last update: 01/02/12

Books & editorials

6.  Römer, Ute & Matthew B. O'Donnell. In preparation. MICUSP: A Corpus Resource for Exploring Proficient Student Writing across Disciplines (Book and CD-ROM; provisional title). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

5.  Römer, Ute & Rainer Schulze (eds.). 2010. Patterns, Meaningful Units and Specialized Discourses. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

4.  Römer, Ute & Rainer Schulze (eds.). 2009. Exploring the Lexis-Grammar Interface. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. download flyer

3.  Römer, Ute & Rainer Schulze (eds.). 2008. Patterns, Meaningful Units and Specialized Discourses [International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 13(3), Special Issue]. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

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

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

Journal articles & book chapters

35. Ellis, Nick C., Matthew B. O'Donnell & Ute Römer. In preparation. Usage-based language: Investigating the latent structures that underpin acquisition. 

34. Römer, Ute, Matthew B. O'Donnell & Nick C. Ellis. Submitted. Using COBUILD grammar patterns for a large-scale analysis of verb-argument constructions: Exploring corpus data and speaker knowledge. 

33. O'Donnell, Matthew B., Ute Römer & Nick C. Ellis. Forthcoming. The development of formulaic sequences in first and second language writing: Investigating effects of frequency, association, and native norm. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics.  

32. O'Donnell, Matthew B. & Römer, Ute. In preparation. Investigating the interaction between phraseological items and textual position. 

31. Römer, Ute. Forthcoming. Corpora and teaching academic writing: Exploring the pedagogical potential of MICUSP. In: James Thomas & Alex Boulton (eds.). Input, Process and Product: Developments in Teaching and Language Corpora. Brno: Masaryk University Press.

30. Römer, Ute. Forthcoming. Corpus analysis. In: Peter Robinson (ed.). The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition. New York: Routledge.

29.  O'Donnell, Matthew B. & Römer, Ute. Forthcoming. From student hard drive to web corpus (part 2): The annotation and online distribution of the Michigan Corpus of Upper-level Student Papers (MICUSP). Corpora.

28. Römer, Ute & Matthew B. O'Donnell. 2011. From student hard drive to web corpus (part 1): The design, compilation and genre classification of the Michigan Corpus of Upper-level Student Papers (MICUSP). Corpora. 6(2): 159-177.

27. Ädel, Annelie & Ute Römer. 2012. Research on advanced student writing across disciplines and levels: Introducing the Michigan Corpus of Upper-level Student Papers. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 17(1): 1-32.

26. Römer, Ute. 2011. Corpus research applications in second language teaching. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 31: 205-225. journal info

25. Wulff, Stefanie, Ute Römer & John Swales. 2012. Attended/unattended this in academic student writing: Quantitative and qualitative perspectives. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 8(1): 129-157. journal info

24. Römer, Ute. 2011. Observations on the phraseology of academic writing: Local patterns – local meanings? In: Herbst, Thomas, Susen Faulhaber & Peter Uhrig (eds.). The Phraseological View of Language. A Tribute to John Sinclair. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 211-227.

23. Römer, Ute. 2010. Establishing the phraseological profile of a text type: The construction of meaning in academic book reviews. English Text Construction 3(1): 95-119. journal info

22. Römer, Ute & Stefanie Wulff. 2010. Applying corpus methods to written academic texts: Explorations of MICUSP. Journal of Writing Research 2(2): 99-127. pdf version

21. Römer, Ute & Rainer Schulze. 2009. Patterns in language: An introduction. In: Reinfandt, Christoph & Lars Eckstein (eds.). Anglistentag 2008 Tübingen. Proceedings. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. 359-365.

