After receiving enthusiastic support during the 1960s and 1970s, the program of 'Contrastive
linguistics' led a somewhat modest, if not marginal, existence during the two subsequent …

This article analyses the variation in degrees of grammaticalisation across languages. It
proposes the hypothesis that an essential property of grammaticalisation also applies within …

The paper looks back at Hawkins (1986), A comparative typology of English and German,
and shows, on the basis of raising and human impersonal pronouns in English, Dutch and …

This article takes a quantitative approach to the long-term dynamics of the preterite inflection
in West Germanic, with a special focus on Dutch. In a first step, we replicate two often-cited …

This paper inquires into the external possessor in West Germanic and Romance. Against
other accounts in the literature, it argues that the distribution of the dative external possessor …

We investigate the cross-linguistic influence and the (longitudinal) impact of Content and
Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) on the acquisition of intensifying constructions, using …

Human impersonal pronoun uses in English, Dutch and German Page 1 - 1 - Human
impersonal pronoun uses in English, Dutch and German * Johan van der Auwera University of …

The present study examines the fate of the neoclassical combining form pseudo-in eight
European languages, belonging to Germanic (Danish, Dutch, English, German and …

This study compares eleven verbs of letting in six Germanic and five Romance languages.
The aim of this paper is to pinpoint the differences and similarities in the semasiological …

This paper deals with compounding in Dutch and German. After giving an overview of the
forms and subclasses of compounds in present-day Dutch and German, we discuss A+ N …