
Syntax of Dutch
Coordination and Ellipsis
Amsterdam University Press
Published on 10. January 2019
Book
Hardback
394 pages
978-94-6372-050-2 (ISBN)
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Description
The multi-volume work Syntax of Dutch presents a synthesis of current thinking on Dutch syntax. The text of the seven already available volumes was written between 1995 and 2015 and issued in print between 2012 and 2016. The various volumes are primarily concerned with the description of the Dutch language and, only where this is relevant, with linguistic theory. They will be an indispensable resource for researchers and advanced students of languages and linguistics interested in the Dutch language. This volume is the final one of the series and addresses issues relating to coordination. It contains three chapters. Chapter 1 discusses the syntactic and semantic properties of coordinate structures and their constituting elements, that is, the coordinators and the coordinands they link. Chapter 2 discusses the types of ellipsis known as conjunction reduction and gapping found in coordinate structures. Chapter 3 discusses elements seemingly exhibiting coordination-like properties, such as dan 'than' in comparative constructions like Jan is groter dan zij 'Jan is taller than she'.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Illustrations
0 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
857 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-6372-050-2 (9789463720502)
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Persons
Hans Broekhuis is a researcher on the Variationist Linguistics Language Portal at the Meertens Instituut, part of the Dutch academy of sciences (KNAW). He has published with colleagues many volumes in the Syntax of Dutch series, and has co-edited Broekhuis, H. & R. Vogel. (2013) Linguistic Derivations and Filtering. Minimalism and Optimality Theory (Equinox, 2013), and a monograph entitled Derivations and evaluations. Object shift in the Germanic languages (Mouton de Gruyter, 2008).
Norbert Corver is professor of Dutch linguistics at Utrecht University.
Norbert Corver is professor of Dutch linguistics at Utrecht University.
Content
Abbreviations and symbols, Preface and acknowledgments, 1. General introduction 2. Main objective 3. Intended readership 4. Object of description 5. Organization of the material 6. History of the project and future prospects 7. Acknowledgments, Introduction, Chapter 1 Adpositions: characteristics and classification 1.1. Characterization of the category adposition 1.2. A formal classification of adpositional phrases 1.3. A semantic classification of adpositional phrases 1.4. Borderline cases 1.5. Bibliographical notes Chapter 2 Projection of adpositional phrases: Complementation 2.1. Nominal complements 2.2. Adpositional complements 2.3. Adjectival complements 2.4. Clausal complements 2.5. Absolute PPs, 2.6. Bibliographical notes, Chapter 3 Projection of adpositional phrases: Modification 3.1. Spatial adpositional phrases 3.2. Temporal adpositional phrases 3.3. Non-spatial/temporal adpositional phrases 3.4. Comparative/superlative formation 3.5. Some ambiguous constructions 3.6. Bibliographical note