Peter Siemund
Biographic Data
| ID | 652007 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Siemund |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Siemund |
| SIGNATURE | SIEMUND P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Hamburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8995-5182 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
L3 English in the German secondary school context
A multilingual experience can be considered a significant asset. However, since the earliest studies in the field, research has reported mixed results regarding potential advantages such as increased cognitive ability and metalinguistic awareness. Moreover, studies investigating the influence of bilingualism/multilingualism on the acquisition of additional languages produced partially conflicting findings. This longitudinal study (three measureme…
The impact of heritage language proficiency on English as an additional language
Since the earliest studies on multilingual advantages, it has proved difficult to disentangle language development from general cognition. It remains unclear whether language interdependence is an independent variable or whether observable effects are mediated by cognitive ability. Measurable effects of one language on another typically go hand in hand with differences in cognitive ability. We hypothesise that high cognitive ability produces stro…
The ages of pragmatic particles in Colloquial Singapore English
The study aims to work towards a diachronic reconstruction of pragmatic particles in Colloquial Singapore English (CSE, also known as “Singlish”) by exploiting an unused historical data source: The Oral History Interviews held by the National Archives of Singapore (OHI-NAS). We investigate the distribution of five pragmatic particles ( ah , lah , leh , lor , and meh ) in 101 interviews conducted between 1979 and 2009 in speakers born between 1899…
Four words for friend
Managing and Investing in Hybrid Identities in the Globalized United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates have long been in contact with English. Its economy requires high rates of migration, resulting in large numbers of migrants who impact the local linguistic ecology. English acts as lingua franca and occurs in several forms, as labour is recruited from nations having experienced British or American influences. Arabic is used at home by Emiratis and Arab expatriates. However, it faces pressure from English both in educatio…
Interrogative constructions
Multilingual lexical transfer challenges monolingual educational norms
Foreign language learners frequently use words from their previously acquired language(s) in the target language, especially if these languages are related (Ringbom, Håkan. 2001. Lexical transfer in L3 production. In Jasone Cenoz, Britta Hufeisen & Ulrike Jessner (eds.), Cross-linguistic influence in third language acquisition: Psycholinguistic perspectives , 59–68. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters). Such insertions are referred to as ‘lexical tran…
Multilingual Global Cities
The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the sociolinguistic research which has been and is currently being conducted in Dubai, and has been published in the English language. After providing a discussion of the mosaic of Dubai’s population, an attempt will be made to tap into the different and diverse areas of sociolinguistic research, while new directions for future research will be discussed as well. The three most important emergi…
Multilingualism and the role of English in the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has witnessed an unprecedented economic and cultural development since its foundation in 1971. Foreign labor and investment play a central role in this development, yielding a sharp imbalance between the Emirati and the foreign population. A population of no less than 85 per cent of highly transient foreigners strongly impacts the local linguistic landscape, with many languages competing in the public sphere. Englis…
Cross-linguistic influence in unbalanced bilingual heritage speakers on subsequent language acquisition
Aims and objectives: The main objective of this study is to find evidence for the Linguistic Proximity Model, which allows for facilitative and non-facilitative cross-linguistic influence (CLI) from all previously known languages in third language (L3) acquisition. We target CLI in L3 English based on bilingual heritage speakers (Russian-German and Turkish-German) in comparison with second language acquisition of monolingual German speakers. Meth…
Singaporean students' language repertoires and attitudes revisited
Singapore has received a large amount of scholarly interest with regards to the structural and sociolinguistic properties of its local variety of English. In contrast, there is comparatively less empirical data on individual linguistic repertoires and usage patterns. Building on previous research into the linguistic and sociological background of young Singaporean adults, our study examines 450 students recruited from three distinct educational i…
Interrogative clauses in English and the social economics of questions
Exclamative clauses in English and their relevance for theories of clause types
In the present study, I investigate the grammar and usage of English exclamative clauses of the type What a wonderful journey this is! and How wonderful this journey is! Building on existing research, I argue that the exclamative clause type can be motivated both syntactically and semantically/pragmatically. In the main part of my study, I offer a usage-based analysis of English exclamative clauses drawing on data from the British National Corpus…
Mark Jary and Mikhail Kissine
Studying the linguistic ecology of Singapore
The focus of research on Singapore English has traditionally been on its structural features, while the relationship between English and other official languages of the Republic within the individual speaker has attracted much less interest, and comparatively little empirical data exist on the actual linguistic ecology of individual Singaporeans. The present study explores the results of detailed language background questionnaires eliciting the l…
Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas
