Publications

Stumpf, Sören (2023): Word formation diamedial. Corpus studies on written and spoken German. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (German Linguistics Series 329). [Habilitation] https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110989564

Stein, Stephan & Sören Stumpf (2019): Patterns in language and communication. An introduction to concepts of linguistic preformedness. In collaboration with Andrea Bachmann-Stein, Natalia Filatkina, Carina Hoff and Martin Wengeler. Berlin: Erich Schmidt (Foundations of German Studies 63).

Stumpf, Sören (2015): Formulaic (ir)regularities. Corpus linguistic findings and theoretical considerations. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang (Language - System and Activity 67). [Dissertation] https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-06078-2

Arndt-Lappe, Sabine, Sören Stumpf, Milena Belosevic, Peter Maurer, Claudine Moulin & Achim Rettinger (eds.) (2026): Patterns in Language and Communication. Between Theoretical Grounding and Empirical Methods. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Interdisciplinary Linguistics 5). https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111199740

Stumpf, Sören, Marie-Luis Merten, Susanne Kabatnik & Sebastian Zollner (eds.) (2025): Variational Pragmatics. Regional Diversity and Situational Differences in Language Use. Tübingen: Narr (Studies in Pragmatics 8). https://doi.org/10.24053/9783381135127

Stumpf, Sören & Stephan Stein (eds.) (2024): Construction Grammar X. Text Types and Text Patterns as Constructions? Tübingen: Stauffenburg (Stauffenburg Linguistics 128).

Mollica, Fabio & Sören Stumpf (eds.) (2023): Construction Grammar IX. Construction Families in German. Tübingen: Stauffenburg (Stauffenburg Linguistics 127).

Piirainen, Elisabeth, Natalia Filatkina, Sören Stumpf & Christian Pfeiffer (eds.) (2020): Formulaic Language and New Data. Theoretical and Methodological Implications. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Formelhafte Sprache / Formulaic Language 3). https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110669824

Stumpf, Sören & David Römer (eds.) (2020): Conspiracy Theories in Discourse. Interdisciplinary Approaches. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa (Supplements to the Journal of Discourse Studies 4).

Römer, David & Sören Stumpf (Eds.) (2018): Conspiracy Theories—Linguistic Perspectives. Special issue of the journal *Aptum: Journal of Language Criticism and Language Culture* 14 .3. https://doi.org/10.46771/9783967691603

Stumpf, Sören & Natalia Filatkina (Eds.) (2018): Formulaic Language in Text and Discourse. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Formulaic Language 2). https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110602319

Filatkina, Natalia & Sören Stumpf (eds.) (2018): Conventionalization and Variation. Phraseological and Construction-Grammatical Perspectives. Berlin: Peter Lang (Language – System and Activity 71). https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-06488-9

Stumpf, Sören (ed.) (2016): Formulaic Language and Language Criticism. Special Issue of the Journal Aptum. Journal of Language Criticism and Language Culture 12.2. https://doi.org/10.46771/9783967691535

Maurer, Peter & Sören Stumpf (2026): Patterned Communication in Social Media: How German Political Parties Frame a Natural Disaster in Tweets. In: Sabine Arndt-Lappe, Sören Stumpf, Milena Belosevic, Peter Maurer, Claudine Moulin & Achim Rettinger (eds.): Patterns in Language and Communication. Between Theoretical Grounding and Empirical Methods. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Interdisciplinary Linguistics 5), 313–338. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111199740-012

Arndt-Lappe, Sabine, Sören Stumpf, Milena Belosevic, Peter Maurer, Claudine Moulin & Achim Rettinger (2026): Patterns in Language and Communication: An Introduction. In: Sabine Arndt-Lappe, Sören Stumpf, Milena Belosevic, Peter Maurer, Claudine Moulin & Achim Rettinger (eds.): Patterns in Language and Communication. Between Theoretical Grounding and Empirical Methods. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Interdisciplinary Linguistics 5), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111199740-001

Frick, Karina, Marie-Luis Merten & Sören Stumpf (2026): Linguistic Landscapes of Prohibition: A Comparison of Three Universities. Aptum. Journal of Language Criticism and Language Culture 22 , 27–42.

