Weak Referentiality
Edited by Ana Aguilar-Guevara, Bert Le Bruyn and Joost Zwarts
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 219] 2014. xii, 390 pp.
Joost Zwarts
List of John Benjamins publications for which Joost Zwarts plays a role.
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Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
2021 ‘Between’ constructions in Biblical Hebrew Linguistics in the Netherlands 2021, Dingemanse, Mark, Eva van Lier and Jorrig Vogels (eds.), pp. 163–178 | Article
Unlike its English counterpart between, the Biblical Hebrew (BH) preposition bên does not allow a conjoined object (between A and B), but it uses additional prepositions in two typologically unusual patterns: bên A wə-bên B ‘between A and-between B’ and bên A lə-B ‘between A to-B’. This article… read more
2014 Advances in weak referentiality Weak Referentiality, Aguilar-Guevara, Ana, Bert Le Bruyn and Joost Zwarts (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Article
2014 Functional frames in the interpretation of weak nominals Weak Referentiality, Aguilar-Guevara, Ana, Bert Le Bruyn and Joost Zwarts (eds.), pp. 265–286 | Article
This paper argues that so-called
weak nominals
, like the definite object in
listen to the radio
and the bare nominal in
watch television
, should be analyzed against the background of
functional frames
, representations of stereotypical use of certain common objects. In… read more
2010 On the Dutch directional particle heen Linguistics in the Netherlands 2010, Kampen, Jacqueline van and Rick Nouwen (eds.), pp. 31–43 | Article
2009 Modal geometry: Remarks on the structure of a modal map Cross-linguistic Semantics of Tense, Aspect, and Modality, Hogeweg, Lotte, Helen de Hoop and Andrej L. Malchukov (eds.), pp. 245–270 | Article
This paper takes a closer look at the ‘geometric’ structure of the semantic map of modality (Van der Auwera & Plungian 1998). By analyzing the different modalities into more basic modal features, we can get a better view on how the map is organized along different dimensions around a neutral middle… read more
2008 Introduction: Syntax and semantics of spatial P Syntax and Semantics of Spatial P, Asbury, Anna, Jakub Dotlačil, Berit Gehrke and Rick Nouwen (eds.), pp. 1–32 | Article
2008 Priorities in the production of prepositions Syntax and Semantics of Spatial P, Asbury, Anna, Jakub Dotlačil, Berit Gehrke and Rick Nouwen (eds.), pp. 85–102 | Article
2008 3. Aspects of a typology of direction Theoretical and Crosslinguistic Approaches to the Semantics of Aspect, Rothstein, Susan (ed.), pp. 79–105 | Article
2000 External Arguments Lexical Specification and Insertion, Coopmans, Peter, Martin B.H. Everaert and Jane Grimshaw (eds.), pp. 429–458 | Article
1995 Lexical and Functional Direction in Dutch Linguistics in the Netherlands 1995, Dikken, Marcel den and Kees Hengeveld (eds.), pp. 227–238 | Article