Jürgen Bohnemeyer
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jürgen Bohnemeyer plays a role.
2017 The macro-event property and the layered structure of the clause Studies in Language 41:1, pp. 142–197 | Article
We ask whether there is a “macro-event phrase,” a uniform level of syntax at which complex scenarios may be described as single events under the Macro-Event Property (MEP). The MEP is a form-meaning mapping property that constrains the compatibility of event descriptions with time-positional… read more
2012 Yucatec demonstratives in interaction: Spontaneous vs. elicited data Practical Theories and Empirical Practice: A linguistic perspective, Schalley, Andrea C. (ed.), pp. 99–128 | Article
This chapter compares Hanks’ (1990, 2005) ‘practice’ approach to the demonstratives of Yucatec Maya based on the recording of spontaneously occurring interactions to the results obtained by the author with the elicitation questionnaire developed by Wilkins (1999). The study of the meaning and use… read more
2012 10. Vectors and frames of reference: Evidence from Seri and Yucatec Space and Time in Languages and Cultures: Language, culture, and cognition, Filipović, Luna and Katarzyna M. Jaszczolt (eds.), pp. 217–249 | Article
Most linguistic and cognitive representations of space depend on frames of reference (FoRs). We show that FoRs play an equally important role in representations of the orientation of entities and representations of their location and direction of motion. We propose that orientation is conceptually… read more
2000 Event order in language and cognition Linguistics in the Netherlands 2000, Hoop, Helen de and Ton van der Wouden (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Article