Gea Dreschler

Gea Dreschler

List of John Benjamins publications for which Gea Dreschler plays a role.

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Dreschler, Gea. 2019. Changes in argument structure: The case of Dutch vernieuwen. Linguistics in the Netherlands 2019, Berns, Janine and Elena Tribushinina (eds.), pp. 115–129
English is often contrasted with German and Dutch when it comes to the semantic roles that the subject can express (Hawkins 1986; Los & Dreschler 2012). Specifically, English seems to have more middles (She photographs well) and allows for unusual inanimate subjects (The cottage sleeps four).… read more | Article
This paper investigates properties of late subjects, i.e. subjects that occur after the VP, in Old English (OE), focusing on passive main clauses. Specifically, I test the hypothesis presented by Biberauer & van Kemenade (2011) that the late subject position in OE is reserved for new subjects.… read more | Chapter
This paper investigates an overlap in function between object fronting and passivization in Old English, based on observations that these constructions in Present-day English and Present-day verb-second languages both perform a function of restoring the unmarked given-before-new order of… read more | Article
Dreschler, Gea. 2010. Topic introduction in the by-phrase: Long passives in Early Modern English. Linguistics in the Netherlands 2010, Kampen, Jacqueline van and Rick Nouwen (eds.), pp. 59–72
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