Afrikaans provides an ideal case for studying the latter two linguistic developments
associated with modernization: vernacular elevation and standardization. For one thing …

This book explores the hypothesis that subordinators are modal markers. More specifically, it
argues that general subordinators (or complementizers), such as the Germanic that, if, and …

Features, Categories, and the Syntax of A-Positions investigates various aspects of the
distribution of nominal arguments, and in particular the cross-linguistic variation that can be …

Entsprechend der Klassifikation für den Gesamtbereich der Pronomina in Zifonun (2001,. S.
14f.) fassen wir alle Pronomina, die „nicht auf bestimmte, ein deutig identifizierbare …

This book is about noun incorporation in Frisian. What is noun incorporation? Here is a
selection from the literature of what could be called" definitions":" The combination into one …

▪ ABSTRACT In this paper, I will investigate the syntax of pronominal adverbs in German.
One construction to be discussed is commonly called preposition stranding, this construction …

From the 16th century onward, the 2nd person singular pronoun du 'you'has been replaced
by new pronouns gij/jij/jii in many Dutch dialects. The standard explanation attributes the …

The province of Friesland (Fri. Fryslân) is one of the twelve provinces of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands. The total population is 618,000 (1998) which is equal to 184 inhabitants per …

This chapter deals with an indigenous minority language which is spoken in the
Netherlands. It focuses on the sociological climate of Frisian and pays attention to group …

Pronominal constructions such as something big, often referred to as the 'indefinite pronoun
construction', have received different but often homogenous accounts in the literature. In this …