Prof. dr. A.J. (Bertus) van Rooy
Bertus van Rooy is professor of English linguistics at the University of Amsterdam. His main field of interest is World Englishes, focussing on how new grammatical features arise and gain acceptance in settings of language contact. His work is usually corpus-based, and he has compiled corpora of learner English, contemporary English for different varieties of South African English, and historical corpora for earlier periods of South African English. for He also works on the syntax of Afrikaans and language contact between Afrikaans and English.
Faculty of Humanities
Capaciteitsgroep Engelse taal en cultuur
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Publications
2024
- van Rooy, A. J. (2024). World Englishes: The local lives of a global languages. Edinburgh University Press.
2023
- Esimaje, A., van Rooy, B., Jolayemi, D., Nkemleke, D., & Klu, E. (Eds.) (2023). African perspectives on the teaching and learning of English in higher education. (Global South Perspectives on TESOL). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003279433 [details]
- Kotze, H., Korhonen, M., Smith, A., & van Rooy, A. J. (2023). Salient differences between Australian oral parliamentary discourse and its official written records: A comparison of ‘close’ and ‘distant’ analysis methods. In M. Korhonen, H. Kotze, & J. Tyrkkö (Eds.), Exploring Language and Society with Big Data: Parliamentary Discourse across Time and Space (pp. 54-88). John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- van Rooy, A. J. (2023). Subject clauses in Afrikaans. In I. Feinauer, & R. Gouws (Eds.), Fritz Ponelis en die Afrikaanse Taalkunde (pp. 289-310). Sun Media.
2022
Neijman, M., Hof, F., Oosterom, N., Pfau, R., van Rooy, B., van Son, R. J. J. H., & van den Brekel, M. W. M. (2022). Compensation in Verbal and Nonverbal Communication after Total Laryngectomy. Interspeech, 2022, 3613-3617. https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2022-369 [details]- van Rooy, B., & Kotze, H. (2022). Contrast, Contact, Convergence? Afrikaans and English Modal Auxiliaries in South African Parliamentary Discourse (1925-1985). Contrastive Pragmatics, 3(2), 159-193. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1163/26660393-bja10033 [details]
2021
- Botha, W., van Rooy, B., & Coetzee-Van Rooy, S. (2021). Researching South African Englishes. World Englishes, 40(1), 2-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12468 [details]
- Botha, W., van Rooy, B., & Coetzee-van Rooy, S. (2021). South African Englishes: A contemporary bibliography. World Englishes, 40(1), 136-151. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12477 [details]
- Coetzee-Van Rooy, S., & van Rooy, B. (2021). The History of English Language Attitudes within the Multilingual Ecology of South Africa. In A. Onysko (Ed.), Research Developments in World Englishes (pp. 121-147). (Bloomsbury Advances in World Englishes). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350167087.ch-007 [details]
- Maritz, A., & van Rooy, B. (2021). “Linking the Dots”: Metaphors in the Narrative of Self-Justification by Former President Zuma. Language Matters, 52(1), 30-49. https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2021.1885478 [details]
- Smith, A., Korhonen, M., Kotze, H., & van Rooy, B. (2021). Modal and Semi-modal Verbs of Obligation in the Australian, New Zealand and British Hansards, 1901–2015. In P. Peters, & K. Burridge (Eds.), Exploring the Ecology of World Englishes in the Twenty-first Century: Language, Society and Culture (pp. 301-323). Edinburgh University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474462877-018 [details]
- Van Rooy, B. (2021). A Diasystematic Construction Grammar analysis of language change in the Afrikaans and English finite verb complement clause construction. In H. C. Boas, & S. Höder (Eds.), Constructions in Contact 2: Language change, multilingual practices, and additional language acquisition (pp. 109-138). (Constructional Approaches to Language; Vol. 30). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.30.05van [details]
- van Rooy, B. (2021). Grammatical change in South African Englishes. World Englishes, 40(1), 24-37. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12470 [details]
- van Rooy, B. (2021). Reflections of Afrikaans in the English Short Stories of Herman Charles Bosman. In P. Peters, & K. Burridge (Eds.), Exploring the Ecology of World Englishes in the Twenty-first Century: Language, Society and Culture (pp. 46-63). Edinburgh University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474462877-006 [details]
2020
- Kotze, H., & van Rooy, B. (2020). Democratisation in the South African parliamentary Hansard? A study of change in modal auxiliaries. Language Sciences, 79, Article 101264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2019.101264 [details]
- Kruger, H., & van Rooy, B. (2020). A multifactorial analysis of contact-induced change in speech reporting in written White South African English (WSAfE). English Language and Linguistics, 24(1), 179-209. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1360674319000017 [details]
- van Rooy, B. (2020). English in Africa. In D. Schreier, M. Hundt, & E. W. Schneider (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of World Englishes (pp. 210-235). (Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics). Cambridge University Press. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108349406.010 [details]
- van Rooy, B. (2020). Present-Day Afrikaans in Contact with English. In R. Hickey (Ed.), English in Multilingual South Africa: The Linguistics of Contact and Change (pp. 241-264). (Studies in English language). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108340892.012 [details]
- van der Walt, A., & van Rooy, B. (2020). Taboetaalgebruik as sleutel-element vir die konstruksievan 'n manlike zefidentiteit. Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe, 60(3), 814-832. https://doi.org/10.17159/2224-7912/2020/v60n3a15 [details]
2019
- Fuchs, R., van Rooy, B., & Gut, U. (2019). Corpus-based research on English in Africa. In A. U. Esimaje, U. Gut, & B. E. Antia (Eds.), Corpus Linguistics and African Englishes (pp. 38–69). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.88.03fuc
- Kruger, H., van Rooy, B., & Smith, A. (2019). Register change in the British and Australian Hansard (1901-2015). Journal of English Linguistics, 47(3), 183-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/0075424219857114
- van Rooy, B. (2019). Evaluating explanations for past-time reference with unmarked verb forms in African Englishes. In A. U. Esimaje, U. Gut, & B. E. Antia (Eds.), Corpus Linguistics and African Englishes (pp. 186-204). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.88.09van
- van Rooy, B. (2019). Learner corpus research in South Africa (1989-2019). Language Matters, 50(3), 70-89.
