Sebastian Nordhoff
List of John Benjamins publications for which Sebastian Nordhoff plays a role.
Articles
2013 The current state of Sri Lanka Portuguese Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 28:2, pp. 425–434 | Article
2012 Multi-verb constructions in Sri Lanka Malay Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 27:2, pp. 303–343 | Article
This paper investigates serial verbs and related constructions in Sri Lanka Malay and shows that at least four types have to be distinguished (Motion Verb Serialization, Vector Verb Serialization, Compound Verbs, Clause Chains). The constructions found are quite different from those found in… read more
2009 Complexity and the age of languages Complex Processes in New Languages, Aboh, Enoch O. and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 345–363 | Article
This paper addresses the issue of complexity in language creation and the time it takes for ‘complex’ structures to emerge in the history of a language. The presence of morphological material is often equated to a certain degree of complexity or is taken to signify a certain time-depth in the… read more