Linguistics in the Netherlands 2011
Edited by Rick Nouwen and Marion Elenbaas
[Linguistics in the Netherlands, 28] 2011. ix, 137 pp.
Rick Nouwen
List of John Benjamins publications for which Rick Nouwen plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Theoretical linguistics
Linguistics in the Netherlands 2010
Edited by Jacqueline van Kampen and Rick Nouwen
[Linguistics in the Netherlands, 27] 2010. v, 140 pp.
Subjects Theoretical linguistics
Syntax and Semantics of Spatial P
Edited by Anna Asbury, Jakub Dotlačil, Berit Gehrke and Rick Nouwen
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 120] 2008. vi, 416 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2020 Degree modification across categories in Afrikaans Variation in phonology, Szigetvári, Péter (ed.), pp. 102–135 | Article
The paper presents an analysis of the Afrikaans degree modifier baie ‘very/much/many’. Baie appears to be a single lexical item with a wide distribution in terms of the categories of gradable predicate with which it can combine. However, the paper shows that two syntactically distinct instances… read more
2015 Two types of wh-exclamatives Linguistic Variation 15:2, pp. 201–224 | Article
We study a particular aspect of the semantics of matrix wh-exclamatives. In particular, we focus on the relation between fairly straightforward morpho-syntactic properties of such structures and the kind of scalar meanings they express. We identify two types of wh-exclamatives: two distinct types… read more
2010 What’s in a quantifier? The Linguistics Enterprise: From knowledge of language to knowledge in linguistics, Everaert, Martin B.H., Tom Lentz, Hannah N.M. De Mulder, Øystein Nilsen and Arjen Zondervan (eds.), pp. 235–256 | Article
In this article, I discuss several inquiries into the meaning of expressions of quantity. It is to some extent received wisdom that quantifiers are not expressions that stand proxy for amounts, quantities, frequencies, etc. In cognitive psychology, a common observation is that quantifiers express… read more
2006 Remarks on the polar orientation of almost Linguistics in the Netherlands 2006, Weijer, Jeroen van de and Bettelou Los (eds.), pp. 162–173 | Article