last update: 11/11/08

Buchpublikationen/Books & Editorials

1.  Scholz, Sybil, Monika Klages, Evelyn Hantson & Ute Römer (eds.). 2002. Language:  Context and Cognition. Papers in Honour of Wolf-Dietrich Bald's 60^th Birthday. Munich: Langenscheidt-Longman. TOC pdf

2.  Römer, Ute. 2005. Progressives, Patterns, Pedagogy. A Corpus-driven Approach to English Progressive Forms, Functions, Contexts and Didactics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. [Studies in Corpus Linguistics]

     download flyer; browse the book; read a short German summary by Bernhard Kettemann (published in verbal newsletter 1/2005)

        Reviewed in ICAME Journal 30 (2006) by Erik Smitterberg (pdf; scroll down to p. 14).

        Reviewed on Linguist List (issue 17.2153, 2006) by Britta Schneider

        Reviewed in IJCL 12,1 (2007) by Hans Lindquist

        Reviewed in SSLA 30,1 (2008) by Nicole Tracy-Ventura

        Reviewed in Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies 19,2 (2008) by Ilka Mindt

        Reviewed in Corpora 3,1 (2008) by Jane M. Govoni

  November 2006: Progressives, Patterns, Pedagogy was awarded the biennial "Wissenschaftspreis Hannover 2006"; photos

3.  Römer, Ute & Rainer Schulze (eds.). 2008. Patterns, Meaningful Units and Specialized Discourses. Special issue (13.3) of  International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

4.  Römer, Ute & Rainer Schulze (eds.) Forthcoming. Exploring the Lexis-Grammar Interface. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Aufsätze/Articles

1.  Klages, Monika & Ute Römer. 2002. Translating modal meanings in the EFL classroom. In: Sybil Scholz, Monika Klages, Evelyn Hantson & Ute Römer (eds.). Language: Context and Cognition. Papers in Honour of Wolf-Dietrich Bald's 60^th Birthday. Munich: Langenscheidt-Longman. 201-216. pdf-file

2.  Römer, Ute. 2004. A corpus-driven approach to modal auxiliaries and their didactics. In: Sinclair, John McH. (ed.). How to Use Corpora in Language Teaching. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 185-199. book info; abstract; browse the book

3.  Römer, Ute. 2004. Comparing real and ideal language learner input: The use of an EFL textbook corpus in corpus linguistics and language teaching. In: Aston, Guy, Silvia Bernardini and Dominic Stewart (eds.). Corpora and Language Learners. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 151-168. book info; abstract

4.  Römer, Ute. 2005. Shifting foci in language description and instruction: Towards a lexical grammar of progressives. Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik 30,1 (2005): 145-160. journal info; abstract

5.  Römer, Ute. 2005. 'This seems somewhat counterintuitive, though…' – Negative evaluation in linguistic book reviews by male and female authors. In: Tognini Bonelli, Elena & Gabriella Del Lungo Camiciotti (eds.). Strategies in Academic Discourse. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 97-115. book info; browse the book

6.  Römer, Ute. 2006. Looking at looking: Functions and contexts of progressives in spoken English and 'school' English. In: Renouf, Antoinette & Andrew Kehoe (eds.). The Changing Face of Corpus Linguistics. Papers from the 24th International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora (ICAME 24). Amsterdam: Rodopi. 231-242. book info; abstract

     Reprinted in: Teubert, Wolfgang & Ramesh Krishnamurthy (eds.). 2007. Corpus Linguistics. Critical Concepts in Linguistics (6 vols.). London: Routledge. 3-14 (Volume IV). book info 

7.  Römer, Ute. 2006. Pedagogical applications of corpora: Some reflections on the current scope and a wish list for future developments. Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik 54,2: 121-134, Special Issue: "The Scope and Limits of Corpus Linguistics – Empiricism in the Description and Analysis of English" (ed. Volker Gast). journal info; TOC of the special issue; introduction to the special issue

