Laura Rosseel
Biographic Data
| ID | 199035 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Rosseel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosseel |
| SIGNATURE | ROSSEEL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1005-7452 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Salience, relevance of social cues and the learning of sociolinguistic variation: Methodological lessons from an artificial language learning experiment
Usage-based accounts of sociolinguistic learning assign a pivotal role to the frequency with which a linguistic variant and a social category co-occur in listeners’ input. However, few studies have so far compared the effects of varying frequency distributions on acquisition in a lab-based context. This paper presents a critical assessment of methodological implications and considerations with regard to investigating such questions, thereby focus…
Children’s emerging sociolinguistic expectations around social roles: A triangulated approach
This paper adds to current work on developmental sociolinguistics and the sociopragmatic turn in anglicism research through a triangulated design meant to uncover children’s sociolinguistic expectations of social roles. A sample of 25 participants, aged between 7 and 13, completed three tasks probing assumptions on the use of English elements for three English-oriented roles (rapper, gamer, and soccer player) and two Dutch-oriented roles (prime m…
Who’s afraid of homophones? A multimethodological approach to homophony avoidance
Homophony avoidance has often been claimed to be a mechanism of language change. We investigate this mechanism in Dutch by applying two strands of research – corpus studies and experimental data – to find support for claims based on earlier historical observations. Throughout the history of Dutch, homophony avoidance has been named as the cause of language change or inhibition of change on several occasions. We build on these historical observati…
Māori loanwords in New Zealand English: What can a picture-naming task reveal for language planning
The Indigenous language of ANZ, Māori is undergoing significant revitalisation, following severe loss of vitality caused by English colonialism. One dimension to this revitalisation is the normalising of borrowings from Māori into New Zealand English (NZE). However, there are currently no empirical studies of adults’ naming patterns for concepts that can be lexicalised by Māori words in NZE. We report on a picture-naming experiment in which 48 pa…
The (Lack of) Salience of T/V Pronouns in Professional Communication: Evidence from an Experimental Study for Belgian Dutch
In their quest to find a suitable tone of voice in an informalizing society, many companies are confronted with the choice of using T or V pronouns in their B2C communications. This paper presents an experimental study addressing the question of whether the recipients of these messages actually notice the difference between being addressed with a T form, which carries social meanings of informality and proximity, or a more distant V form, and to …
Expectation through imitation: Towards a Unified Protocol for Roleplay in Developmental Sociolinguistics
Says who? Language regard towards speaker groups using English loanwords in Dutch
This paper contributes to the ongoing Cognitive Linguistic turn in research on lexical borrowing: rather than searching for objective and universal linguistic criteria to demarcate different contact phenomena, we prioritize language users’ subjective perception of contact-induced change. In particular, combining insights from folk linguistics and social role theory, this paper presents the results from a survey targeting 177 Belgian Dutch respond…
Assessing the complexity of lectal competence: The register-specificity of the dative alternation after give
Recent evidence suggests that probabilistic grammars may be modulated by communication mode and genre. Accordingly, the question arises how complex language users’ lectal competence is, where complexity is proportional to the extent to which choice-making processes depend on the situation of language use. Do probabilistic constraints vary when we talk to a friend compared to when we give a speech? Are differences between spoken and written langua…
Hebben we oren naar anderstaligen in het Vlaamse hoger onderwijs: Een onderzoek naar de relatie tussen niet-moedertalige uitspraakbeheersing en gepercipieerd functioneren
In order to enroll in Flemish higher education, aspiring students whose native language is not Dutch require a B2 CEFR level for language proficiency for most courses that are taught in Dutch. The question we aim to answer in this study is how future interlocutors of these students perceive that B2 entrance level. Do fellow students, lecturers and other members of staff feel that this level of language proficiency is sufficient to successfully na…
Starman or Sterrenman: An acquisitional perspective on the social meaning of English in Flanders
Objective: This paper reports on an experiment conducted with 174 Flemish children in three age groups, namely first, third and fifth year of primary school, aiming to assess the social meaning children associate with English-sourced lexemes in Belgian Dutch. Method: The children were presented with 2 versions of a cartoon hero developed specifically for this study: Sterrenman, who only uses Dutch words, and Starman, who uses English alternatives…
An experimental approach to iconicity in Dutch strong and weak verb morphology
Exploring English in TV product advertising for Dutch‐speaking children
In the context of global English, children are an interesting target group both from a marketing and a linguistic perspective, yet the use of English in advertising for children has so far received little research attention. Investigating English in a corpus of 3566 free morphemes (smallest independent linguistic elements) in 98 TV product advertisements aimed at Dutch‐speaking children in Flanders, Belgium, this study addresses the methodologica…
The competence of the professional standard language speaker in flux? Support from the speech therapy context
Extending the Scope of Lectometry
This special issue brings together a collection of papers that highlight recent advances in the field of lectometry. Lectometric research measures distances between various types of language varieties, such as dialects or sociolects. In addition to briefly sketching the development of the field, this introductory paper surveys the theoretical, methodological, and practical contributions a lectometric approach to language has to offer. We furtherm…