Stumpf, Sören (2025): On the Dynamics of Constructional Idioms. A Micro-Diachronic Approach to the Entrenchment and Conventionalization of Lexico-Grammatical Patterns in German. In: Sabine Arndt-Lappe & Natalia Filatkina (eds.): Dynamics at the Lexicon-Syntax Interface. Creativity and Routine in Word-Formation and Multi-Word Expressions. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Formelhafte Sprache / Formulaic Language 6), 193–240. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111321905-008

Stumpf, Sören (2025): Syntactic Negation in Conspiracy Theories: A Discourse-Grammatical Analysis of the Inexistence Construction [there is no X]. Zeitschrift für germanistische Linguistik 53, 1–47. https://doi.org/10.1515/zgl-2025-2001

Stumpf, Sören (2025): Verb Mood as a Resource for Perspective. Insights from the Example of Conspiracy Theories. German Language Teaching 77.4, 62–72.

Stumpf, Sören (2025): On the Interplay Between Word Formation and Discourse Semantics: Keyword Compounds in Conspiracy Theories. In: David Römer, Steffen Pappert & Kersten Sven Roth (eds.): Civil Society Linguistics. Hamburg: Buske (Language – Politics – Society 36), 351–360. https://doi.org/10.46771/978-3-69110-013-6

Stumpf, Sören, Marie-Luis Merten, Susanne Kabatnik & Sebastian Zollner (2025): Variational Pragmatics. Conceptual Understanding, State of Research, and the Aims of This Volume. In: Sören Stumpf, Marie-Luis Merten, Susanne Kabatnik & Sebastian Zollner (Eds.): Variational Pragmatics. Regional Diversity and Situational Differences in Language Use. Tübingen: Narr (Studies in Pragmatics 8), 7–22. https://doi.org/10.24053/9783381135127

​Stumpf, Sören & Fabio Mollica (2024): Cool, cooler, Clooney – A corpus-based and relevance-theoretic analysis of the superlative heading construction in German. Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics 29 , 83–105. https://doi.org/10.7203/QF.29.28786

Stumpf, Sören (2024): Word Formation in Conspiracy Theories: Discourse-Morphological Approaches to Heterodox Knowledge. In: Sascha Michel (ed.): Discourse Morphology. Approaches and Case Studies at the Interface between Morphology and Discourse Linguistics. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Diskursmuster / Discourse Patterns 36), 153–186. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111363936-006

Stumpf, Sören (2024): “Sweet Pass, Dream Goal, Fans Going Wild” – Evaluative Word Formation in Live Soccer Updates. In: Simon Meier-Vieracker (ed.): Reingegrätscht. A Brief Linguistics of Soccer. Tübingen: Narr, 83–96.

Stumpf, Sören (2024): “How many more championship titles do you want to win?” FC Bayern: Yes —A Text Construction on Social Media Between Stability, Variability, and Creativity. In: Sören Stumpf & Stephan Stein (eds.): Construction Grammar X. Text Types and Text Patterns as Constructions? Tübingen: Stauffenburg (Stauffenburg Linguistics 128), 63–87.

Stumpf, Sören & Stephan Stein (2024): On the Relationship Between Construction Grammar and Text Linguistics: Initial Situation, Open Questions, and Conceptual Framework of the Volume. In: Sören Stumpf & Stephan Stein (eds.): Construction Grammar X. Text Types and Text Patterns as Constructions? Tübingen: Stauffenburg (Stauffenburg Linguistik 128), 7–21.

Stumpf, Sören & David Römer (2024): A Linguistic Investigation of Conspiracy Theories. In: Roland Imhoff (ed.): The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories. Strangely Deceived by Dark Forces... Göttingen: hogrefe, 198–216.

​Stumpf, Sören & Fabio Mollica (2023): Construction Families in German: Conceptual Understanding, State of Research, and Conceptual Framework of the Volume. In: Fabio Mollica & Sören Stumpf (eds.): Construction Grammar IX. Construction Families in German. Tübingen: Stauffenburg (Stauffenburg Linguistik 127), 9–25.

