C. Jan-Wouter Zwart

List of John Benjamins publications for which C. Jan-Wouter Zwart plays a role.

Book series

Titles

Structure Preserved: Studies in syntax for Jan Koster

Edited by C. Jan-Wouter Zwart and Mark de Vries

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 164] 2010. xxiii, 395 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Issues in Formal German(ic) Typology

Edited by Werner Abraham and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 45] 2002. xviii, 336 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Subjects Comparative linguistics | Generative linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

Reflections on Language and Language Learning: In honour of Arthur van Essen

Edited by Marcel Bax and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart

[Not in series, 109] 2001. xxxiv, 366 pp.
Subjects Language acquisition | Language teaching

Minimal Ideas: Syntactic studies in the minimalist framework

Edited by Werner Abraham, Samuel David Epstein, Höskuldur Thráinsson and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 12] 1996. xii, 364 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax

Articles

Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter. 2012. Easy to (re)analyse: Tough-constructions in minimalism. Linguistics in the Netherlands 2012, Elenbaas, Marion and Suzanne Aalberse (eds.), pp. 147–158
Within minimalism, we may assume derivations to involve subderivations, connected by the interface components dealing with sound and meaning (layered derivations). If so, complex adjectival constructions involving predicates like tough/easy (as in John is easy to please) receive a natural account… read more | Article
Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter. 2010. Something else on variables in syntax. Structure Preserved: Studies in syntax for Jan Koster, Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter and Mark de Vries (eds.), pp. 375–384
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Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter. 2009. Uncharted territory? Towards a non-cartographic account of Germanic syntax. Advances in Comparative Germanic Syntax, Alexiadou, Artemis, Jorge Hankamer, Thomas McFadden, Justin Nuger and Florian Schäfer (eds.), pp. 59–84
This article discusses the consequences of a strictly derivational approach—where syntactic relations are construed dynamically as the derivation proceeds—to the analysis of key areas of Germanic syntax. It discusses the nature of syntactic positions from a non-cartographic point of view. Evidence… read more | Article
Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter. 2006. Local agreement. Agreement Systems, Boeckx, Cedric (ed.), pp. 317–339
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Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter. 2005. Verb second as a function of Merge. The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories, Dikken, Marcel den and Christina Tortora (eds.), pp. 11–40
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Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter. 2005. Some notes on coordination in head-final languages. Linguistics in the Netherlands 2005, Doetjes, Jenny and Jeroen van de Weijer (eds.), pp. 231–242
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Koster, Jan and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart. 2000. Transitive expletive constructions and the object shift parameter. Linguistics in the Netherlands 2000, Hoop, Helen de and Ton van der Wouden (eds.), pp. 159–170
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Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter. 2000. A Head Raising Analysis of Relative Clauses in Dutch. The Syntax of Relative Clauses, Alexiadou, Artemis, Paul Law, André Meinunger and Chris Wilder (eds.), pp. 349 ff.
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Wyngaerd, Guido Vanden and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart. 1999. Antecedent-Contained Deletion as Deletion. Linguistics in the Netherlands 1999, Bezooijen, Renée van and René Kager (eds.), pp. 203–216
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Epstein, Samuel David, Höskuldur Thráinsson and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart. 1996. Introduction. Minimal Ideas: Syntactic studies in the minimalist framework, Abraham, Werner, Samuel David Epstein, Höskuldur Thráinsson and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.), pp. 1–66
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Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter. 1996. “Shortest Move” versus “Fewest Steps”. Minimal Ideas: Syntactic studies in the minimalist framework, Abraham, Werner, Samuel David Epstein, Höskuldur Thráinsson and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.), pp. 305–327
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Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter. 1996. Verb clusters in continental West Germanic dialects. Microparametric Syntax and Dialect Variation, Black, James R. and Virginia Motapanyane (eds.), pp. 229 ff.
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Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter. 1995. A note on verb clusters in the Stellingwerf dialect. Linguistics in the Netherlands 1995, Dikken, Marcel den and Kees Hengeveld (eds.), pp. 215–226
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Wyngaerd, Guido Vanden and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart. 1991. Reconstruction and Vehicle Change. Linguistics in the Netherlands 1991, Drijkoningen, Frank and Ans M.C. van Kemenade (eds.), pp. 151–160
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