- van Rooy, B. (2019). Reconsidering Kachru’s work on Englishes in their multilingual ecologies. World Englishes, 38(1&2), 280-293. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12402
2018
- Kruger, H., & van Rooy, B. (2018). Register variation in written contact varieties of English. English World Wide, 39(2), 214-242. https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.00011.kru
- van Rooy, B., & Kruger, H. (2018). Hybridity, globalisation and models of Englishes. In S. C. Deshors (Ed.), Modeling World Englishes: Assessing the interplay of emancipation and globalization of ESL varieties (pp. 77-108). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g61.04van
2017
- Kruger, H., & Van Rooy, B. (2017). Editorial practice and the progressive in Black South African English. World Englishes, 36(1), 20-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12202
- van Rooy, B. (2017). South African English. In M. Filppula, J. Klemola, & D. Sharma (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of World Englishes (pp. 508-530). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199777716.013.017
2016
- Kruger, H., & Van Rooy, B. (2016). Constrained language: A multidimensional analysis of translated English and a non-native indigenised variety of English. English World-Wide, 37(1), 26-57. https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.37.1.02kru
- Kruger, H., & van Rooy, B. (2016). Syntactic and pragmatic transfer effects in reported-speech constructions in three contact varieties of English influenced by Afrikaans. Language Sciences, 56, 118-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2016.04.003
- Van Rooy, B., & Kruger, H. (2016). Faktore wat die weglating van die Afrikaanse onderskikker dat bepaal. Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe, 56(1), 102-116. https://doi.org/10.17159/2224-7912/2016/v56n1a7
- van Rooy, B. (2016). Present perfect and past tense in Black South African English. In Re-assessing the Present Perfect: Corpus Studies and Beyond (Vol. 91, pp. 149-168). De Gruyter.
- van Rooy, B., & Kruger, H. (2016). The innovative progressive aspect of Black South African English: The role of language proficiency and normative processes. International Journal of Learner Corpus Research, 2(2), 205-228. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.2.2.04van
2015
- Bekker, I., & Van Rooy, B. (2015). The pronunciation of english in South Africa. In The Handbook of English Pronunciation (pp. 286-300). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118346952.ch16
- van Rooy, B. (2015). Annotating learner corpora. In The Cambridge Handbook of Learner Corpus Research (pp. 79-106). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139649414.005
- van Rooy, B., & Coetzee-Van Rooy, S. (2015). The language issue and academic performance at a South African University. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 33(1), 31-46. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2015.1012691
- van Rooy, B., & Kruger, H. (2015). The case for an emergentist approach. STELLENBOSCH PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS PLUS-SPIL PLUS, 48, 41-67. https://doi.org/10.5842/48-0-676
- van Rooy, B., & Piotrowska, C. (2015). The development of an extended time period meaning of the progressive in Black South African English. In P. Collins (Ed.), Grammatical Change in English World-Wide (pp. 465-483). (Studies in Corpus Linguistics; Vol. 67). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.67.19roo
2014
- Van Rooy, B. (2014). Progressive aspect and stative verbs in Outer Circle varieties. World Englishes, 33(2), 157-172. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12079
- Van Rooy, B., & Drejerska, K. (2014). Metaphors in the freedom day addresses of South African presidents (1995-2012). Language Matters, 45(2), 165-183. https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2013.868025
- Wasserman, R., & van Rooy, B. (2014). The Development of Modals of Obligation and Necessity in White South African English through Contact with Afrikaans. Journal of English Linguistics, 42(1), 31-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/0075424213514588
- van Rooy, B., & Wasserman, R. (2014). Do the Modals of Black and White South African English Converge? Journal of English Linguistics, 42(1), 51-67. https://doi.org/10.1177/0075424213511463
2013
- Van Rooy, B. (2013). Corpus linguistic work on black South African english. English Today, 29(1), 10-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078412000466
- van Rooy, B., & Pretorius, E. J. (2013). Is reading in an agglutinating language different from an analytic language? An analysis of isiZulu and English reading based on eye movements. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 31(3), 281-297. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2013.837603
2012
- Kruger, H., & van Rooy, B. (2012). Register and the features of translated language. Across Languages and Cultures , 13(1), 33-65. https://doi.org/10.1556/Acr.13.2012.1.3
- Rossouw, R., & Van Rooy, B. (2012). Diachronic changes in modality in South African English. English World-Wide, 33(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.33.1.01ros
2011