Mollica, Fabio & Sören Stumpf (2023): Phraseological Clauses in German as a Construction Family. In: Fabio Mollica & Sören Stumpf (eds.): Construction Grammar IX. Construction Families in German. Tübingen: Stauffenburg (Stauffenburg Linguistik 127), 237–265.

Stumpf, Sören & Marie-Luis Merten (2023): Word Formation as a Stance Resource in Online Commenting: Theoretical Synthesis and Empirical Insights Using Two Construction Families as Examples. Zeitschrift für Wortbildung 7.2, 121–149. https://doi.org/10.21248/zwjw.2023.2.109

Stumpf, Sören (2023): De-unification of phraseologically bound components: Corpus-linguistic and cognitive-semantic approaches. In: Igor Trost (ed.): Remotivation. From Morphology to Pragmatics. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Linguistics—Impulses and Trends 105), 143–166. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111031170-007

​Stumpf, Sören (2022): Word Formation in Interaction. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik 77, 290–321. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfal-2022-2089

Stumpf, Sören (2022): Formulaic (Ir-)Regular Phrase Constructions in German. Theoretical Context and Corpus-Linguistic Analysis. In: Carmen Mellado Blanco, Fabio Mollica & Elmar Schafroth (eds.): Constructions Between Lexicon and Grammar. Phrase Constructions in Monolingual, Bilingual, and Multilingual Contexts. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Linguistics—Impulses and Trends 101), 163–187. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110770209-007

Römer, David & Sören Stumpf (2022): Conspiracy Theories—and How They Are Made Credible Through Language. In: Klaus Müller & Christopher Kirchberg (eds.): Conspiracy Theories. Berlin: Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie e. V., 61–89.

Mollica, Fabio & Sören Stumpf (2022): Families of constructions in German. A corpus-based study of constructional phrasemes with the pattern [_XNP attribute]. In: Carmen Mellado Blanco (ed.): Productive Patterns in Phraseology and Construction Grammar. A Multilingual Approach. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Formelhafte Sprache / Formulaic Language 4), 79–105. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110520569-004

​Stumpf, Sören (2021): Passe-partout Compounds in Spoken German. Construction-Grammatical and Interaction-Linguistic Approaches within the Framework of Pragmatic Word Formation. Zeitschrift für germanistische Linguistik 49, 33–83. https://doi.org/10.1515/zgl-2021-2020

Stumpf, Sören (2021): “Star Wars is just more of a guy thing.” A corpus study on the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of the construction [X copula ein Y-Ding]. Deutsche Sprache 49, 24–45. https://doi.org/10.37307/j.1868-775X.2021.01.03

Stumpf, Sören (2021): Occasional word formations in written and spoken German. Neologica 15, 151–169. https://doi.org/10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-11896-1.p.0151

Stumpf, Sören (2021): The Wahl-O-Mat from a politolinguistic perspective. Sprachwissenschaft 46 , 315–341.

Stumpf, Sören (2021): Lexicon and Argumentation in the Wahl-O-Mat for the 2021 Federal Election. Aptum. Journal of Language Criticism and Language Culture 17 , 376–389. https://doi.org/10.46771/978-3-96769-196-2

​Römer, David & Sören Stumpf (2020): Linguistic Devices in Conspiracy Theories. The Example “Gates Is Taking Over Germany.” Der Sprachdienst 64 , 148–158.

Stumpf, Sören (2020): “Ethnic Replacement” as a Conspiracy-Theoretical and Far-Right Battle Cry of the AfD. *Aptum. Journal of Language Criticism and Language Culture* 16 , 97–105. https://doi.org/10.46771/9783967691641_5

Römer, David & Sören Stumpf (2020): “Yes we Ken”—COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Under the Microscope of Mainstream Linguistics. Aptum. Journal of Language Criticism and Language Culture 16 , 212–219. https://doi.org/10.46771/978-3-96769-102-3_16

Filatkina, Natalia, Sören Stumpf & Christian Pfeiffer (2020): Introduction: Formulaic Language and New Data. In: Elisabeth Piirainen, Natalia Filatkina, Sören Stumpf & Christian Pfeiffer (eds.): Formulaic Language and New Data. Theoretical and Methodological Implications. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Formelhafte Sprache / Formulaic Language 3), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110669824-001

Stumpf, Sören & David Römer (2020): Editorial: Conspiracy Theories in Discourse from an Interdisciplinary Perspective. In: Sören Stumpf & David Römer (eds.): Conspiracy Theories in Discourse. Interdisciplinary Approaches. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa (Supplements to the Journal of Discourse Research 4), 3–9.

​Stumpf, Sören (2019): Phraseography and Corpus Analysis. Linguistik Online 96 .3, 115–131. https://doi.org/10.13092/lo.96.5523

Römer, David & Sören Stumpf (2019): “The Great Replacement Is Not a Myth; It Is Bitter Reality.” Populism and Conspiracy Theories from a Linguistic Perspective. Osnabrück Contributions to Language Theory 95 , 129–158. https://doi.org/10.17192/obst.2019.95.8655

Stumpf, Sören (2019): Formulaic (Ir)regularities. Theoretical Definition and Empirical Analysis of Examples. In: Maurice Kauffer & Yvon Keromnes (eds.): Theory and Empiricism in Phraseology – Approches théoriques et empiriques en phraséologie. Tübingen: Stauffenburg (Eurogermanistik 37), 51–65.

​Stumpf, Sören (2018): Text-Type-Oriented Word Formation Research. Desiderata, Perspectives, and Example Analyses. Zeitschrift für Wortbildung 2 .1, 165–194. https://doi.org/10.3726/zwjw.2018.01.06

Breil, Laura, David Römer & Sören Stumpf (2018): “The global weather project ‘chemtrails’ is—and there is hardly any doubt about this—a multibillion-dollar enterprise.” Argumentative Patterns within the Chemtrail Conspiracy Theory. Aptum. Journal of Language Criticism and Language Culture 14 , 239–258. https://doi.org/10.46771/9783967691603_4

Römer, David & Sören Stumpf (2018): Conspiracy Theories—Linguistic Perspectives. Aptum. Journal of Language Criticism and Language Culture 14 , 193–195. https://doi.org/10.46771/9783967691603_1

Stumpf, Sören & David Römer (2018): The Linguistic Construction of Conspiracy Theories. A Project Outline. Muttersprache 128 , 394–402.

Stumpf, Sören (2018): Formulaic (Ir)regularities from a Construction Grammar Perspective. *Nouveaux Cahiers d’Allemand* 36 , 1–11.

Stumpf, Sören (2018): Formulaic (Ir-)Regularities in German. Corpus Linguistics and Construction Grammar Approaches. In: Natalia Filatkina & Sören Stumpf (eds.): Conventionalization and Variation. Phraseological and Construction Grammar Perspectives. Berlin: Peter Lang (Language—System and Activity 71), 149–178. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-06488-9

Stumpf, Sören (2018): Free usage of German unique components. Corpus linguistics, psycholinguistics, and lexicographical approaches. In: Sabine Arndt-Lappe, Angelika Braun, Claudine Moulin & Esme Winter-Froemel (eds.): Expanding the Lexicon. Linguistic Innovation, Morphological Productivity, and Ludicity. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (The Dynamics of Wordplay 5), 67–89. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110501933-069

Stumpf, Sören & Christian Daniel Kreuz (2018): Phrase-Image Relationships in Discourse. Theoretical Considerations and Methodological Approaches to Multimodal and Discourse-Semantic Phrase Analysis. In: Sören Stumpf & Natalia Filatkina (eds.): Formulaic Language in Text and Discourse. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Formulaic Language 2), 115–145. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110602319-005

Filatkina, Natalia & Sören Stumpf (2018): Introduction. In: Natalia Filatkina & Sören Stumpf (eds.): Conventionalization and Variation. Phraseological and Construction-Grammatical Perspectives. Berlin: Peter Lang (Language – System and Activity 71), 7–17. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-06488-9

Stumpf, Sören (2018): A Corpus Analysis of German Unique Components. In: d’Olivier Soutet, Inés Sfar & Salah Mejri (eds.): Phraséologie et discours. Paris: Honoré Champion, 381–392.