20. Wulff, Stefanie & Ute Römer. 2009. Becoming a proficient academic writer: Shifting lexical preferences in the use of the progressive. Corpora 4(2): 115-133. journal info

19. Römer, Ute. 2010. 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 English Language Teaching. London: Continuum. 18-35. book info

18. Römer, Ute. 2009. English in academia: Does nativeness matter? Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies 20(2): 89-100. pdf version 

17. Schulze, Rainer & Ute Römer. 2009. Introduction: Zooming in. In: Römer, Ute & Rainer Schulze (eds.). Exploring the Lexis-Grammar Interface. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 1-11. pdf version (uncorrected page proofs); book info

16. Wulff, Stefanie, Nick C. Ellis, Ute Römer, Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig & Chelsea LeBlanc. 2009. The acquisition of tense-aspect: Converging evidence from corpora and telicity ratings. The Modern Language Journal 93(3): 354-369. journal info

15. Römer, Ute. 2009. The inseparability of lexis and grammar: Corpus linguistic perspectives. Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics 7: 140-162. pdf version (uncorrected page proofs); journal info

14. Römer, Ute. 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. pdf version; book info

13. Römer, Ute. 2008. 7. Corpora and language teaching. In: Lüdeling, Anke & Merja Kytö (eds.). Corpus Linguistics. An International Handbook (volume 1). [HSK series] Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 112-130. pdf version; book 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). pdf version; journal info

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 in Text Types", ed. Monika Bednarek). pdf version; 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. pdf version  

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. pdf version; journal info

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. pdf version; 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). pdf version; journal info; introduction to the special issue

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). pdf version; book info 

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. pdf version (uncorrected page proofs); book info; browse the book

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

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. pdf version; book info; browse the book

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. pdf version (uncorrected page proofs); book info; browse the book

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 version

Book reviews & miscellaneous

17. Römer, Ute & John Swales. 2010. Announcement. The Michigan Corpus of Upper-level Student Papers (MICUSP). Journal of English for Academic Purposes 9: 249.

16. Römer, Ute. 2010. Review. Ken Hyland & Giuliana Diani (eds.). Academic Evaluation: Review Genres in University Settings. English for Specific Purposes 29: 301-304. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Römer, Ute. 2005. Book notice. Steven McDonough. Applied Linguistics in Language Education. Language 81(2): 542-543. 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

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

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

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

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

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

Related activities

▪   Editorial board member of the International Journal of Corpus Linguistics (IJCL); journal info

▪    Editorial board member of the journal Corpora; journal info

▪    Editorial board member of English Text Construction (ETC); journal info

▪    Editorial board member of the Journal of Advanced Linguistic Studies (JALS); journal info

▪    Editorial board member of Empirical Language Research Journal (ELR Journal); journal info

▪    Advisory board member of the book series Studies in Corpus Linguistics (SCL); series info

▪    Advisory board member of the book series Language in Performance (LiP); series info

▪   Peer reviewer for the following journals: Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory (CLLT), journal info; Language Learning, journal info; Language Sciences, 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;

▪    Member of the organizing committees of the following international conferences: ELeGI 2006 (Exploring the Lexis-Grammar Interface, Hanover, Germany); Language as a Complex Adaptive System 2008 (Ann Arbor, MI, USA); CIRD 2009 (Fifth Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)

▪    Member of the programme committees of the following international conferences: ELeGI 2006 (Exploring the Lexis-Grammar Interface, Hanover, Germany); Corpus Linguistics 2007 (Birmingham, UK); AACL 2008 (American Association for Corpus Linguistics conference, Provo, UT); IVACS 2008 (Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies conference, Limerick, Ireland); Corpus Linguistics 2009 (Liverpool, UK); CILC-09 (First conference of the Spanish Association of Corpus Linguistics, Murcia, Spain); AAAL 2009 (American Association for Applied Linguistics annual meeting, Denver, CO); CIRD 5 (Fifth Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse, Ann Arbor, MI); ICAME 2009 (International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English annual meeting, Lancaster, UK); Corpus Linguistics 2011 (Birmingham, UK); LCR 2011 ("20 years of learner corpus research: looking back, moving ahead", Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium); AESLA 2011 (29th Annual Conference of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics, Salamanca, Spain); Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference (2012, University of Auckland); TaLC 10 (10th Teaching and Language Corpora conference in 2012, Warsaw, Poland); Corpus Technologies and Applied Linguistics Conference (2012, Xi’an
Jiaotong Liverpool University, China);

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