Ute Römer-Barron

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Books

Ellis, N. C., U. Römer & M. B. O'Donnell. (2016). Language Usage, Acquisition, and Processing: Cognitive and Corpus Investigations of Construction Grammar. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Römer, U. (2005). Progressives, Patterns, Pedagogy. A Corpus-driven Approach to English Progressive Forms, Functions, Contexts and Didactics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Edited Volumes

Römer, U., V. Cortes & E. Friginal (Eds.). (2020). Advances in Corpus-based Research on Academic Writing. Effects of Discipline, Register, and Writer Expertise. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Römer, U. & R. Schulze (eds.). (2010). Patterns, Meaningful Units and Specialized Discourses. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. [book version of the 2008 IJCL special issue].

Römer, U. & R. Schulze (eds.). (2009). Exploring the Lexis-Grammar Interface. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Römer, U. & R. Schulze (eds.). (2008). Patterns, Meaningful Units and Specialized Discourses (Special issue (13,3) of the International Journal of Corpus Linguistics). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Scholz, S., M. Klages, E. Hantson & U. Römer (eds.). (2002). Language: Context and Cognition. Papers in honour of Wolf-Dietrich Bald's 60th birthday. Munich: Langenscheidt-Longman.

Refereed Journal Articles

Römer-Barron, U. (Forthcoming). How do constructions with modal verbs develop in second language learners of English? Journal of Second Language Studies.

De Los Reyes, N. C. & U. Römer-Barron. (Forthcoming). A Collostructional Approach to Japanese Noun-modifying Clause Construction Use and Acquisition: A Learner Corpus Study. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory.

Egbert, J. & U. Römer-Barron. (2024). Applying Corpus Linguistics to the Law. Applied Corpus Linguistics 4(2): xx-xx.

Römer-Barron, U. & C. D. Cunningham. (2024). Applied Corpus Linguistics and Legal Interpretation: A Rapidly Developing Field of Interdisciplinary Scholarship. Applied Corpus Linguistics 4(1): xx-xx.

Cunningham, C. D. & U. Römer-Barron. (2024). Four Reasons the Supreme Court Should Reconsider its Article III Standing Doctrine. Ohio State Law Journal Online (Volume 85).

Namkung, Y. & U. Römer. (2023). Formulaic Language Development in Asian Learners of English: A Comparative Study of Phrase-frames in Written and Oral Production. Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research 4(2): 1-39. https://doi.org/10.22925/apjcr.2023.4.2.1.

Römer, U. (2023). Usage-based Approaches to Second Language Acquisition vis-à-vis Data-driven Learning. TESOL Quarterly, Early View https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3278.

Tan, Y. & U. Römer. (2022). Using Phrase-frames to Trace the Language Development of L1 Chinese Learners of English. System 108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2022.102844.

Norgaard, M. & U. Römer. (2022). Patterns in Music: How Linguistic Corpus Analysis Tools Can Be Used to Illuminate Central Aspects of Jazz Improvisation. Jazz Education in Research and Practice 3(1): 3-26.

Römer, U. (2022). Applied Corpus Linguistics for Language Acquisition, Pedagogy, and Beyond. Language Teaching, 55: 233-244. [advance online publication in 2021]

Stout, A., D. Coetzee & U. Römer. (2020). "We the Citizens?": A Corpus Linguistic Inquiry into the Use of "People" and "Citizens" in the Founding Era. Georgia State University Law Review 36(5): 665-697.

Ren, H., M. Wood, C. D. Cunningham, N. Abbady, U. Römer, H. Kuhn & J. Egbert. (2020). "Questions involving national peace and harmony" or "injured plaintiff litigation"? The Original Meaning of "cases" in Article III of the Constitution. Georgia State University Law Review 36(5): 535-605.

Yoon, H. & U. Römer. (2020). Quantifying Disciplinary Voices: An Automated Approach to Interactional Metadiscourse in Successful Student Writing. Written Communication. DOI: 10.1177/0741088319898672.

Römer, U. (2019). A Corpus Perspective on the Development of Verb Constructions in Second Language Learners. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 24(3): 268-290.

Römer, U. & J. R. Garner. (2019). The Development of Verb Constructions in Spoken Learner English: Tracing Effects of Usage and Proficiency. International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 5(2): 207-230.

Römer, U. & C. Berger. (2019). Observing the Emergence of Constructional Knowledge: Verb Patterns in German and Spanish Learners of English at Different Proficiency Levels. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 41(5): 1089-1110.

