16.1407, Books: Hist Ling/Lang Acq/Syntax, Dutch: Evers-Vermeul

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Date: 02-May-2005
From: K. van den Heuvel < lot at let.uu.nl >
Subject: The Development of Dutch Connectives: Evers-Vermeul

	
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Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 10:55:02
From: K. van den Heuvel < lot at let.uu.nl >
Subject: The Development of Dutch Connectives: Evers-Vermeul




Title: The Development of Dutch Connectives
Subtitle: Change and Acquisition as Windows on Form-Function Relations
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series 110

Publication Year: 2005
Publisher: Utrecht Institute of Linguistics / LOT Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistic
	   http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/
	

Book URL: http://www.lotpublications.nl/index3.html


Author: Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul, Utrecht University, UiL OTS

Electronic: ISBN: 9076864772 Pages: 296 Price: U.S. $ free
Paperback: ISBN: 9076864772 Pages: 296 Price: Europe EURO 29.88


Abstract:

The Dutch language displays a variety of connectives, words that instruct
readers and listeners about the nature of the coherence relation between
two clauses. These words (e.g. want, maar, omdat, toen, and daarom) not
only differ in the exact relation they explicate, but also in their
syntactic charactistics. The first aim of this thesis is to unravel the
very subtle ways in which Dutch speakers and writers exploit the syntactic
possibilities of their connectives to support the exact meaning they want
to convey. To this end, the author adopts a developmental approach to the
investigation of form-function relations. This approach is related to the
second aim of this thesis, which is to present and explain empirical data
on both the historical developments of several Dutch connectives, and the
first language acquisition of these words.

The Development of Dutch Connectives is of interest to scholars who work in
the field of language change, and language acquisition, as well as to
linguists studying syntax or text-linguistics.



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Dutch (DUT)


Written In: English  (ENG)
	
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