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I. Scholarly books

  • Kortmann, B. 2020. English Linguistics: Essentials. (2nd, rev. and enlarged version of Kortmann 1999). Heidelberg: Metzler.
  • 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.
  • 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.

 

II. Ed. research books, incl. prestigious reference works

  • Kortmann, B./P. Collins, eds. to appear 2024. Non-standard morphosyntactic variation in L2 Englishes world-wide: corpus-based studies. Special Issue of Lingua.
  • Kortmann, B./J. Kabatek/W. Bisang, eds. in preparation. The Spread of World Languages. A Comprehensive Guide (The World of Linguistics). Boston/Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
  • Kortmann, B./G. G. Schulze, eds. 2024. Mehr Mut wagen! Plädoyer für eine aktive Politik und Gesellschaft. Bielefeld: transcript.
  • Kortmann, B./K. Lunkenheimer/K. Ehret, eds. 2020. The Electronic World Atlas of Varieties of English. Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3712132 (Available online at http://ewave-atlas.org)
  • Blumenthal-Dramé, A./A. Hanulíková/B. Kortmann, eds. 2017. Research Topic: Perceptual Linguistic Salience: Modeling Causes and Consequences. In: Frontiers in Psychology, Language Sciences.
  • Kortmann, B./K. Lunkenheimer, eds. 2013. The Electronic World Atlas of Varieties of English 2.0. [eWAVE 2.0]. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. http://ewave-atlas.org
  • Kortmann, B./K. Lunkenheimer, eds. 2012. The Mouton World Atlas of Variation in English. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter Mouton.
  • Kortmann, B., area ed. 2012-. Theories and Methods of Linguistics. [Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (WSK) Online (Dictionaries of Linguistics and Communication Science Online)]. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter.
  • Kortmann, B./B. Szmrecsanyi, eds. 2012. Linguistic Complexity: Second Language Acquisition, Indigenization, Contact. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
  • Kortmann, B./J. van der Auwera, eds. 2011. The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guide. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
  • Kortmann, B./C. Upton, eds. 2008. Varieties of English: The British Isles. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
  • Burridge, K./B. Kortmann, eds. 2008. Varieties of English: 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.
  • Kortmann, B., ed. 2004. Dialectology Meets Typology: Dialect Grammar from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
  • 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.
  • Kortmann, B., ed. 1991. Adverbial Subordinators in the Languages of Europe. EUROTYP Working Paper V/3. Strasbourg: European Science Foundation.

 

III. Scholarly book chapters

  • Kortmann, B. to appear 2025. “The spread of English”. In: B. Kortmann/J. Kabatek/W. Bisang, eds. The Spread of World Languages. A Comprehensive Guide (The World of Linguistics). Boston/Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.

  • Kortmann, B. forthcoming. “21 CECs and typology”. In: Stephanie Hackert, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean English. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  • Kortmann, B. forthcoming. “English”. In: Sebastian Kürschner and Antje Dammel, eds. Oxford Encyclopedia of Germanic Linguistics (part of Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics ed. by M. Aronoff). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.936

  • Kortmann, B. 2021. “Syntactic Variation in English: A Global Perspective.” In: B. Aarts/A. McMahon/L. Hinrichs, eds. Handbook of English Linguistics, 2nd edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 299-322.

  • Kortmann, B./V. Schröter. 2020. "Linguistic Complexity." In: M. Aronoff, ed. Oxford Bibliographies in Linguistics. New York: Oxford University Press. Last modified: 15 January 2020; doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780199772810-0254

  • Kortmann, B. 2019. "Global variation in the Anglophone world." In: B. Aarts, J. Bowie and Geri Popova, eds. Oxford Handbook of English Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 630-653.

