Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
youth language - child language - anglicism research
Expertise
Melissa Schuring is a postdoctoral researcher in linguistics, specializing in child- and youth language as well as anglicism research. In her PhD, she combined insights from language acquisition research and developmental sociolinguistics to investigate as of when and why children use English (loan)words in Dutch (Oh my God! Zotte shit).
Keywords
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- youth language
- child language
- developmental sociolinguistics
- anglicism research
- contact-induced variation and change
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Research output
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Between observation and elicitation. A multi-methods analysis of English in preadolescents’ Belgian Dutch
Schuring, M., 13 Nov 2024, 366 p.Research output: Thesis › PhD Thesis
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Children’s emerging sociolinguistic expectations towards social roles: a triangulated approach
Schuring, M., Rosseel, L. & Zenner, E., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Linguistics Vanguard.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Expectation through imitation: towards a unified protocol for roleplay in developmental sociolinguistics
Schuring, M., Rosseel, L. & Zenner, E., Jul 2024, In: Language Sciences. 104, 18 p., 101635.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Moelastaaf, tezzipunt of moeboelus? Een sociolinguïstisch onderzoek naar de naamgeving van fictieve frituursnacks (Olympiade Nederlands)
De Backer, S., Franco, K. & Schuring, M., 20 Apr 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Van middeleeuwse Spotify-playlists tot fictieve frituursnacks: dit was de Olympiade Nederlands 2024
Schuring, M., 10 Jun 2024, VakTaal, 37, 1, p. 4-5 2 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist/vulgarizing publication › Article › Vulgarizing
Prizes
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FWO Conference travel grant (Sydney)
Schuring, Melissa (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Olympiade Nederlands
De Backer, S. (Recipient), Franco, K. (Recipient) & Schuring, Melissa (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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How crazy is the amount of English in children’s Dutch really? A multi-methods analysis of a youth language phenomenon
Melissa Schuring (Invited speaker), Laura Rosseel (Contributor) & Eline Zenner (Contributor)
3 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at an external academic organisation
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Question design Olympiade Nederlands
Melissa Schuring (Contributor) & Karlien Franco (Contributor)
13 Jan 2025Activity: Other › CERL: Community Engaged Research and Learning activities
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“You really can’t speak English, hey?”: teenagers’ evaluation of socially meaningful language use in interaction
Melissa Schuring (Speaker), Dorien Van de Mieroop (Contributor), Laura Rosseel (Contributor) & Eline Zenner (Contributor)
18 Mar 2025 → 19 Mar 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Crazy, cool en mindblowing. Over de X-factor van Engelse woorden in het Nederlands van Vlaamse kinderen
Melissa Schuring (Invited speaker)
11 Apr 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a public lecture/debate
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The way into jongerentaal? Engelse woorden in de taalproductie van Vlaamse preadolescenten
Melissa Schuring (Speaker) & Eline Zenner (Contributor)
1 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Press/Media
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Interview NPO-Radio 1 - Villa VdB "Hoe staat het met de verengelsing van onze taal?"
8/01/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Interview Radio 1 - Nieuwe Feiten: 'Oh my god': kinderen spreken lang niet zoveel Engels als vaak gedacht wordt
6/01/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Expert Comment @Veto (Nederlandstalige popmuziek)
10/12/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Expert Comment @DeStandaard - Kinder- en tienerwoord van het jaar
2/12/24
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment