The Semantics of Generics in Dutch and Related Languages
Albert Oosterhof
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 122] 2008. xviii, 286 pp.
Albert Oosterhof
List of John Benjamins publications for which Albert Oosterhof plays a role.
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Subjects Germanic linguistics | Semantics | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2017 Register variation and distributional patterns in article omission in Dutch headlines Register Variation and Syntactic Theory, Massam, Diane and Tim Stowell (eds.), pp. 205–228 | Article
This paper presents a corpus study of article omission in newspaper headlines. The corpus consists of material from a variety of Dutch and Flemish newspapers. The most important factor influencing the frequency of article omission in headlines is the journalistic genre in which it occurs. The… read more
2016 Fragment answers with infinitives in a Flemish dialect Linguistics in the Netherlands 2016, Audring, Jenny and Sander Lestrade (eds.), pp. 89–105 | Article
This paper is devoted to a construction in a specific Flemish dialect, in which infinitives are used in fragment answers in contexts where this would be unacceptable in other varieties. Questions such as Waar is mijn boek? ‘Where is my book?’ can be answered with constructions such as Op tafel… read more
2005 Dutch Bare Plurals, Faded Partitives and Subject–Object Asymmetry Bare Plurals, Indefinites, and Weak–Strong Distinction, Vogeleer, Svetlana (ed.), pp. 59–91 | Article
In this paper I focus on the semantics and distribution of Dutch bare plurals and faded partitives. It has been claimed in the literature that both types of noun phrases are indefinite, because they can occur in existential sentences. I discuss the semantic differences between faded partitives and… read more