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The Syntax of Dutch Jan-Wouter Zwart (Professor of Theoretical Linguistics, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands)

The Syntax of Dutch By Jan-Wouter Zwart (Professor of Theoretical Linguistics, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands)

Summary

A complete guide to the phenomena and analyses of the syntax of Dutch. Composed by a leading specialist, the survey describes the data of Dutch syntax and the development of their analysis in full detail. Intended for students, specialists and linguists of all theoretical persuasions.

The Syntax of Dutch Summary

The Syntax of Dutch by Jan-Wouter Zwart (Professor of Theoretical Linguistics, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands)

Dutch is a West-Germanic language closely related to English and German, but its special properties have long aroused interest and debate among students of syntax. This is an informative guide to the syntax of Dutch, offering an extensive survey of both the phenomena of Dutch syntax and their theoretical analyses over the years. In particular the book discusses those aspects of Dutch syntax that have played an important role in the development of syntactic theory in recent decades. Presupposing only a basic knowledge of syntax and complete with an extensive bibliography, this survey will be an important tool for students and linguists of all theoretical persuasions, and for anyone working in Germanic linguistics, linguistic typology and linguistic theory.

About Jan-Wouter Zwart (Professor of Theoretical Linguistics, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands)

Jan-Wouter Zwart is Professor of Theoretical Linguistics at the University of Groningen. He studied Latin and Ancient Greek at the University of Nijmegen and linguistics at Groningen, where he defended his award-winning dissertation 'Dutch Syntax: A Minimalist Approach' in 1993. Professor Zwart was a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991 and a visiting professor at the University of Geneva in 2002. His research and teaching centres around theoretical syntax, including also linguistic typology, historical linguistics, dialectology and Germanic linguistics. He is the author of Morphosyntax of Verb Movement (1996) and the editor of Groninger Arbeiten zur Germanistischen Linguistik.

Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction: 1. Dutch: the language, its history, its dialects; 2. Basic morphosyntax; 3. Perspectives on Dutch syntax; Part II. Description: 4. Clause structure; 5. Nominal and prepositional phrases; 6. Complex sentences; 7. Dependencies; Part III. Theory: 8. The structural realization of lexical semantics; 9. Dutch as an OV/VO language; 10. Verb second; 11. Verb clusters; 12. Nominal and prepositional phrases; 13. Binding and control.

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NPB9780521871280
9780521871280
052187128X
The Syntax of Dutch by Jan-Wouter Zwart (Professor of Theoretical Linguistics, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands)
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Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2011-09-15
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