  • Kortmann, B./V. Schröter. 2017. "Varieties of English." In: R. Hickey, ed. The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 304-330.
  • Schröter, V./B. Kortmann. 2016. "Pronoun Deletion in Hong Kong English and Colloquial Singaporean English." In: A. Onysko, ed. Language Contact in World Englishes. Special issue of World Englishes 35/2: 221-241.
  • Kortmann, B. 2013. "How Powerful is Geography as an Explanatory Factor of Variation? Areal Features in the Anglophone World." In: P. Auer/M. Hilpert/A. Stukenbrock/B. Szmrecsanyi, eds. Space in Language and Linguistics: Geographical, Interactional, and Cognitive Perspectives. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter. 165-194.
  • Anderwald, L./B. Kortmann. 2013. "Typological Methods in Dialectology." In: M. Krug/J. Schlueter, eds. Research Methods in Language Variation and Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 313-333.
  • Blumenthal, A./B. Kortmann. 2013. "Die Verschiedenheit der Sprachen." In: P. Auer, ed. Sprachwissenschaft: Grammatik - Interaktion - Kognition. Stuttgart: Metzler. 285-317.
  • Kortmann, B. 2012. "Typology and Typological Change in English Historical Linguistics." In: T. Nevalainen/Elizabeth Traugott, eds. The Oxford Handbook of the History of English. New York: Oxford University Press. 605-621.
  • Kortmann, B. 2012. "Regional Profile: The British Isles". In: B. Kortmann/K. Lunkenheimer, eds. The Mouton World Atlas of Variation in English. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter Mouton. 678-702.
  • Kortmann, B./C. Langstrof. 2012. "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. 1928-1950.
  • Kortmann, B./K. Lunkenheimer. 2012. "Introduction." In: B. Kortmann/K. Lunkenheimer, eds. The Mouton World Atlas of Variation in English. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter Mouton. 1-11.
  • Kortmann, B./C. Wolk. 2012. "Morphosyntactic Variation in the Anglophone World: A Global Perspective." In: B. Kortmann/K. Lunkenheimer, eds. The Mouton World Atlas of Variation in English. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter Mouton. 906-936.
  • Szmrecsanyi, B./B. Kortmann. 2012. "Introduction: Linguistic Complexity – Second Language Acquisition, Indigenization, Contact." In: B. Kortmann/B. Szmrecsanyi, eds. Linguistic Complexity: Second Language Acquisition, Indigenization, Contact. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter. 6-43.
  • Kortmann, B./A. Schneider. 2011. "Grammaticalization in Non-standard Varieties of English." In: H. Narrog/B. Heine, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press. 263-278.
  • Kortmann, B./B. Szmrecsanyi. 2011. "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. 257-283.
  • Murelli, A./B. Kortmann. 2011. "Non-standard Varieties in the Areal Typology of Europe". In: B. Kortmann/J. van der Auwera, eds. The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guide. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 525-544.
  • Szmrecsanyi, B./B. Kortmann. 2011. "Typological Profiling: Learner Englishes versus Indigenized L2 Varieties of English". In: Mukherjee, J./M. Hundt, eds. Exploring Second-language Varieties of English and Learner Englishes: Bridging a Paradigm Gap. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 167-187.
  • Kortmann, B. 2010a. "Areal Variation in Syntax." In: P. Auer/J.E. Schmidt, eds. Language and Space: An International Handbook of Linguistic Variation. Vol 1: Theories and Methods. [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 837-864.
  • Kortmann, B. 2010b. "Introduction." In: R. Taiwo, ed. Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction. Hershey: IGI Global Publishers.
  • Kortmann, B. 2010c. "Variation across Englishes". In: A. Kirkpatrick, ed. Routledge Handbook of World Englishes. London: Routledge. 400-424.
  • Kortmann, B./S. Wagner. 2010. "Changes and Continuities in Dialect Grammar." In: R. Hickey, ed. Eighteenth-Century English: Ideology and Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 269-292.
  • Kortmann, B. 2009. "Die Rolle von (Nicht-Standard-)Varietäten in der europäischen (Areal-) Typologie." In: Uwe Hinrichs, Norbert Reiter and Siegfried Tornow, eds. Eurolinguistik: Entwicklung und Perspektiven. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 165-187.
  • 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.
  • Szmrecsanyi, B./B. Kortmann. 2009a. "Between Simplification and Complexification: Non-standard 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. 2009b. "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. 2008. “Synopsis: Morphological and Syntactic Variation in the British Isles." In: B. Kortmann/C. Upton, eds. Handbook of Varieties: The British Isles. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 478-495.
  • 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: K. 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. 1-10.
  • 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).
  • 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. 2002. "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. (www.meertens.nl/books/synmic/)
  • 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. 162-167.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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. 1995. "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. 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./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. 1991. "Adverbial Subordinators in the Languages of Europe - A Project Description". In: B. Kortmann, ed. Adverbial Subordinators in the Languages of Europe. (EUROTYP Working Paper V/3). Strasbourg: European Science Foundation. 7-32.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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.

 

IV. Refereed journal articles

  • Brinton, L./P. Honeybone/B. Kortmann/E. Seoane. 2021. ”25 years of English Language and Linguistics: A celebration and analysis.” English Language & Linguistics 25(4): 677-685. doi:10.1017/S1360674321000320

  • Kortmann, B. 2021. "Reflecting on the quantitative turn in linguistics." Linguistics 59/5: 1207-1226. https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2019-0046

  • Blumenthal-Dramé, A./V. Glauche/T. Bormann/C. Weiller/M. Musso/B. Kortmann. 2017. "Frequency and Chunking in Derived Words: A Parametric fMRI Study." Journal of Cognitivs Neuroscience 29 (7): 1162–1177. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01120

  • Kortmann, B. 2016. "The Viking Hypothesis from a Dialectologist’s Perspective." Language Dynamics and Change 6: 27-30.