This state-of-the-art volume provides an interdisciplinary overview of current topics and research foci in the areas of linguistic diversity and migration-induced multilingualism and aims to lay the foundations for interdisciplinary work and the development of a common methodological framework for the field. Linguistic diversity and migration-induced multilingualism are complex, mufti-faceted phenomena that need to be studied from different, comp…
Grammaticalization, lexicalization and intensification
The study discusses the use of reflexive pronouns as markers of middle situation types and questions the traditional generalization that only light or weak reflexives (e.g., German sich, Spanish se) appear as such markers. Based on an analysis of approximately 2000 examples drawn from the British National Corpus, it explores if and to what extent the English heavy reflexive itself can be found in such contexts. Moreover, it provides a typology of…
Language Contact and Contact Languages
1. Introduction. Language contact: Constraints and common paths of contact induced language change (by Siemund, Peter) 2. Part I. Typology 3. Inflectional morphology and language contact, with special reference to mixed languages (by Comrie, Bernard) 4. Contact-induced word order change without word order change (by Heine, Bernd) 5. Remodeling grammar: Copying, conventionalization, grammaticalization (by Johanson, Lars) 6. Contact-induced change:…
Speech act distinctions in grammar
In contrast to the traditional view that the function of language is essentially a descriptive one, it is now generally accepted that in speaking we perform actions of various kinds. This is clearest in the case of so-called ‘performative utterances ’ like the following: (1) a. I (hereby) order you to leave the room. b. I promise you never to be late again. c. I hereby declare this meeting closed. d. I hereby christen this ship “Queen Elizabeth”.…
Introduction Operations on argument structure
1. Background This special issue of Linguistics represents the result of a German/ Japanese research project jointly funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS). The principal investigators on the German side were Ekkehard König (Free University of Berlin) and Peter Siemund (University of Hamburg, formerly Free University of Berlin). On the Japanese side, the research project was …
Rethinking the relationship between Self-intensifiers and reflexives
Recent studies into the syntax and semantics of intensifying self-forms (e.g. [John HIMSELF] came) have shown that a distinction needs to be drawn between two uses of such expressions: a juxtaposed or adnominal use (cf. above), and a non-juxtaposed use (e.g. John [came HIMSELF]). This differentiation allows us to reconsider a number of issues relating to the synchronic and diachronic relationship between SELF-intensifiers and reflexive anaphors. …
Causal and concessive clauses
Causal and concessive clauses
The development of complex reflexives and intensifiers in English
Based on some well-established insights into the historical development of English and on a broad typological survey of the relevant domain, an analysis of the development of reflexive anaphors is provided, which raises and answers a number of new questions. The traditional assumption that reflexive anaphors in English developed as a result of combining personal pronouns with the intensifier self is put on solid foundations by a semantic analysis…
The development of complex reflexives and intensifiers in English
In presenting our reflections on the historical development of reflexive pronouns and intensifiers in English, we will be advocating an approach to language change that is firmly grounded in cross-linguistic, typological work. Such an approach does not only enable us to distinguish idiosyncratic, language-specific facts from pervasive regularities and the ad-hoc argument from cross-linguistic evidence, it also allows us to discuss and answer intr…
Studying the linguistic ecology of Singapore
The focus of research on Singapore English has traditionally been on its structural features, while the relationship between English and other official languages of the Republic within the individual speaker has attracted much less interest, and comparatively little empirical data exist on the actual linguistic ecology of individual Singaporeans. The present study explores the results of detailed language background questionnaires eliciting the l…
Language Contact and Contact Languages
1. Introduction. Language contact: Constraints and common paths of contact induced language change (by Siemund, Peter) 2. Part I. Typology 3. Inflectional morphology and language contact, with special reference to mixed languages (by Comrie, Bernard) 4. Contact-induced word order change without word order change (by Heine, Bernd) 5. Remodeling grammar: Copying, conventionalization, grammaticalization (by Johanson, Lars) 6. Contact-induced change:…
Singaporean students' language repertoires and attitudes revisited
Singapore has received a large amount of scholarly interest with regards to the structural and sociolinguistic properties of its local variety of English. In contrast, there is comparatively less empirical data on individual linguistic repertoires and usage patterns. Building on previous research into the linguistic and sociological background of young Singaporean adults, our study examines 450 students recruited from three distinct educational i…
Interrogative clauses in English and the social economics of questions
L3 English in the German secondary school context
A multilingual experience can be considered a significant asset. However, since the earliest studies in the field, research has reported mixed results regarding potential advantages such as increased cognitive ability and metalinguistic awareness. Moreover, studies investigating the influence of bilingualism/multilingualism on the acquisition of additional languages produced partially conflicting findings. This longitudinal study (three measureme…
The impact of heritage language proficiency on English as an additional language