8.  Römer, Ute. 2006. Where the computer meets language, literature, and pedagogy: Corpus Analysis in English Studies. In: Gerbig, Andrea & Anja Müller-Wood (eds.). How Globalization Affects the Teaching of English: Studying Culture through Texts. Lampeter: E. Mellen Press. 81-109. book info

9.  Nesselhauf, Nadja & Ute Römer. 2007. Lexical-grammatical patterns in spoken English: The case of the progressive with future time reference. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 12,3: 297-333. abstract; journal info

10. Römer, Ute. 2007. Learner language and the norms in native corpora and EFL teaching materials: A case study of English conditionals. In: Volk-Birke, Sabine & Julia Lippert (eds.). Anglistentag 2006 Halle. Proceedings. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. 355-363.  

11. Römer, Ute. 2008. Identification impossible? A corpus approach to realisations of evaluative meaning in academic writing. Functions of Language 15,1: 115-130 (Special issue on "Evaluation of Text Types", ed. Monika Bednarek). journal info  

12. Schulze, Rainer & Ute Römer. 2008. Introduction: Patterns, meaningful units and specialized discourses". IJCL 13,3: 265-270. (Special issue on "Patterns, meaningful units and specialized discourses", eds. Ute Römer & Rainer Schulze).

13. Römer, Ute. 2008. 7. Corpora and language teaching. In: Lüdeling, Anke & Merja Kytö (eds.). Corpus Linguistics. An International Handbook. [HSK series] Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 112-130.

14. Römer, Ute. Forthcoming 2009. Corpus research and practice: What help do teachers need and what can we offer? In: Aijmer, Karin (ed.). Corpora and Language Teaching. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 83-98. book info

15. Römer, Ute. Forthcoming. Using general and specialized corpora in English language teaching: Past, present and future. In: Campoy-Cubillo, Marí Carmen,  Begoña Belles-Fortuño & Lluisa Gea-Valor (eds.). Corpus-based Approaches to ELT. London: Continuum.  

16. Wulff, Stefanie, Nick C. Ellis, Ute Römer, Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig & Chelsea LeBlanc. Forthcoming. The acquisition of tense-aspect: Converging evidence from corpora, cognition, and learner constructions. The Modern Language Journal.

17. Schulze, Rainer & Ute Römer. Forthcoming. Introduction: Zooming in. In: Römer, Ute & Rainer Schulze (eds.). Exploring the Lexis-Grammar Interface. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

18. Wulff, Stefanie & Ute Römer. Submitted. Becoming a proficient academic writer: Shifting lexical preferences in the use of the progressive. Corpora.

19. Römer, Ute. Forthcoming. The inseparability of lexis and grammar: Corpus linguistic perspectives. Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics 7 (2009).

Buchrezensionen etc./Book reviews etc.

1.  Römer, Ute. 2001. Review. Alan Partington. Patterns and Meanings: Using Corpora for English Language Research and Teaching. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 6,1: 155-158. book info; journal info

2.  Römer, Ute. 2003. Conference Report. The Fifth International Conference on Teaching and Language Corpora (TaLC 5), The University Residential Centre, Bertinoro, Italy, July 27 – 31, 2002. Anglistik 14,1: 204-207. journal info

3.  Römer, Ute. 2004. Review. Bernhard Kettemann & Georg Marko (eds.). Teaching and Learning by Doing Corpus Analysis. Anglistik 15,1: 155-159. book info; journal info

4.  Römer, Ute. 2004. Review. Norbert Schlüter. Present Perfect: Eine korpuslinguistische Analyse des englischen Perfekts mit Vermittlungsvorschlägen für den Sprachunterricht. Neusprachliche Mitteilungen 57,4: 246. book info; journal info

5.  Römer, Ute. 2004. Book notice. Anna-Brita Stenström, Gisle Anderson & Ingrid Kristine Hasund. Trends in Teenage Talk. Language 80,4: 900-901. journal TOC; book info

