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Sören Stumpf Abstract Various studies have shown that lexico-grammatical patterns can emerge through creative modification of fully lexicalized multi-word expressions, especially through lexical substitution (e.g., X oder nicht X/Y, das ist hier die Frage [Engl. ‘To X, or not to X/Y, that is the question’]). Following the latest research, we Weiterlesen…

Sören Stumpf Abstract This paper examines syntactic negation in conspiracy theories from a discourse and constructionist perspective. A corpus study provides an overview of the use of negation in different conspiracy theories, where it can serve to deny the official version, i.e., the visible plot, in order to present the Weiterlesen…

Philip C. Vergeiner Abstract Considering dialect areas as cultural areas has a long tradition in dialectology. Especially in the first half of the 20th century, researchers explored correspondences between dialect variation and other elements of everyday culture such as traditional clothing and customs. Since then, however, few studies have compared Weiterlesen…

Sören Stumpf Abstract This paper provides an insight into the study of word formation in transtextual discourses. It discusses the state of research and presents two approaches for discourse-linguistic examination of word formations using conspiracy theories. The first case study on conspiracy theories related to the 2016 Berlin Christmas market Weiterlesen…

Sören Stumpf and Fabio Mollica Abstract This article focuses on the intensifying schematic construction [[adjIpositive] [adjIcomparative] [NP]] that is strongly related to headings, as our corpus analysis reveals. A characteristic of the construction is that, although it structurally exhibits the paradigm of the German adjective comparison, it has a slot Weiterlesen…

Lars Bülow* and Philip C. Vergeiner Abstract This paper aims to explain recent empirical findings on subjunctive II formation in the Bavarian dialects of Austria from both functional and formal per- spectives. For this purpose, the explanatory power of the functional principles of natural morphology (NM) is compared with the Weiterlesen…

Vergeiner, Philipp C. & Lars Bülow Abstract The Alpine region stands out in the German-speaking world for its well-preserved traditional dialects, which continue to play a significant role in daily life. However, the vast geographical range of the Alpine region and the limitations imposed by national and regional borders have Weiterlesen…

Bülow, Lars & Johann, Michael Abstract Internet memes are an integral part of social media communication and a popular genre for humorous engagement in online political discourses. A meme is a collective of multimodal signs that refer to each other through shared formal, content-related, and/or stance-related characteristics and can be Weiterlesen…

Stumpf, Sören & Merten, Marie-Luis Abstract This paper integrates Construction Morphology and stancetaking. Referring to the current state of research, we outline a desideratum of Construction Morphology. Thus, functional-pragmatic characteristics of word formations have hardly been studied in detail so far. The empirical study is based on a corpus consisting Weiterlesen…

Vergeiner, Philip C. & Lars Bülow Abstract Until today, variation and change in the use of subjunctive II variants in the dialects of Austria have been poorly studied. Largely neglected by traditional dialectology, even more recent studies neither consider all dialect regions of Austria, nor do they go into detail Weiterlesen…