Adverbs in Strange Places. On the Syntax of Adverbs in Dutch

Sjef Barbiers - Leiden University & Dutch Language Institute 

The unmarked position of adverbs in Dutch is in the middle field, i.e., in designated positions between the clause initial verb second position and the clause final verb position. This paper discusses four syntactic patterns…

On the Category and Morphosyntax of Numerals

Sjef Barbiers (Leiden University & Dutch Language Institute)

Irina Morozova (Leiden University)

The cross-linguistic and intralinguistic categorial status of numerals is a long-standing problem for syntactic theory (cf., Corbett 1978, Hurford 1987). The goal of this paper is to investigate the…

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How should we teach Africa in literature programmes today?

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