Since the earliest studies on multilingual advantages, it has proved difficult to disentangle language development from general cognition. It remains unclear whether language interdependence is an independent variable or whether observable effects are mediated by cognitive ability. Measurable effects of one language on another typically go hand in hand with differences in cognitive ability. We hypothesise that high cognitive ability produces stro…
The ages of pragmatic particles in Colloquial Singapore English
The study aims to work towards a diachronic reconstruction of pragmatic particles in Colloquial Singapore English (CSE, also known as “Singlish”) by exploiting an unused historical data source: The Oral History Interviews held by the National Archives of Singapore (OHI-NAS). We investigate the distribution of five pragmatic particles ( ah , lah , leh , lor , and meh ) in 101 interviews conducted between 1979 and 2009 in speakers born between 1899…
Managing and Investing in Hybrid Identities in the Globalized United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates have long been in contact with English. Its economy requires high rates of migration, resulting in large numbers of migrants who impact the local linguistic ecology. English acts as lingua franca and occurs in several forms, as labour is recruited from nations having experienced British or American influences. Arabic is used at home by Emiratis and Arab expatriates. However, it faces pressure from English both in educatio…
Grammaticalization, lexicalization and intensification
The study discusses the use of reflexive pronouns as markers of middle situation types and questions the traditional generalization that only light or weak reflexives (e.g., German sich, Spanish se) appear as such markers. Based on an analysis of approximately 2000 examples drawn from the British National Corpus, it explores if and to what extent the English heavy reflexive itself can be found in such contexts. Moreover, it provides a typology of…
Rethinking the relationship between Self-intensifiers and reflexives
Recent studies into the syntax and semantics of intensifying self-forms (e.g. [John HIMSELF] came) have shown that a distinction needs to be drawn between two uses of such expressions: a juxtaposed or adnominal use (cf. above), and a non-juxtaposed use (e.g. John [came HIMSELF]). This differentiation allows us to reconsider a number of issues relating to the synchronic and diachronic relationship between SELF-intensifiers and reflexive anaphors. …
The development of complex reflexives and intensifiers in English
In presenting our reflections on the historical development of reflexive pronouns and intensifiers in English, we will be advocating an approach to language change that is firmly grounded in cross-linguistic, typological work. Such an approach does not only enable us to distinguish idiosyncratic, language-specific facts from pervasive regularities and the ad-hoc argument from cross-linguistic evidence, it also allows us to discuss and answer intr…
Causal and concessive clauses
Causal and concessive clauses
The development of complex reflexives and intensifiers in English
Based on some well-established insights into the historical development of English and on a broad typological survey of the relevant domain, an analysis of the development of reflexive anaphors is provided, which raises and answers a number of new questions. The traditional assumption that reflexive anaphors in English developed as a result of combining personal pronouns with the intensifier self is put on solid foundations by a semantic analysis…
Introduction Operations on argument structure
1. Background This special issue of Linguistics represents the result of a German/ Japanese research project jointly funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS). The principal investigators on the German side were Ekkehard König (Free University of Berlin) and Peter Siemund (University of Hamburg, formerly Free University of Berlin). On the Japanese side, the research project was …
Rethinking the relationship between Self-intensifiers and reflexives
Recent studies into the syntax and semantics of intensifying self-forms (e.g. [John HIMSELF] came) have shown that a distinction needs to be drawn between two uses of such expressions: a juxtaposed or adnominal use (cf. above), and a non-juxtaposed use (e.g. John [came HIMSELF]). This differentiation allows us to reconsider a number of issues relating to the synchronic and diachronic relationship between SELF-intensifiers and reflexive anaphors. …
Speech act distinctions in grammar
In contrast to the traditional view that the function of language is essentially a descriptive one, it is now generally accepted that in speaking we perform actions of various kinds. This is clearest in the case of so-called ‘performative utterances ’ like the following: (1) a. I (hereby) order you to leave the room. b. I promise you never to be late again. c. I hereby declare this meeting closed. d. I hereby christen this ship “Queen Elizabeth”.…
Language Contact and Contact Languages
1. Introduction. Language contact: Constraints and common paths of contact induced language change (by Siemund, Peter) 2. Part I. Typology 3. Inflectional morphology and language contact, with special reference to mixed languages (by Comrie, Bernard) 4. Contact-induced word order change without word order change (by Heine, Bernd) 5. Remodeling grammar: Copying, conventionalization, grammaticalization (by Johanson, Lars) 6. Contact-induced change:…
Grammaticalization, lexicalization and intensification
The study discusses the use of reflexive pronouns as markers of middle situation types and questions the traditional generalization that only light or weak reflexives (e.g., German sich, Spanish se) appear as such markers. Based on an analysis of approximately 2000 examples drawn from the British National Corpus, it explores if and to what extent the English heavy reflexive itself can be found in such contexts. Moreover, it provides a typology of…
Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas
This state-of-the-art volume provides an interdisciplinary overview of current topics and research foci in the areas of linguistic diversity and migration-induced multilingualism and aims to lay the foundations for interdisciplinary work and the development of a common methodological framework for the field. Linguistic diversity and migration-induced multilingualism are complex, mufti-faceted phenomena that need to be studied from different, comp…
