatik im Englischen und Deutschen: Der Bereich der Präpositionen". In: K.J. Mattheier, ed. Ein Europa - Viele Sprachen. Kongreßbeiträge zur 21. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik. Frankfurt/M.: Lang. 185f. König, E./B. Kortmann. 1991. "On the Reanalysis of Verbs as Prepositions". In: G. Rauh, ed. Approaches to Prepositions. Tübingen: Narr. 109-125. Kortmann, B. 1990a. "Kontrollprobleme in Freien Adjunkten". In: B. Spillner, ed. Sprache und Politik. Kongreßbeiträge zur 19. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik. Frankfurt/M.: Lang. 160-162. Kortmann, B. 1990b. Zur Umkategorisierung von Verben als Präpositionen. (mimeo; Vortrag bei der DGfS-Jahrestagung 1990 in Saarbrücken). 35 pp. Kortmann, B. et al. 1989. "Time, Tense and Aspect". In: R. Dirven, ed. A User's Grammar of English: Word, Sentence, Text, Interaction. Frankfurt/M.: Lang. 311-353. Kortmann, B. 1988a. "Complementation and its Significance to the Lexicon". In: W. Hüllen/R. Schulze, eds. Understanding the Lexicon. Meaning, Sense and World Knowledge in Lexical Semantics. Tübingen: Niemeyer. 125-136. Kortmann, B. 1988b. "Freie Adjunkte und absolute Konstruktionen im Englischen und Deutschen". Papiere zur Linguistik 38. 61-89. König, E./B. Kortmann. 1987. "Absolute Complementation in the Lexical Structure of English and German". In: W. Lörscher/R. Schulze, eds. Perspectives on Language in Performance. Studies in Linguistics, Literary Criticism, and Language Teaching and Learning. (Festschrift Werner Hüllen). Tübingen: Narr. 171-198. Kortmann, B. 1985. The Interaction of Imperfective Aspect and Situation Class in Present-Day British English. Duisburg: L.A.U.D.T. 67 pp.

IV. Reviews Kortmann, B. 2009. Review of J. C. Beal (2006), Language and Region. London/New York: Routledge. Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik 1: 78-79. Kortmann, B. 2008. Review of T. Nevalainen, J. Klemola and Mikko Laitinen, eds. (2006), Types of Variation: Diachronic, Dialectal and Typological Interfaces. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. English Language and Linguistics 12: 538-543. Kortmann, B. 2007. Review of M. Dossena & R. Lass, eds. (2004), Methods and data in English historical dialectology. Bern: Peter Lang. Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik. 346-349. Kortmann, B. 2001a. Review of D. Geeraerts (1997), Diachronic prototype semantics. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Cognitive Linguistics 12: 189-195. Kortmann, B. 2001b. Review of B. Dancygier (1998), Conditionals and prediction. Cambridge: CUP. Journal of Linguistics 37: 175-235. Kortmann, B. 2001c. Review of M. Mangasser-Wahl, ed. (2000), Prototypentheorie in der Linguistik. Tübingen: Stauffenburg. Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft 20: 293-297. Kortmann, B. 1997. Book Notice on C.E. Ford (1993), Grammar in interaction. Cambridge: CUP. Cognitive Linguistics Newsletter.

6 Kortmann, B. 1996a. Book Notice on P. Luelsdorff, ed. (1994) The Prague School of Structural and Functional Linguistics. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. Language 72: 650-651. Kortmann, B. 1996b. Book Notice on J.R. Hurford (1994) Grammar. A Student’s Guide. Cambridge: CUP. Language 72: 860-861. Kortmann, B. 1995a. Review of Talmy Givón (1993) English Grammar (2 vols.), Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. Language 71: 579-583. Kortmann, B. 1995b. Book Notice on Peter Rolf Lutzeier, ed. (1993), Studien zur Wortfeldtheorie - Studies in Lexical Field Theory. Tübingen: Niemeyer. Language 71: 204-205. Kortmann, B. 1995c. Review of Beatrice Warren (1992) Sense Developments, Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. Journal of Pragmatics 23: 698-702. Kortmann, B. 1994a. Review of W. Hüllen, ed. (1990) Understanding the Historiography of Linguistics: Problems and Projects, Münster: Nodus. Anglia 112: 135-140. Kortmann, B. 1994b. Review of C.F. Meyer (1992) Apposition in Contemporary English, Cambridge: C.U.P. Linguistische Berichte 152: 323-328. Kortmann, B. 1994c. Book Notice on T. MacArthur, ed. (1992) The Oxford Companion to the English Language, Oxford: O.U.P. Language 70: 612. Kortmann, B. 1994d. Review of M. Kefer/J. van der Auwera, eds. (1992) Meaning and Grammar. Cross-Linguistic Perspectives, Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Journal of Pragmatics 22: 219-237. Kortmann, B. 1993a. Book Notice on G.K. Pullum (1991) The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax, and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Language 69: 634f. Kortmann, B. 1993b. Book Notice on H.G. Davis & T.J. Taylor, eds. (1990) Redefining Linguistics. London and New York: Routledge. Language 69: 851f. Kortmann, B. 1993c. Book Notice on B. Nerlich (1992) Semantic Theories in Europe 18301930, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. Language 69: 866. Kortmann, B. 1992a. Book Notice on Y. Tobin (1990) Semiotics and Linguistics, London: Longman. Language 68: 447f. Kortmann, B. 1992b. Book Notice on L. Young (1990) Language as Behaviour, Language as Code: A Study of Academic English, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. Language 68: 668f. Kortmann, B. 1992 c. Review of P. Fenn (1987) A Semantic and Pragmatic Examination of the English Perfect, Tübingen: Narr. Anglia 110: 443-448. Kortmann, B. 1991. Book Notice on J. Rudanko (1989) Complementation and Case Grammar, New York: Academic Press. Language 67: 193.

V. Edited series Since 1996: editor of TOPICS IN ENGLISH LINGUISTICS (TiEL; Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin und New York); co-editor since 1997: Elizabeth Closs Traugott (Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and English, Stanford University).