Romeo De Timmerman

romeo.detimmerman@ugent.be

Department

Department of Linguistics

Research group(s)

MULTIPLES - Research Centre for Multilingual Practices and Language Learning in Society

Research Focus

Linguistics

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About

Romeo De Timmerman is a doctoral researcher at the Linguistics Department of Ghent University, where he is also a member of the MULTIPLES research group. His research interests are situated within the field of variationist sociolinguistics, with a specific focus on stylistic language use in staged performances. His current PhD project focuses on the use of African American English features as indexical expressions of authenticity in blues music.

Projects

Projects as PhD researcher

Indexical expressions of authenticity. A mixed-method inquiry into the stylistic use of African American English in live performed blues music (2022 - 2026)

Publications

Most recent publications

De Timmerman, Romeo, et al. “The Globalization of Local Indexicalities through Music : African-American English and the Blues.” JOURNAL OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS, vol. 28, no. 1, 2024, pp. 3–25, doi:10.1111/josl.12616.
Bafort, Anne-Sophie, et al. “COVID-19 Telephone Contact Tracing in Flanders as a ‘contested’ New Genre of Conversation : Discrepancies between Interactional Practice and Media Image.” FRONTIERS IN COMMUNICATION, vol. 7, 2023, doi:10.3389/fcomm.2022.965226.
Slembrouck, Stef, et al. “Transformative Practice and Its Interactional Challenges in Covid-19 Telephone Contact Tracing in Flanders.” FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 14, 2023, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1203897.
De Timmerman, Romeo, et al. “Formulations of Risk and Responsibility in COVID-19 Contact Tracing Telephone Interactions in Flanders, Belgium.” Risk Discourse and Responsibility, edited by Annelie Ädel and Jan-Ola Östman, vol. 336, John Benjamins, 2023, pp. 118–41, doi:10.1075/pbns.336.05det.
Replication Data for: African American English as a Lyrical Strategy in the Blues (2022) Romeo De Timmerman (UGent), Ludovic De Cuypere (UGent), Stef Slembrouck (UGent)

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