Publications and talks
Peer-reviewed articles
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. in print. Variation in Singapore English: The case for an indexical approach. World Englishes. pdf
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2011. Singapore English. Language and Linguistics Compass 5.1: 47–62. doi pdf
Book chapters
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. under review. The management of multilingualism in a city-state: Language policy in Singapore. In Peter Siemund, Ingrid Gogolin, Monika Schulz, & Julia Davydova (eds) Multilingualism and Language Contact in Urban Areas: Acquisition, development, teaching, communication. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Edited volumes
Lacoste, Véronique, Jakob R. E. Leimgruber, & Thiemo Breyer (eds). in preparation. Indexing Authenticity: Perspectives from linguistics and anthropology. Linguæ & Litteræ series. Berlin: de Gruyter.
Conference proceedings
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2008. From post-creole continuum to diglossia: the case of Singapore English. In Miltiadis Kokkonidis (ed) Proceedings of LingO 2007, 149–156. Oxford: Faculty of Linguistics, Philology, and Phonetics. link
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2008. English in Singapore: diglossia or continuum? In Jo Angouri, Kakia Chatsiou, Elena Papadopulou, Sirirat Na Ranong, Renita Silva, Phillip Tipton, & Michèle Vincent (eds) LangUE 2007: Proceedings of the 2nd Language at the University of Essex Postgraduate Conference. Colchester: Department of Language and Linguistics. link
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2008. Discourse particles and the Singaporean diglossia. In Andrea Donakey, Aurélie Joubert, Fil Nereo, & Christiana Themistocleous (eds) Papers in Linguistics from the University of Manchester (PLUM): Proceedings from the 16th International Postgraduate Linguistics Conference, 20 April 2007, 47–59. Manchester: School of Languages, Linguistics, and Cultures.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2007. Variation in Singapore English as reflected in aspectual constructions. In Naomi Hilton, Rachel Arscott, Katherine Barden, Arti Krishna, Sheena Shah, & Meg Zellers (eds) CamLing2007: Proceedings of the 5th University of Cambridge Postgraduate Conference in Language Research held on 20–21 March 2007, 162–168. Cambridge: Institute of Language Research. link
Book reviews
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. forthcoming. Review of: Chapman, Siobhan. 2006. Thinking about language: Theories of English. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. The European Legacy 17.2. link
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2009. Review of: Mesthrie, Rajend. (ed) 2008. Varieties of English. Volume 4: Africa, South and Southeast Asia. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. LinguistList issue 20.2281, 24 June 2009. link
Theses
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2009. Modelling variation in Singapore English. Ph.D. thesis, Faculty of English, University of Oxford. pdf
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2005. Interviewer influence and linguistic variation in the English of twenty younger educated Singaporeans. Master's thesis, Faculty of Arts, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Other publications
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2011. Teaching and learning guide for: Singapore English. Language and Linguistics Compass 5.7: 505–508. doi
Papers presented
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. abstract accepted. Language shift in an officially multilingual city-state. Bilingual and Multilingual Interaction. ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism in Theory and Practice, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom, 30 March – 1 April 2012.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2011. Singapore's Indian community: Social, linguistic, and sociolinguistic aspects. Indian Diaspora Workshop, ISLE2: 2nd triennial conference of the International Society for the Linguistics of English. Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 17–21 June 2011.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. & Lavanya Sankaran. 2011. Imperfectives in Singapore English: New evidence for ethnic varieties? [Poster] ISLE2: 2nd triennial conference of the International Society for the Linguistics of English. Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 17–21 June 2011.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2010a. Native English in multilingual settings. JASGIL: Joint Advanced Study Group in Linguistics. University of Basle, Switzerland, 22–23 October 2010.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2010b. The heterogeneity of geographically defined World Englishes: Evidence from 'Singapore English'. 18th Sociolinguistics Symposium. University of Southampton, 1–4 September 2010.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2010c. English and identity in Singapore: An indexical approach. 21st GNEL/ASNEL Conference. University of Bayreuth, Germany, 13–16 May 2010.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2010d. Geographically defined varieties in a globalised world: The Singaporean case. SWELL 2010: Swiss Works in English Language and Linguistics. University of Berne, Switzerland, 12 March 2010.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2009. Ethnicity as a variable in Singapore English. ICLCE3: 3rd International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English. Institute of English Studies, University of London, 15–17 July 2009.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2008a. Sociolinguistic variation in Singapore: towards a new model. NWAV 37: New Ways of Analysing Variation. Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, 6–9 November 2008.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2008b. 'Singlish', 'Good English', and what's in between: a model for sociolinguistic variation in Singapore. First Triennial Conference of the International Society for the Linguistics of English. English Department, University of Freiburg, Germany, 8–11 October 2008. link
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2008c. Modelling sociolinguistic variation in Singapore English. SWELL 2008: Swiss Works in English Language and Linguistics. Department of English, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 7 March 2008.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2007a. From post-creole continuum to diglossia: The case of Singapore English. LingO 2007: 2nd Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics. Centre for Linguistics and Philology, University of Oxford, 21–22 September 2007. link
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2007b. English in Singapore: Diglossia or continuum? LangUE 2007: 2nd Language at the University of Essex Postgraduate Conference. Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex, 13 July 2007.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2007c. Discourse particles and the Singaporean diglossia. [Poster] 16th International Postgraduate Linguistics Conference. Department of Linguistics, University of Manchester, 20 April 2007.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2007d. Variation in Singapore English as reflected in aspectual constructions. [Poster] CamLing 2007: 5th University of Cambridge Postgraduate Conference in Language Research. Institute of Language Research, University of Cambridge, 20–21 March 2007. link
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2006. Diglossia in Singapore? English Graduate Conference. Faculty of English, University of Oxford, 9 June 2006.
Invited talks
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2012. Global English in multilingual settings: A new look at (some) World Englishes. Oberseminar. Department of English, University of Freiburg, Germany, 23 January 2012.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2011. Officially quadrilingual: Multilingualism in Singapore and Switzerland. Research Seminar. Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 9 September 2011. link
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2011. Multilingual 'islands': Language variation and policy in Switzerland and Singapore. Departmental Seminars in Semester 2, 2010/11. National University of Singapore, 31 August 2011. link
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2010. The management of multilingualism in a city-state. Linguistic Diversity Management in Urban Areas Research Cluster. University of Hamburg, Germany, 29 March 2010. link
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2009. Modelling variation in Singapore English. Oberseminar. Department of English, University of Freiburg, Germany, 25 November 2009.
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2009. Ethnicity as a variable in Singapore English. Linguistic Circle research seminars. School of Linguistics and English Language, Bangor University, Wales, 25 February 2009. link
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. 2007. Multilingual Singapore. Bilingualism lecture series (Summer Term 2007). Department of English, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 5 April 2007.