L.M. Rupp

Personal profile

Research

My research interests are in:

language variation and change; grammatical properties of varieties of English;
English pronunciation, in the context of English as a Lingua Franca;
the interface between grammar and discourse pragmatics.

Grants

2018-2019

FRIAS Senior Fellow and Marie Curie Fellow of the European Union. Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Albert-Ludwig-Universitat Freiburg

2018

Visiting Professor, University of Toronto, Department of Linguistics (January-February)

Visiting Professor, Australian Catholic University, Centre for Languages (North Sydney) (April-May)

Teaching

I currently teach BA and MA courses in Global English, Postcolonial Language and Literature, English as a Second Language in the Netherlands; International Communication and English Pronunciation.

My MOOC English Pronunciation in a global world runs twice a year on the platform FutureLearn.

I also give workshops and individual trainings English Pronunication for the VU Academic Language Programme. Previous participants include: academic and support staff at institutions of higher education, the Dutch military and law firms at the Zuidas. The tools that I use for my Pronunciation teaching can be freely accessed on this website English Pronunciation.

Prizes and Awards

In 2002 I was awarded the VU Teaching Award for my teaching.

Ancillary activities

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Ancillary activities are updated daily

Education/Academic qualification

Linguistics, PhD, University of Essex

Keywords

P Language and Literature
language variation and change
grammar
Global English
English pronunciation

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dialect Social Sciences

pragmatics Social Sciences

evidence Social Sciences

secondary school teacher Social Sciences

secondary education Social Sciences

linguistics Social Sciences

secondary school Social Sciences

conversation Social Sciences

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Research Output 1997 2019

9 Article
7 Conference contribution
4 Book
1 Chapter

Linguistic perspectives on a variable morpheme: Let's talk about -s

Rupp, L. M. & Britain, D., 2019, London: Palgrave / MacMillan. 370 p.

Research output: Book / Report › Book › Academic › peer-review

Manifestation

Morpheme

Generative Syntax

Discourse Pragmatics

Dialectology

This here town: evidence for the development of the English determiner system from a vernacular demonstrative construction in York English

Rupp, L. M. & Tagliamonte, S. A., 2019, In : English Language and Linguistics. 23, 1, p. 81-103 23 p., https://doi.org/10.1017/S1360674317000326.

Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

town

pragmatics

evidence

discourse

linguistics

Begrijpelijk Engels uitspraakonderwijs

Rupp, L. M., 2014, In : Vaktaal. Tijdschrift van de Landelijke Vereniging van Neerlandici.

Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Professional

English pronunciation teaching at Dutch secondary schools: Taught or caught.

Hattum, J. W. P. & Rupp, L. M., 2014, Pronunciation Matters; Accents of English in the Netherlands and Elsewhere.. Van den Doel, R. & Rupp, L. M. (eds.). VU University Press, p. 69 81 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

secondary school teacher

secondary education

secondary school

secondary school pupil

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English pronunciation teaching at secondary schools in the Netherlands

Rupp, L. M. & van Hattum, J., 2014, Pronunciation Matters. Accents of English in the Netherlands and Elsewhere. van den Doel, W. Z. & Rupp, L. M. (eds.). Amsterdam: VU University Press, p. 67-80

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review