Studying the linguistic ecology of Singapore
The focus of research on Singapore English has traditionally been on its structural features, while the relationship between English and other official languages of the Republic within the individual speaker has attracted much less interest, and comparatively little empirical data exist on the actual linguistic ecology of individual Singaporeans. The present study explores the results of detailed language background questionnaires eliciting the l…
Exclamative clauses in English and their relevance for theories of clause types
In the present study, I investigate the grammar and usage of English exclamative clauses of the type What a wonderful journey this is! and How wonderful this journey is! Building on existing research, I argue that the exclamative clause type can be motivated both syntactically and semantically/pragmatically. In the main part of my study, I offer a usage-based analysis of English exclamative clauses drawing on data from the British National Corpus…
Mark Jary and Mikhail Kissine
Interrogative clauses in English and the social economics of questions
Singaporean students' language repertoires and attitudes revisited
Singapore has received a large amount of scholarly interest with regards to the structural and sociolinguistic properties of its local variety of English. In contrast, there is comparatively less empirical data on individual linguistic repertoires and usage patterns. Building on previous research into the linguistic and sociological background of young Singaporean adults, our study examines 450 students recruited from three distinct educational i…
Cross-linguistic influence in unbalanced bilingual heritage speakers on subsequent language acquisition
Aims and objectives: The main objective of this study is to find evidence for the Linguistic Proximity Model, which allows for facilitative and non-facilitative cross-linguistic influence (CLI) from all previously known languages in third language (L3) acquisition. We target CLI in L3 English based on bilingual heritage speakers (Russian-German and Turkish-German) in comparison with second language acquisition of monolingual German speakers. Meth…
Multilingual Global Cities
The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the sociolinguistic research which has been and is currently being conducted in Dubai, and has been published in the English language. After providing a discussion of the mosaic of Dubai’s population, an attempt will be made to tap into the different and diverse areas of sociolinguistic research, while new directions for future research will be discussed as well. The three most important emergi…
Multilingualism and the role of English in the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has witnessed an unprecedented economic and cultural development since its foundation in 1971. Foreign labor and investment play a central role in this development, yielding a sharp imbalance between the Emirati and the foreign population. A population of no less than 85 per cent of highly transient foreigners strongly impacts the local linguistic landscape, with many languages competing in the public sphere. Englis…
Interrogative constructions
Multilingual lexical transfer challenges monolingual educational norms
Foreign language learners frequently use words from their previously acquired language(s) in the target language, especially if these languages are related (Ringbom, Håkan. 2001. Lexical transfer in L3 production. In Jasone Cenoz, Britta Hufeisen & Ulrike Jessner (eds.), Cross-linguistic influence in third language acquisition: Psycholinguistic perspectives , 59–68. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters). Such insertions are referred to as ‘lexical tran…
Four words for friend
Managing and Investing in Hybrid Identities in the Globalized United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates have long been in contact with English. Its economy requires high rates of migration, resulting in large numbers of migrants who impact the local linguistic ecology. English acts as lingua franca and occurs in several forms, as labour is recruited from nations having experienced British or American influences. Arabic is used at home by Emiratis and Arab expatriates. However, it faces pressure from English both in educatio…
The impact of heritage language proficiency on English as an additional language
Since the earliest studies on multilingual advantages, it has proved difficult to disentangle language development from general cognition. It remains unclear whether language interdependence is an independent variable or whether observable effects are mediated by cognitive ability. Measurable effects of one language on another typically go hand in hand with differences in cognitive ability. We hypothesise that high cognitive ability produces stro…
The ages of pragmatic particles in Colloquial Singapore English
The study aims to work towards a diachronic reconstruction of pragmatic particles in Colloquial Singapore English (CSE, also known as “Singlish”) by exploiting an unused historical data source: The Oral History Interviews held by the National Archives of Singapore (OHI-NAS). We investigate the distribution of five pragmatic particles ( ah , lah , leh , lor , and meh ) in 101 interviews conducted between 1979 and 2009 in speakers born between 1899…
L3 English in the German secondary school context
A multilingual experience can be considered a significant asset. However, since the earliest studies in the field, research has reported mixed results regarding potential advantages such as increased cognitive ability and metalinguistic awareness. Moreover, studies investigating the influence of bilingualism/multilingualism on the acquisition of additional languages produced partially conflicting findings. This longitudinal study (three measureme…
Linguistics (23 works) · Philosophy (15 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (9 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (9 works) · Multilingualism (6 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (6 works) · German (5 works)