6.  Römer, Ute. 2005. Book notice. Peter H. Matthews. Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction. Language 81,2: 541. journal TOC; book info

7. Römer, Ute. 2005. Book notice. Steven McDonough. Applied Linguistics in Language Education. Language 81,2: 542-543. journal TOC; book info

8.  Römer, Ute. 2005. Review. Alan Partington, John Morley & Louann Haarman (eds.). Corpora and Discourse. Anglistik 16,2: 211-213. book info; journal info

9.  Römer, Ute. 2006. Review. Erik Smitterberg. The Progressive in 19th-century English: A Process of Integration. ICAME Journal 30: 131-135. book info; journal info

10. Römer, Ute. 2006. Review. Ulla Connor & Thomas A. Upton (eds.). Discourse in the Professions: Perspectives from corpus linguistics. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 28,4: 646-648. book info; journal info

11. Römer, Ute. 2006. Book notice. Hans Lindquist & Christian Mair. Corpus Approaches to Grammaticalization in English. Language 82,4: 956. book info; journal info

12. Römer, Ute. 2006. Book notice. Karin Aijmer & Anna-Brita Stenström. Discourse Markers in Spoken and Written Corpora. Language 82,4: 936. book info; journal info

13. Römer, Ute. 2007. Book notice. Caroline Coffin, Ann Hewings & Kieran O'Halloran (eds.). Applying English Grammar. Functional and Corpus Approaches. Language 83,3: 670-671. book info; journal info

14. Römer, Ute. 2007. Book notice. Vijay K. Bhatia. Worlds of Written Discourse: A Genre-based View. Language 83,3: 666. book info; journal info

15. Römer, Ute. 2008. Review. Bernhard Kettemann & Georg Marko (eds.). Planing, Gluing and Painting Corpora: Inside the Applied Corpus Linguist's Workshop. Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik 33,1: 165-168. book info; journal info

Sonstiges.../Related activities...

▪   Mitglied des editorial boards der Zeitschrift International Journal of Corpus Linguistics/ Editorial board member of IJCL (International Journal of Corpus Linguistics); journal info

▪    Mitglied des advisory boards der Buchreihe Studies in Corpus Linguistics (SCL)/ Advisory board member of the series Studies in Corpus Linguistics (SCL); series info

▪   Mitglied des advisory boards der Buchreihe Language in Performance (LiP)/ Advisory board member of the series Language in Performance (LiP); series info

▪   Mitglied des editorial boards der Zeitschrift English Text Construction (ETC)/ Editorial board member of English Text Construction (ETC); journal info

▪   Mitglied des editorial boards der Zeitschrift Empirical Language Research Journal (ELR Journal)/ Editorial board member of Empirical Language Research Journal (ELR Journal); journal info

▪  Gutachtertätigkeiten für folgende Zeitschriften/ Peer reviewer for the following journals: Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory (CLLT), journal info; Languages in Contrast (LiC), journal info; International Journal of Corpus Linguistics (IJCL), journal info; TESOL Quarterly, journal info; Language Teaching, journal info; Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik (ZAA), journal info;

▪   Gutachtertätigkeiten für die folgenden internationalen Konferenzen/ Member of the programme committee of the following international conferences: Corpus Linguistics 2007 (Birmingham, UK); AACL 2008 (Provo, UT); IVACS 2008 (Limerick, Ireland); Corpus Linguistics 2009 (Liverpool, UK); CILC-09 (First conference of the Spanish Association of Corpus Linguistics, Murcia, Spain); AAAL 2009 (Denver, CO);

Mitgliedschaften/Professional Affiliations

▪     Deutscher Anglistenverband/German Association of University Teachers of English

▪   British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)

▪   European Society for the Study of English (ESSE)

▪   International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE)

▪   Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik (GAL)/ German Association for Applied Linguistics

▪   Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft/ German Shakespeare Society