Römer, U. & S. Yilmaz. (2019). Effects of L2 usage and L1 transfer on Turkish learners' production of English verb-argument constructions. Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics.

Römer, U., S. Skalicky & N. C. Ellis. (2018). Verb-argument Constructions in Advanced L2 English Learner Production: Insights from Corpora and Verbal Fluency Tasks. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory.

Römer, U. & J. Banerjee. (2018). Validating the MET Speaking Test through Phraseological Analysis: A Corpus Approach to Language Assessment. CaMLA Working Papers.

Crossley, S., D. R. Russell, K. Kyle & U. Römer. (2017). Applying natural language processing tools to a student academic writing corpus: How large are disciplinary differences across science and engineering fields? Journal of Writing Analytics 1: 48-81.

Römer, U. (2017). Language Assessment and the Inseparability of Lexis and Grammar: Focus on the Construct of Speaking. Language Testing 34(4): 477-492.

Römer, U. (2016). Teaming up and Mixing Methods: Collaborative and Cross-disciplinary Work in Corpus Research on Phraseology. Corpora 11(1): 113-129.

Hardy, J. A., U. Römer & A. Roberson. (2015). The Power of Relevant Models: Using a Corpus of Student Writing to Introduce Disciplinary Practices in a First Year Composition Course. Across the Disciplines 12(1). Retrievable from http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/articles/hardyetal2015.cfm.

Römer, U., M. B. O'Donnell & N. C. Ellis. (2014). Second Language Learner Knowledge of Verb-argument Constructions: Effects of Language Transfer and Typology. The Modern Language Journal 98(4): 952-975.

Römer, U., A. Roberson, M. B. O'Donnell & N. C. Ellis. (2014). Linking Learner Corpus and Experimental Data in Studying Second Language Learners' Knowledge of Verb-argument Constructions. ICAME Journal 38: 115-135.

Ellis, N. C., M. B. O'Donnell & U. Römer. (Forthcoming, 2014). Second Language Verb-argument Constructions are Sensitive to Form, Function, Frequency, Contingency, and Prototypicality. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 4(4).

Hardy, J. A., A. Roberson & U. Römer. (Forthcoming). The Power of Relevant Models: Using a Corpus of Student Writing to Introduce Disciplinary Practices in a First Year Composition Course. Across the Disciplines.

Ellis, N. C., M. B. O'Donnell & U. Römer. (2014). The Processing of Verb-argument Constructions is Sensitive to Form, Function, Frequency, Contingency and Prototypicality. Cognitive Linguistics 25(1): 55-98.

Hardy, J. A. & U. Römer. (2013). Revealing Disciplinary Variation in Student Writing: A Multi-dimensional Analysis of the Michigan Corpus of Upper-level Student Papers (MICUSP). Corpora 8(2): 183-207.

Ellis, N. C., M. B. O'Donnell & U. Römer. (2013). Usage-based Language: Investigating the Latent Structures that Underpin Acquisition. Language Learning 63(Supplement 1): 25-51.

O'Donnell, M. B., U. Römer & N. C. Ellis. (2013). The Development of Formulaic Sequences in First and Second Language Writing: Investigating Effects of Frequency, Association, and Native Norm. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 18(1): 83-108.

Ädel, A. & U. 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): 3-34.

Wulff, S., U. Römer & J. M. Swales. (2012). Attended/Unattended this in Academic Student Writing: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 8(1): 129-157.

O'Donnell, M. B. & U. Römer. (2012). 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 7(1): 1-18.

Römer, U. & M. 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.

Römer, U. (2011). Corpus Research Applications in Second Language Teaching. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 31: 205-225.

Römer, U. & S. Wulff. (2010). Applying Corpus Methods to Written Academic Texts: Explorations of MICUSP. Journal of Writing Research 2.2 (2010): 99-127. Available at http://www.jowr.org. **Nominated for the John R. Hayes Award 2012**

Römer, U. (2010). Establishing the Phraseological Profile of a Text Type: The Construction of Meaning in Academic Book Reviews. English Text Construction 3(1): 95-119. Reprinted in: D. Biber & R. Reppen (eds.). (2012). Corpus Linguistics. Volume I: Lexical Studies. London: SAGE Publications. 307-329.

Wulff, S. & U. Römer. (2009). Becoming a Proficient Academic Writer: Shifting Lexical Preferences in the Use of the Progressive. Corpora 4(2): 115-133.