The social meaning potential of loanwords: Empirical explorations of lexical borrowing as expression of (social) identity
The use of loanwords is not merely a lexical act (filling a lexical gap in a given language, or using a shorter word in place of a longer expression) but also a socially meaningful one – a contextual expression of self, social identity and language regard. Recent lexical borrowing research has drawn attention to this social meaning potential of loanwords. What motivates language users to select a borrowed form over a receptor language equivalent,…
Implicitness and experimental methods in language variation research
This special issue brings together research that reflects on the status and role of different types of language attitudes, and the methods required to study them. Many linguists distinguish between explicit and implicit attitudes towards language, but more often than not it remains unclear how these constructs are defined, and what their potential significance is for the study of language variation and change. The contributions to this issue addr…
The relational responding task (RRT): A novel approach to measuring social meaning of language variation
Recently, sociolinguistic attitude research has adopted a number of new implicit attitude measures developed in social psychology. Especially the Implicit Association Test (IAT) has proven a successful new addition to the sociolinguist’s toolbox. Despite its relative success, the IAT has a number of limitations, such as the fact that it measures the association between two concepts (e.g. ‘I’ and ‘skinny’) without controlling for the relationship …
Measuring language attitudes in context: Exploring the potential of the Personalized Implicit Association Test
After decades of relative methodological stagnation, language attitude research is witnessing an influx of new experimental methods originally developed in social psychology. One such measure is the Personalized Implicit Association Test (P-IAT), a reaction-time-based method that measures the association between two concepts. The P-IAT has been used successfully to measure language attitudes, yet presents a number of challenges, like the fact tha…
Measuring language attitudes in context: Exploring the potential of the Personalized Implicit Association Test
After decades of relative methodological stagnation, language attitude research is witnessing an influx of new experimental methods originally developed in social psychology. One such measure is the Personalized Implicit Association Test (P-IAT), a reaction-time-based method that measures the association between two concepts. The P-IAT has been used successfully to measure language attitudes, yet presents a number of challenges, like the fact tha…
Expectation through imitation: Towards a Unified Protocol for Roleplay in Developmental Sociolinguistics
The (Lack of) Salience of T/V Pronouns in Professional Communication: Evidence from an Experimental Study for Belgian Dutch
In their quest to find a suitable tone of voice in an informalizing society, many companies are confronted with the choice of using T or V pronouns in their B2C communications. This paper presents an experimental study addressing the question of whether the recipients of these messages actually notice the difference between being addressed with a T form, which carries social meanings of informality and proximity, or a more distant V form, and to …
Assessing the complexity of lectal competence: The register-specificity of the dative alternation after give
Recent evidence suggests that probabilistic grammars may be modulated by communication mode and genre. Accordingly, the question arises how complex language users’ lectal competence is, where complexity is proportional to the extent to which choice-making processes depend on the situation of language use. Do probabilistic constraints vary when we talk to a friend compared to when we give a speech? Are differences between spoken and written langua…
Exploring English in TV product advertising for Dutch‐speaking children
In the context of global English, children are an interesting target group both from a marketing and a linguistic perspective, yet the use of English in advertising for children has so far received little research attention. Investigating English in a corpus of 3566 free morphemes (smallest independent linguistic elements) in 98 TV product advertisements aimed at Dutch‐speaking children in Flanders, Belgium, this study addresses the methodologica…
The competence of the professional standard language speaker in flux? Support from the speech therapy context
The social meaning potential of loanwords: Empirical explorations of lexical borrowing as expression of (social) identity
The use of loanwords is not merely a lexical act (filling a lexical gap in a given language, or using a shorter word in place of a longer expression) but also a socially meaningful one – a contextual expression of self, social identity and language regard. Recent lexical borrowing research has drawn attention to this social meaning potential of loanwords. What motivates language users to select a borrowed form over a receptor language equivalent,…
Implicitness and experimental methods in language variation research
This special issue brings together research that reflects on the status and role of different types of language attitudes, and the methods required to study them. Many linguists distinguish between explicit and implicit attitudes towards language, but more often than not it remains unclear how these constructs are defined, and what their potential significance is for the study of language variation and change. The contributions to this issue addr…
The relational responding task (RRT): A novel approach to measuring social meaning of language variation
Recently, sociolinguistic attitude research has adopted a number of new implicit attitude measures developed in social psychology. Especially the Implicit Association Test (IAT) has proven a successful new addition to the sociolinguist’s toolbox. Despite its relative success, the IAT has a number of limitations, such as the fact that it measures the association between two concepts (e.g. ‘I’ and ‘skinny’) without controlling for the relationship …
Measuring language attitudes in context: Exploring the potential of the Personalized Implicit Association Test
After decades of relative methodological stagnation, language attitude research is witnessing an influx of new experimental methods originally developed in social psychology. One such measure is the Personalized Implicit Association Test (P-IAT), a reaction-time-based method that measures the association between two concepts. The P-IAT has been used successfully to measure language attitudes, yet presents a number of challenges, like the fact tha…
