2nd Edition

Syntax of Dutch Volume I Verbs and Verb Phrases 1: Characterization, classification and lexical projection

By Hans Broekhuis, Norbert Corver Copyright 2027
698 Pages 49 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Syntax of Dutch presents a synthesis of current thinking on Dutch syntax. Its principal focus is on describing the Dutch language; technical issues related to linguistic theory are addressed only if new light is shed on the subject. The work is organized around the four lexical categories verbs (volumes 1–3),nouns (volumes 4–5), adjectives (volume 6), and adpositions (volume 7). It includes... Read more

Preface and acknowledgments

Hans Broekhuis and Norbert Corver

PART I

Verbs and verb phrases

Chapter 1

Verbs: characterization and classification

Hans Broekhuis and Norbert Corver

Chapter 2

Projection of verb phrases I: Argument structure

Hans Broekhuis and Riet Vos

Chapter 3

Projection of verb phrases II: Verb-frame alternations

Hans Broekhuis and Riet Vos

Biography

Hans Broekhuis is a researcher at the Meertens institute in Amsterdam

Norbert Corver is professor of Dutch Linguistics at Utrecht University