Wim van der Wurff

List of John Benjamins publications for which Wim van der Wurff plays a role.

Yearbook

Titles

The Noun Phrase in English: Past and present

Edited by Alex Ho-Cheong Leung and Wim van der Wurff

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 246] 2018. v, 229 pp.
Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Modality and its Interaction with the Verbal System

Edited by Sjef Barbiers, Frits Beukema and Wim van der Wurff

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 47] 2002. x, 290 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics

Reported Speech: Forms and functions of the verb

Edited by Theo Janssen and Wim van der Wurff

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 43] 1996. x, 312 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics

Articles

Ho-Cheong Leung, Alex and Wim van der Wurff 2018 Chapter 1. Introduction to the noun phrase in English: New clues to the past and the presentThe Noun Phrase in English: Past and present, Ho-Cheong Leung, Alex and Wim van der Wurff (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Chapter
Ho-Cheong Leung, Alex and Wim van der Wurff 2018 Chapter 6. Anaphoric reference in Early Modern English: The case of said and sameThe Noun Phrase in English: Past and present, Ho-Cheong Leung, Alex and Wim van der Wurff (eds.), pp. 143–186 | Chapter
Work on the anaphoric NPs the said + N and the same has shown that both were frequent in sixteenth-century English but declined afterwards. We address the question why this happened. After reviewing earlier work on the two constructions, we present data showing that their properties and development… read more
Postma, Gertjan and Wim van der Wurff 2007 How to say no and don’t: Negative imperatives in Romance and GermanicImperative Clauses in Generative Grammar: Studies in honour of Frits Beukema, Wurff, Wim van der (ed.), pp. 205–249 | Article
After reviewing some earlier analyses of negative imperatives, we argue that there is a correlation between the (non-)availability of negative imperatives in a language and the merger of the anaphoric negator ( no ) and sentence negator ( not ). This shows up not only as lexical identity of these… read more
Beukema, Frits and Wim van der Wurff 2002 Modals, objects and negation in late Middle EnglishModality and its Interaction with the Verbal System, Barbiers, Sjef, Frits Beukema and Wim van der Wurff (eds.), pp. 75–102 | Article
Güldemann, Tom, Manfred von Roncador and Wim van der Wurff 2002 16. A comprehensive bibliography of reported discourseReported Discourse: A meeting ground for different linguistic domains, Güldemann, Tom and Manfred von Roncador (eds.), pp. 363–415 | Chapter
Wurff, Wim van der 2002 6. Direct, indirect and other discourse in Bengali newspapersReported Discourse: A meeting ground for different linguistic domains, Güldemann, Tom and Manfred von Roncador (eds.), pp. 121–139 | Chapter
Koopman, Willem F. and Wim van der Wurff 2000 Two Word Order Patterns in the History of English: Stability, Variation, and ChangeStability, Variation and Change of Word-Order Patterns over Time, Sornicola, Rosanna, Erich Poppe and Ariel Shisha-Halevy (eds.), pp. 259 ff. | Chapter
Wurff, Wim van der 1999 Speech Reporting in Retold Narratives in BengaliLinguistics in the Netherlands 1999, Bezooijen, Renée van and René Kager (eds.), pp. 189–201 | Article
Janssen, Theo and Wim van der Wurff 1996 Introductory remarks on reported speech and thoughtReported Speech: Forms and functions of the verb, Janssen, Theo and Wim van der Wurff (eds.), pp. 1 ff. | Article
Wurff, Wim van der 1996 Review of McMahon (1994): Understanding language changeStudies in Language 20:3, pp. 680–686 | Review
Wurff, Wim van der 1996 Sequence of tenses in English and BengaliReported Speech: Forms and functions of the verb, Janssen, Theo and Wim van der Wurff (eds.), pp. 261 ff. | Article
Wurff, Wim van der 1992 Syntactic Variability, Borrowing, and InnovationDiachronica 9:1, pp. 61–85 | Article
SUMMARY This paper aims to show how structural and social factors can interact to bring about syntactic change. The interaction is exemplified by the case of an innovation in the easy construction which is first found in late Middle English texts. The reason for this innovation was a reanalysis of… read more
Wurff, Wim van der 1990 The easy-to-please construction in Old and middle EnglishPapers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Adamson, Sylvia M., Vivien A. Law, Nigel Vincent and Susan Wright (eds.), pp. 519 ff. | Article