Extending the Scope of Lectometry
This special issue brings together a collection of papers that highlight recent advances in the field of lectometry. Lectometric research measures distances between various types of language varieties, such as dialects or sociolects. In addition to briefly sketching the development of the field, this introductory paper surveys the theoretical, methodological, and practical contributions a lectometric approach to language has to offer. We furtherm…
Hebben we oren naar anderstaligen in het Vlaamse hoger onderwijs: Een onderzoek naar de relatie tussen niet-moedertalige uitspraakbeheersing en gepercipieerd functioneren
In order to enroll in Flemish higher education, aspiring students whose native language is not Dutch require a B2 CEFR level for language proficiency for most courses that are taught in Dutch. The question we aim to answer in this study is how future interlocutors of these students perceive that B2 entrance level. Do fellow students, lecturers and other members of staff feel that this level of language proficiency is sufficient to successfully na…
Starman or Sterrenman: An acquisitional perspective on the social meaning of English in Flanders
Objective: This paper reports on an experiment conducted with 174 Flemish children in three age groups, namely first, third and fifth year of primary school, aiming to assess the social meaning children associate with English-sourced lexemes in Belgian Dutch. Method: The children were presented with 2 versions of a cartoon hero developed specifically for this study: Sterrenman, who only uses Dutch words, and Starman, who uses English alternatives…
An experimental approach to iconicity in Dutch strong and weak verb morphology
Exploring English in TV product advertising for Dutch‐speaking children
In the context of global English, children are an interesting target group both from a marketing and a linguistic perspective, yet the use of English in advertising for children has so far received little research attention. Investigating English in a corpus of 3566 free morphemes (smallest independent linguistic elements) in 98 TV product advertisements aimed at Dutch‐speaking children in Flanders, Belgium, this study addresses the methodologica…
The competence of the professional standard language speaker in flux? Support from the speech therapy context
Assessing the complexity of lectal competence: The register-specificity of the dative alternation after give
Recent evidence suggests that probabilistic grammars may be modulated by communication mode and genre. Accordingly, the question arises how complex language users’ lectal competence is, where complexity is proportional to the extent to which choice-making processes depend on the situation of language use. Do probabilistic constraints vary when we talk to a friend compared to when we give a speech? Are differences between spoken and written langua…
Says who? Language regard towards speaker groups using English loanwords in Dutch
This paper contributes to the ongoing Cognitive Linguistic turn in research on lexical borrowing: rather than searching for objective and universal linguistic criteria to demarcate different contact phenomena, we prioritize language users’ subjective perception of contact-induced change. In particular, combining insights from folk linguistics and social role theory, this paper presents the results from a survey targeting 177 Belgian Dutch respond…
Who’s afraid of homophones? A multimethodological approach to homophony avoidance
Homophony avoidance has often been claimed to be a mechanism of language change. We investigate this mechanism in Dutch by applying two strands of research – corpus studies and experimental data – to find support for claims based on earlier historical observations. Throughout the history of Dutch, homophony avoidance has been named as the cause of language change or inhibition of change on several occasions. We build on these historical observati…
Māori loanwords in New Zealand English: What can a picture-naming task reveal for language planning
The Indigenous language of ANZ, Māori is undergoing significant revitalisation, following severe loss of vitality caused by English colonialism. One dimension to this revitalisation is the normalising of borrowings from Māori into New Zealand English (NZE). However, there are currently no empirical studies of adults’ naming patterns for concepts that can be lexicalised by Māori words in NZE. We report on a picture-naming experiment in which 48 pa…
The (Lack of) Salience of T/V Pronouns in Professional Communication: Evidence from an Experimental Study for Belgian Dutch
In their quest to find a suitable tone of voice in an informalizing society, many companies are confronted with the choice of using T or V pronouns in their B2C communications. This paper presents an experimental study addressing the question of whether the recipients of these messages actually notice the difference between being addressed with a T form, which carries social meanings of informality and proximity, or a more distant V form, and to …
Expectation through imitation: Towards a Unified Protocol for Roleplay in Developmental Sociolinguistics
Children’s emerging sociolinguistic expectations around social roles: A triangulated approach
This paper adds to current work on developmental sociolinguistics and the sociopragmatic turn in anglicism research through a triangulated design meant to uncover children’s sociolinguistic expectations of social roles. A sample of 25 participants, aged between 7 and 13, completed three tasks probing assumptions on the use of English elements for three English-oriented roles (rapper, gamer, and soccer player) and two Dutch-oriented roles (prime m…
Salience, relevance of social cues and the learning of sociolinguistic variation: Methodological lessons from an artificial language learning experiment
Usage-based accounts of sociolinguistic learning assign a pivotal role to the frequency with which a linguistic variant and a social category co-occur in listeners’ input. However, few studies have so far compared the effects of varying frequency distributions on acquisition in a lab-based context. This paper presents a critical assessment of methodological implications and considerations with regard to investigating such questions, thereby focus…
Linguistics (16 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (13 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (7 works) · Gender Studies in Language (6 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (6 works) · Sociolinguistics (6 works)