Römer, U. (2009). The Inseparability of Lexis and Grammar: Corpus Linguistic Perspectives. Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics 7: 140-162.

Römer, U. (2009). English in Academia: Does Nativeness Matter? Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies 20(2): 89-100.

Wulff, S., N. C. Ellis, U. Römer, K. Bardovi-Harlig & C. LeBlanc. (2009). The Acquisition of Tense-Aspect: Converging Evidence from Corpora and Telicity Ratings. The Modern Language Journal 93(3): 354-369.

Schulze, R. & U Römer. (2008). Introduction: Patterns, Meaningful Units and Specialized Discourses. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 13(3): 265-270.

Römer, U. (2008). Identification Impossible? A Corpus Approach to Realisations of Evaluative Meaning in Academic Writing. Functions of Language 15(1): 115-130.

Nesselhauf, N. & U. 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. Reprinted in: D. Biber & R. Reppen (eds.). (2012). Corpus Linguistics. Volume II: Grammar. London: SAGE Publications. 333-364.

Römer, U. (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.

Römer, U. (2005). Shifting Foci in Language Description and Instruction: Towards a Lexical Grammar of Progressives. Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik 30(1): 145-160.

Refereed Book Chapters and Proceedings Papers

Römer-Barron, U. (Forthcoming). Corpora and Second Language Acquisition. In C. Chapelle (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Römer, U. (2024). Foreword. In N. Vyatkina, Corpus Applications in Language Teaching and Research: The Case of Data-driven Learning of German. London: Routledge. xiv-xvi.

Römer, U. & J. R. Garner. (2022). What can corpus linguistics tell us about second language acquisition? In A. O'Keeffe & M. McCarthy (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics (2nd edition). London: Routledge. 328-340.

Römer, U., V. Cortes & E. Friginal. (2020). Introduction: Advances in corpus-based research on academic writing. In U. Römer, V. Cortes & E. Friginal (Eds.), Advances in Corpus-based Research on Academic Writing. Effects of Discipline, Register, and Writer Expertise. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 1-6.

Yilmaz, S. & U. Römer. (2020). A corpus-based exploration of constructions in written academic English as a lingua franca. In U. Römer, V. Cortes & E. Friginal (Eds.), Advances in Corpus-based Research on Academic Writing. Effects of Discipline, Register, and Writer Expertise. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 59-88.

Crossley, S. A., Kyle, K., Römer, U. (2019). Lexical and cohesion differences in discipline specific writing: What an MDA approach tells us. In T. Berber Sardinha & M. Veirano Pinto (Eds.), Multidimensional Analysis: Research Methods and Current Issues. London: Bloomsbury. 189-216.

Römer, U. (2019). Corpus research for SLA: The importance of mixing methods. In V. Wiegand & M. Mahlberg (Eds.), Corpus Linguistics, Context and Culture. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. 467-481.

Römer, U., M. B. O'Donnell & N. C. Ellis. (2015). Using COBUILD Grammar Patterns for a Large-scale Analysis of Verb-argument Constructions: Exploring Corpus Data and Speaker Knowledge. In N. Groom, M. Charles, & S. John (Eds.), Corpora, Grammar and Discourse: In Honour of Susan Hunston. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 43-71.

Ellis, N. C., R. Simpson-Vlach, U. Römer, M. B. O'Donnell & S. Wulff. (2015). Learner Corpora and Formulaic Language in Second Language Acquisition Research. In S. Granger, G. Gilquin & F. Meunier (eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Learner Corpus Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 357-378.

Ellis, N. C., U. Römer & M. B. O'Donnell. (2015). Second Language Constructions: Usage-based Acquisition and Transfer. In J. Schwieter (ed.). The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingual Processing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 234-254.

Ellis, N. C., M. B. O'Donnell & U. Römer. (2015). Usage-based Language Learning. In B. MacWhinney & W. O'Grady (eds.). The Handbook of Language Emergence. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. 163-180.

Römer, U., M. B. O'Donnell & N. C. Ellis. (Forthcoming). Using COBUILD Grammar Patterns for a Large-scale Analysis of Verb-argument Constructions: Exploring Corpus Data and Speaker Knowledge. In N. Groom, M. Charles, & S. John (Eds.), Corpora, Grammar and Discourse: In Honour of Susan Hunston. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Ellis, N. C., U. Römer & M. B. O'Donnell. (Forthcoming). Second Language Constructions: Usage-based Acquisition and Transfer too. In J. Schwieter (ed.). The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingualism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ellis, N. C., M. B. O'Donnell & U. Römer. (Forthcoming). The Emergence of Linguistic Constructions from Usage. In B. MacWhinney & W. O'Grady (eds.). The Handbook of Language Emergence. London: Wiley-Blackwell.

