Synopses & Reviews
Syntax of Dutch presents a synthesis of formal linguistic research of the Dutch language from over forty years of scholarship. It is primarily concerned with language description, and provides support to all researchers interested in matters relating to the syntax of Dutch. These volumes provide a dense yet highly organized description of the internal structure of the noun phrase as well as its external distribution within the clause. These works are written with a directness and lucidity that makes it accessible to linguists of all kinds, including advanced students. This work, which will be published in seven volumes total in the period 2012–2016, is an essential addition to the library of any linguist working with Dutch.
Review
"Booij here makes accessible to the general linguist the work that he and his colleagues have been doing on Dutch morphology for twenty-five years. This book is a gold mine, both for those who know the subject andfor those who are new to it. As an up-to-date overview of the morphology of a single major language, it is unsurpassed."--Mark Aronoff, SUNY Stony Brook
Review
"The Morphology of Dutch is an excellent blend of descriptive detail and theoretical insight. Booij provides a clear and readable overview of the facts whilst at the same time succinctly pinpointing phenomena which are of particular theoretical importance. This book will be of immense value to all
those interested either in Dutch linguistics or in theoretical morphology."--Andrew Spencer, Professor of Linguistics, University of Essex
"Geert Booij here makes accessible to the general linguist the work that he and his colleagues have been doing on Dutch morphology for twenty-five years. This book is a gold mine, both for those who know the subject andfor those who are new to it. As an up-to-date overview of the morphology of a
single major language, it is unsurpassed."--Mark Aronoff, Professor of Linguistics, Stony Brook
Synopsis
This book supplies the need for an authoritative account of the morphology of Dutch in English and at the same time will make an important contribution to current theoretical discussions of word formation; the interactions between morphology, syntax, semantics, and phonology; and morphological change. The author is the leading scholar in the field.
About the Author
Geert Booij is Professor of General Linguistics at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts. He was previously Associate Professor in Dutch Linguistics at the University of Amsterdam. He has been a member of the National Research Council for Humanities since 1997, and is the founder and editor of the
Yearbook of Morphology (Kluwer).
Table of Contents
Volume 1Abbreviations and symbols
Preface and acknowledgments
1. General introduction
2. Main objective
3. Intended readership
4. Object of description
5. Organization of the material
6. History of the project and future prospects
7. Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Nouns: characterization and classification
Chapter 2. Projection of noun phrases I: complementation
Chapter 3. Projection of noun phrases II: modification
Volume 2
Chapter 4. Projection of noun phrases III: binominal constructions
Chapter 5. Determiners: articles and pronouns
Chapter 6. Numerals and quantifiers
Chapter 7. Pre-determiners
Chapter 8. Syntactic uses of noun phrases
Glossary
Subject index
References