Publications

This page houses my list of publications and is always up to date. Published work and submitted manuscripts will be added on a rolling basis. The interested reader is also referred to my osf account for the most up-to-date data and projects. As soon as pre- and/or postprints are available, they will be linked to this page and uploaded to my ResearchGate account.

In Preparation / Under Contract

• Fischlhammer, L., & Wirtz, M. A. (in prep.). Real-time change in writing patterns and the effects of writing device on linguistic (in-)stability.

• Schleef, E., & Wirtz, M. A. (under contract). Sociolinguistics for L2 learning. In J. Clenton, & D. Coulson (eds.), An Introduction to Applied Linguistics (4th ed.). Routledge.

Under Review / Invited Resubmission

• Wirtz, M. A., & Schleef, E. (under review). Investigating variation and change using experimental approaches. In Y. Asahi, A. D’Arcy, & P. Kerswill (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Variationist Sociolinguistics. Routledge.

• Wirtz, M. A. (under review). Reconciling inter- and intra-individual variation in L2 sociopragmatic development: Intensifier variation in spoken German. Languages (special issue, edited by Alexandra N. Lenz).

• Wirtz, M. A. (revisions under review). The love factor in variationist SLA: Effects of multilingual coupledom on sociolinguistic development in second language German. Studies in Second Language Acquisition.

• Wirtz, M. A., Pfenninger, S. E., Rossmanith, A., & Zbinden, L. (under review). Continuity vs. cut-off points in SLA across the lifespan: From significant life events to biologically regulated thresholds. In C. Wright, T. Piske, A. Steinlein, P. Peltonen (eds.), Context Matters. Multilingual Matters.

• Wirtz, M. A. (under review). Datenvisualisierung als mehrsprachiges Vermittlungsinstrument. In F. Gmainer-Pranzl & A. Ender (Eds.), Mehrsprachigkeit als Prinzip wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens.

2025 / Accepted

• Wirtz, M. A., Kaiser, I., & Ender, A. (accepted). Perceived varietal contact and use in the lives of adult migrant L2 learners in Austria: A look at the dialect-standard-continuum. In L. Rosseel, & E. Zenner (eds.), Acquiring Language variation: The interaction between world and mind.

• Wirtz, M. A., Elspaß, S., Pickl, S., & Niehaus, K. (accepted). Regional and social influences on pragmatic variation. Journal of Language Variation and Sociolinguistics (special issue, edited by Philip C. Vergeiner).

• Wirtz, M. A. (accepted). Language attitudes across adolescence and adulthood: Evaluative judgement trajectories and significant life events as critical inflection points. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik. (Open data)

• Wirtz, M. A. (in press). Dynamics of L2 sociolinguistic development in adulthood. Multilingual Matters. (Open data)

• Wirtz, M. A., Pickl, S., Niehaus, K., Elspaß, S., & Möller, R. (accepted). Reconciling the social and spatial: An apparent-time analysis of variation intensity in colloquial German. Journal of Linguistic Geography.

• Ender, A., & Wirtz, M. A. (accepted). In(ter)dependent dialect and standard L2 systems? On the development of receptive varietal proficiency. In L. Rosseel, & E. Zenner (eds.), Acquiring Language variation: The interaction between world and mind. (Open data)

• Wirtz, M. A. (accepted). Individual differences in perceived linguistic change following life-course transitions in the personal domain. Journal of Germanic Linguistics. (Open data)

• Wirtz, M. A., & Vergeiner, P. C. (in press). Typen des individuellen Sprachwandels nach wesentlichen Lebensereignissen. Zeitschrift für germanistische Linguistik.

• Wirtz, M. A., & Pfenninger, S. E. (in press). Theoretical, methodological, and computational perspectives on immersive virtual reality in variationist SLA: Insights from user experience. In M. Solon, M. Kanwit & A. Gudmestad (Eds.), Research at the intersection of second language acquisition and sociolinguistics: Studies in honor of Kimberly L. Geeslin. (Open data)

• Wirtz, M. A., Pickl, S., Niehaus, K., Elspaß, S., & Möller, R. (2025). Gebrauchsstandard in der deutschen Alltagssprache: Eine integrative Modellierung räumlicher und sozialer Variation. Zeitschrift für germanistische Linguistik, 53(1), 97–125. DOI

• Wirtz, M. A., & Ender, A. (2025). Functional Prestige in Sociolinguistic Evaluative Judgements Among Adult Second Language Speakers in Austria: Evidence from Perception. Languages (special issue, edited by Vera Regan and Kristen Kennedy Terry). DOI