Ellis, N. C., R. Simpson-Vlach, U. Römer, M. B. O'Donnell & S. Wulff. (Forthcoming). Learner Corpora and Formulaic Language in SLA. In S. Granger, G. Gilquin & F. Meunier (eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Learner Corpus Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ellis, N. C., M. B. O'Donnell & U. Römer. (2014). Does Language Zipf Right Along? Investigating Robustness in the Latent Structure of Usage and Acquisition. In J. Connor-Linton & L. W. Amoroso (eds.). Measured Language. Quantitative Studies of Acquisition, Assessment, and Variation. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 33-50.

Römer, U. (2012). Corpora and Teaching Academic Writing: Exploring the Pedagogical Potential of MICUSP. In J. Thomas & A. Boulton (eds.). Input, Process and Product: Developments in Teaching and Language Corpora. Brno: Masaryk University Press. 70-82.

Römer, U. (2012). Corpus Analysis. In P. Robinson (ed.). The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition. New York: Routledge. 134-139.

Römer, U. (2011). Observations on the Phraseology of Academic Writing: Local Patterns - Local Meanings? In T. Herbst, S. Faulhaber & P. Uhrig (eds.). The Phraseological View of Language. A Tribute to John Sinclair. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 211-227.

Römer, U. (2010). Using General and Specialized Corpora in English Language Teaching: Past, Present and Future. In M. Campoy-Cubillo, B. Belles-Fortuño & L. Gea-Valor (eds.). Corpus-based Approaches to English Language Teaching. London: Continuum. 18-35.

Römer, U. & R. Schulze. (2009). Patterns in Language: An Introduction. In: Reinfandt, Christoph & Lars Eckstein (eds.). Anglistentag 2008 Tübingen. Proceedings. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. 359-365.

Schulze, R. & U. Römer (2009). Introduction: Zooming in. In: Römer, Ute & Rainer Schulze (eds.). Exploring the Lexis-Grammar Interface. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 1-11.

Römer, U. (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.

Römer, U. (2008). 7. Corpora and Language Teaching. In: Lüdeling, Anke & Merja Kytö (eds.). Corpus Linguistics. An International Handbook. [HSK series] Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 112-130.

Römer, U. (2007). Learner Language and the Norms in Native Corpora and EFL Teaching Materials: A Case Study of English Conditionals. In S. Volk-Birke & J. Lippert (eds.). Anglistentag 2006 Halle. Proceedings. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. 355-363.

Römer, U. (2006). Where the Computer Meets Language, Literature, and Pedagogy: Corpus Analysis in English Studies. In A. Gerbig & A. Müller-Wood (eds.). How Globalization Affects the Teaching of English: Studying Culture through Texts. Lampeter: E. Mellen Press. 81-109.

Römer, U. (2006). Looking at Looking: Functions and Contexts of Progressives in Spoken English and 'School' English. In A. Renouf & A. 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. (2006). Reprinted in: W. Teubert & R. Krishnamurthy (eds.). (2007). Corpus Linguistics. Critical Concepts in Linguistics (6 vols.). London: Routledge. 3-14 (Volume IV).

Römer, U. (2005). 'This seems somewhat counterintuitive, though...': Negative Evaluation in Linguistic Book Reviews by Male and Female Authors. In E. Tognini Bonelli & G. Del Lungo Camiciotti (eds.). Strategies in Academic Discourse. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 97-115.

Römer, U. (2004). Comparing Real and Ideal Language Learner Input: The Use of an EFL Textbook Corpus in Corpus Linguistics and Language Teaching. In G.Aston, S. Bernardini & D. Stewart (eds.). Corpora and Language Learners. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 151-168.

Römer, U. (2004). A Corpus-driven Approach to Modal Auxiliaries and their Didactics. In J. M. Sinclair (ed.). How to Use Corpora in Language Teaching. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 185-199.

Klages, M. & U. Römer (2002). Translating Modal Meanings in the EFL Classroom. In S. Scholz, M. Klages, E. Hantson & U. Römer (eds.). Language: Context and Cognition. Papers in Honour of Wolf-Dietrich Bald's 60th Birthday. Munich: Langenscheidt-Longman. 201-216.