Stumpf, Sören & Natalia Filatkina (2018): Introduction: Formulaic Language in Text and Discourse. In: Sören Stumpf & Natalia Filatkina (eds.): Formulaic Language in Text and Discourse. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (Formelhafte Sprache / Formulaic Language 2), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110602319-001

​Stumpf, Sören (2017): Phraseology in Its Purest Form—The Construction X_[Noun]pur as a Productive and by No Means Ungrammatical Model. Deutsche Sprache 45 , 317–334. https://doi.org/10.37307/j.1868-775X.2017.04.03

Stumpf, Sören (2017): Is the Center-Periphery Model Still Tenable in Contemporary Phraseology Research? Sprachwissenschaft 42 , 59–96.

Stumpf, Sören & Viola Kämmer (2017): Battle Rap: Holistic Text Type Analysis and Sociolinguistic Contextualization. Muttersprache 127 , 173–196.

Stumpf, Sören & Christian Daniel Kreuz (2016): Phraseology and Discourse Linguistics. Interfaces, Case Studies, and Research Perspectives. Journal of Applied Linguistics 65 , 1–36. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfal-2016-0016

Stumpf, Sören (2016): Modification or Model Formation? That Is the Question—Difficulties in Distinguishing Between Modified and Model-Like Phraseologisms Using the Example of Formulaic (Ir)regularities. Linguistic Reports 247 , 317–342. https://doi.org/10.46771/2366077500247_3

Stumpf, Sören (2016): Editorial: Formulaic Language and Language Criticism. Aptum. Journal of Language Criticism and Language Culture 12 , 97–102. https://doi.org/10.46771/9783967691535_1

Stumpf, Sören (2016): A Woman, a Word— Phrases “as Vehicles of Thought.” The Alternation of Masculine and Feminine Forms in Phrases as an Indicator of Mentality. In: Christian Daniel Kreuz & Robert Mroczynski (eds.): Language, Culture, Mentality. Contributions from Linguistics and Cultural Studies to the Analysis of Mentalities. Berlin. LIT (Kriterium. Studies in Language Theory and Communication Practice 5), 85–115.

​Stumpf, Sören (2015): Phraseology and Valency Theory. Status Quo, Research Problems, and (Corpus-Analytical) Perspectives. Yearbook of Phraseology 6 , 3–34. https://doi.org/10.1515/phras-2015-0003

Stumpf, Sören (2015): “Can Jogi Be World Champion?”—Phraseological and Construction Grammar Considerations on a Construction Deemed “Ungrammatical” from a (Lay) Language-Critical Perspective. Aptum. Journal of Language Criticism and Language Culture 11 , 1–20. https://doi.org/10.46771/9783967691498_1

​Stumpf, Sören (2014): With Good Reason— Corpus-Based Findings on Phraseologically Bound Formatives. Sprachwissenschaft 39 , 85–114.

Stumpf, Sören (2026): Grammatical Patterns in Conspiracy Theories. In: Felix Günther, Markus Kersten, Aglaia Schieke & Veronika Unger (eds.): Encounters with Infinity. Six Years of the Young Academy | Mainz 2020–2025. Stuttgart: Steiner (Publications of the Young Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz 10), 229–230.

Stumpf, Sören (2024): Review of Lisa Soder (2023): Discourse Markers in Standard Written Language. Status, Forms, and Functions (Studies in Pragmatics 6). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto. Journal of Reviews in German Linguistics 16 , 61–66. https://doi.org/10.1515/zrs-2024-2012

Kreuz, Christian Daniel & Sören Stumpf (2014): As If There Were No Tomorrow —On the Intradisciplinary Interconnection of Phraseology and Discourse Linguistics. In: Ekkehard Felder & Marcus Müller (eds.): Futures of Discourse. 10th Annual Conference of the Research Network “Language and Research.” Anniversary and Program Journal. Heidelberg, 48–50.