• Wirtz, M. A., & Vergeiner, P. C. (2025). Lebensereignisse im Bildungsbereich als Erklärung für individuellen Sprachwandel. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik, Advanced Online Publication, 1-35. DOI (Open data)

• Wirtz, M. A., & Pickl, S. (2025). Major life events as drivers for perceived linguistic change across adulthood. Language Variation and Change, Advanced Online Publication, 1-24. DOI (Open data)

• Pfenninger, S. E., & Wirtz, M. A. (2025). Age and additional language acquisition. International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Advanced Online Publication, 1-5. DOI

• Wirtz, M. A., Pickl, S., & Pfenninger, S. E. (2025). Individual differences in event experiences and psychosocial factors as drivers for perceived linguistic change following occupational major life events. Open Linguistics, 11(1), 1-24. DOI (Open data)

• Wirtz, M. A., Pickl, S., Niehaus, K., Elspaß, S., & Möller, R. (2025). Spatial, occupational, and age-related effects on reported variation in colloquial German. Language Variation and Change, Advanced Online Publication, 1-25. DOI

2024

• Wirtz, M. A. (2024). On the relationship between complexity of primary occupation and L2 varietal behavior in adult migrants in Austria. Linguistics Vanguard, 1-15. DOI

• Wirtz, M. A., Pfenninger, S. E., Kaiser, I., & Ender, A. (2024). Sociolinguistic competence and varietal repertoires in a second language: A study on addressee-dependent varietal behavior using virtual reality. The Modern Language Journal, 108(1), 385–411. DOI (Open data)

• Wirtz, M. A., & Fischlhammer, L. (2024). Erwerbstrajektorien von Varietätenkompetenz in der Zweitsprache: Eine temporal-relationale Perspektive auf das Aneignungsverhältnis standardsprachlicher und bairisch-dialektaler Merkmale. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik, 80(1), 181–209. DOI (Open data)

• Wirtz, M. A., & Pfenninger, S. E. (2024). Signature Dynamics of Development in L2 Sociolinguistic Competence: Evidence from an Intensive Micro-Longitudinal Study. Language Learning, 74(3), 707-743. DOI (Open data)

• Pfenninger, S. E., & Wirtz, M. A. (2024). Reconciling the divides: A dynamic integrative analysis of variability and commonality in (pre)primary school English development in Switzerland. Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 46(1), 145-173. DOI (Open data)

• Wirtz, M. A., & Pfenninger, S. E. (2024). Capturing Thresholds and Continuities: Individual Differences as Predictors of L2 Sociolinguistic Repertoires in Adult Migrant Learners in Austria. Applied Linguistics, 45(2), 249–271. DOI (Open data)

2023

• Ender, A., Kasberger, G., & Wirtz, M. A. (2023). Standard- und Dialektbewertungen auf den Grund gehen: Individuelle Unterschiede und subjektive Theorien hinsichtlich Dialekt- und Standardaffinität bei Personen mit Deutsch als Zweitsprache im bairischsprachigen Österreich. Zeitschrift für Deutsch im Kontext von Mehrsprachigkeit, 1(2), 8-25. DOI

• Wirtz, M. A. (2023). Inter- and Intra-Individual Variation in Adult L2 Sociolinguistic Repertoires. Dynamics of Linguistic, Socioaffective and Cognitive Factors. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Salzburg (Salzburg, Austria)

• Wirtz, M. A., & Pfenninger, S. E. (2023). Variability and Individual Differences in L2 Sociolinguistic Evaluations: The GROUP, the INDIVIDUAL and the HOMOGENEOUS ENSEMBLE. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 45(5), 1186–1209. DOI (Open data)

2022

• Wirtz, M. A. (2022). Discourse completion tasks meet virtual reality: A pilot study on virtual reality as an elicitation instrument. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 1(3), 1–12. DOI (Open data)

2021

• Wirtz, M. A. (2021). Understanding Austria from Afar: Treating Regional Variation in the Virtual German as a Foreign Language Classroom. A Case Study in Light of COVID-19. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 33(3), 59-69. DOI

2020

• Wirtz, M. A. (2020). Strategieneinsatz zum Erwerb rezeptiver Varietätenkompetenzen im mittelbairischen Dialektgebiet. OhioLink: Online repository for Masters’ and PhD theses. Master’s Thesis, Bowling Green State University (Ohio, USA).