This final volume of Syntax of Dutch discusses the coordinators, coordinate structure in Dutch as well as the contraction and ellipsis phenomena found in such structures.
This final volume of Syntax of Dutch discusses the coordinators, coordinate structure in Dutch as well as the contraction and ellipsis phenomena found in such structures.
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.
Inhaltsangabe
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