- Van Rooy, B., & Van Den Doel, R. (2011). Dutch and Afrikaans as post-pluricentric languages. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, (212), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1515/IJSL.2011.043
- van Rooy, B. (2011). A principled distinction between error and conventionalized innovation in African Englishes. In J. Mukherjee, & M. Hundt (Eds.), Exploring Second-Language Varieties of English and Learner Englishes (pp. 189-207). (Studies in Corpus Linguistics; Vol. 44). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.44.10roo
2010
- Van Rooy, B. (2010). Social and linguistic perspectives on variability in world Englishes. World Englishes, 29(1), 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-971X.2009.01621.x
- Van Rooy, B., Terblanche, L., Haase, C., & Schmied, J. (2010). Register differentiation in East African English a multidimensional study. English World-Wide, 31(3), 311-349. https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.31.3.04van
- van Rooy, B., & Terblanche, L. (2010). Complexity in word-formation processes in new varieties of South African English. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 28(4), 357-374. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2010.548022
2008
- Van Rooy, B. (2008). An alternative interpretation of tense and aspect in Black South African English. World Englishes, 27(3-4), 335-358. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-971X.2008.00572.x
- van Rooy, B. (2008). A multidimensional analysis of student writing in black south African english. English World-Wide, 29(3), 268-305. https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.29.3.03van
2007
- van Rooy, B. (2007). Consonant Clusters and Resyllabification in Black South African English. Language Matters, 38(1), 26-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/10228190701640017
2006
- van Rooy, B. (2006). The extension of the progressive aspect in Black South African English. World Englishes, 25(1), 37-64. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0083-2919.2006.00446.x
- van Rooy, B., & Pienaar, M. (2006). Trends in recent South African linguistic research. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 24(2), 191-216. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073610609486417
- van Rooy, B., & Terblanche, L. (2006). A corpus-based analysis of Involved aspects of student writing. Language Matters, 37(2), 160-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/10228190608566259
2005
- Coetzee-Van Rooy, S., & Van Rooy, B. (2005). South African English: Labels, comprehensibility and status. World Englishes, 24(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0883-2919.2005.00384.x
- van Rooy, B. (2005). The feasibility of simultaneous interpreting in university classrooms. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 23(1), 81-90. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073610509486375
2004
- Jeffery, C., & van Rooy, B. (2004). Emphasizer now in colloquial South African English. World Englishes, 23(2), 269-280. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0883-2919.2003.00351.x
- Van Rooy, B. (2004). Black south african english: Phonology. In A Handbook of Varieties of English: A Multimedia Reference tool two volumes plus CD-ROM (Vol. 1, pp. 941-952). Mouton de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110197181
2003
- van Rooy, B., & Pretorius, R. (2003). A word-class tagset for Setswana. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 21(4), 203-222. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073610309486344
- van Rooy, B., Wissing, D., & Paschall, D. D. (2003). Demystifying incomplete neutralisation during final devoicing. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 21(1-2), 49-66. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073610309486328
2002
- Van Rooy, B. (2002). Stress placement in Tswana English: The makings of a coherent system. World Englishes, 21(1), 145-160. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-971X.00237
- van Rooy, N., & Schäfer, N. (2002). The effect of learner errors on POS tag errors during automatic POS tagging. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 20(4), 325.
- van der Walt, J. L., & van Rooy, B. (2002). Towards a norm in South African Englishes. World Englishes, 21(1), 113-128. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-971X.00235
2001
- van Rooy, B., & Wissing, D. (2001). Distinctive [voice] implies regressive voicing assimilation. In Distinctive Feature Theory (pp. 295-334). Mouton de Gruyter.
2023
- van Rooy, B. (2023). Linguistic dualities: Deconstructible or defensible? Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 67(1), 107-114. https://doi.org/10.5842/67-1-1012
2014
- Noël, D., van Rooy, B., & van der Auwera, J. (2014). Diachronic Approaches to Modality in World Englishes: Introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of English Linguistics, 42(1), 3-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0075424213512655 [details]
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Neijman, M., Hof, F., Oosterom, N., Pfau, R., van Rooy, B., van Son, R. J. J. H., & van den Brekel, M. W. M. (2022). Compensation in Verbal and Nonverbal Communication after Total Laryngectomy. Interspeech, 2022, 3613-3617.