John Coates


Research interests:


  • Phonetics and Phonology
  • Pronunciation and Personality
  • Language Acquisition
  • Legal English
  • Area Studies: the British Class System, Working Class Literature, Cult Books, American Jazz Literature, British travel literature with focus on Eastern Europe
  • George Orwell
  • Syntax of Latin and English poetry



Publications:

1.) Articles/Papers


  • Attidudinal Factors in Intonation in: Kongreßberichte der 7. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik (GAL), Trier, Germany, 1976.
  • Musicality in Pronunciation in: Kongreßberichte der 8. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik (GAL), Mainz, Germany, 1977a.
  • Motivation in Pronunciation in: Kongreßberichte der 8. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik (GAL), Mainz, Germany, 1977b.
  • The Northern Ireland Conflict in: L. Lob, I. Petrovics and G.E. Szönyi (eds.), Forms of Identity, Definitions & Changes, Szeged University Press, Hungary, 1994.
  • The Tone Group in Pronunciation Teaching in : B. Barry (ed.), Phonus 2, Institute of Phonetics, University of the Saarland, Germany, 1995.



2.) Numerous Review Articles 1987 – present, published in: Fremdsprachen und Hochschule, Bochum, Germany.

3.) Numerous poems (in Latin) 1985 – present, published in: Vox Latina, University of Saarbrücken Press

4.) Books


  • Pronunciation and Personality, AKS-Verlag, Bochum, Germany, 1986.
  • Beszéljünk Angolul (Let`s Speak English), Universum Press, Szeged, Hungary, 1990.
  • Beszéljünk Németül (Let’s Speak German), Universum Press, Szeged, Hungary, 1991.
  • Connected English Speech, Szeged University Press, Hungary, 1992.
  • Beszéltjünk Németül, completely revised edition, Mozaik Press, Szeged, Hungary, 1999.
  • Connected English Speech, completely revised edition, Szeged University Press, Hungary, 2016.
  • Pleasures on the Periphery, Cuvillier, Göttingen, 2022.
  • Carmina et Epigrammata Aureae Aetatis, Cuvillier, Göttingen, 2022.