  • Siegel, J./B. Szmrecsanyi/B. Kortmann. 2014. "Measuring Analyticity and Syntheticity in Creoles." Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 29/1: 49-85.
  • Kortmann, B./M. Schulz. 2009. "The Linguistics of English – Setting the Agenda." English Today 99/25/3: 59-62.
  • Szmrecsanyi, B./B. Kortmann. 2009. "The Morphosyntax of Varieties of English Worldwide: A Quantitative Perspective". Special Issue The Forests Behind the Trees. Lingua 119: 1643-1663.
  • Kortmann, B. 2004. "Why Dialect Grammar Matters". The European English Messenger XIII: 24-29.
  • Kortmann, B. 2004. "Typology and Dialectology". Fāngyán (Dialect) 2: 148-157.
  • Kortmann, B. 2001c. "In the Year 2525… Reflections on the Future Shape of English." Anglistik 12: 97-114.
  • Kortmann, B. 1988. "Freie Adjunkte und absolute Konstruktionen im Englischen und Deutschen". Papiere zur Linguistik 38. 61-89.
  • Kortmann, B./E. König. 1992. "Categorial Reanalysis: The Case of Deverbal Prepositions". Linguistics 30: 671-697.

 

V. Refereed conference papers

  • Kortmann, B. 2014. "Comparison and comparability: The WAVE perspective." In: S. Mergenthal/R. Nischik, eds. Anglistentag 2013 Konstanz: Proceedings. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. 323-335.
  • Kortmann, B. 2002. "New Approaches to Dialectology: Introduction". In: D. Kastovsky/G. Kaltenböck/Susanne Reichl, eds. Anglistentag 2001 Vienna: Proceedings. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag. 3-6.
  • Kortmann, B. 1999. "Typology and Dialectology". In: B. Caron, ed. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Linguists, Paris 1997. CD-ROM. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science.
  • Kortmann, B. 1998. "The Evolution of Adverbial Subordinators in Europe". In: M.S. Schmid/J.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. 1997. "Typology and Language Change". In: W. Böker/H. Sauer, eds. Anglistentag 1996 Dresden - Proceedings. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag. 109-124.
  • Kortmann, B. 1995. "Complementation and the Perfect". In: Wolfgang Riehle, ed. Anglistentag 1994 Graz - Proceedings. Tübingen: Niemeyer. 183-199.
  • Kortmann, B. 1991. "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./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.
  • Kortmann, B. 1990a. Zur Umkategorisierung von Verben als Präpositionen. (mimeo; Conference Papers of the DGfS-Conference 1990 in Saarbrücken). 35 pp.
  • Kortmann, B. 1990b. "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. 1985. The Interaction of Imperfective Aspect and Situation Class in Present-Day British English. Duisburg: L.A.U.D.T. 67 pp.

 

VI. Reviews

  • Kortmann, B. 2013. Review of Hilde Hasselgård (2010), Adjunct Adverbials in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. English Language and Linguistics 17.3: 565-599.
  • Kortmann, B. 2011. Review of Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen, and Wiebke Ramm, eds. (2008), 'Subordination' versus 'coordination' in sentence and text: A cross-linguistic perspective. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Functions in Language. 87-95.
  • 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.
  • 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 Tom McArthur, ed. (1992) The Oxford Companion to the English Language, Oxford: O.U.P. Language 70: 612.
  • Kortmann, B. 1994d. Review of Michel Kefer/Johan 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 1830-1930, 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. 1992c. 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.

 

VII. Edited series & journals

  • Since 1996:
    Co-editor of the series Topics in English Linguistics (De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin/New York) with Elizabeth Traugott (Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and English, Stanford); since 2019 with Susan Fitzmaurice (Sheffield)
  • Since 2011:
    Co-editor of the textbook series Dialects of English (De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin/New York) together with Joan Beal (Sheffield) and Karen Corrigan (Newcastle upon Tyne)
  • As of 2012:
    Co-editor of the journal English Language and Linguistics together with Laurel Brinton (Vancouver), Patrick Honeybone (Edinburgh), Elena Seoane (Vigo)

1.           Kortmann, B. 2020. English Linguistics: Essentials. (2nd, rev. and enlarged version of Kortmann 1999). Heidelberg: Metzler.