Tinne Van Rompaey
Biographic Data
| ID | 6701351 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tinne Van Rompaey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tinne |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Rompaey |
| SIGNATURE | VAN ROMPAEY T |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The VocabLab tests
This study describes the development of an English and French multiple choice vocabulary test – the VocabLab tests – that measure learners’ knowledge at four frequency levels up to the most frequent 5,000 words: the 2,000-level, 3,000-level, 4,000-level, and the 5,000-level. The two tests aimed to address some of the limitations of tests currently in use. First, they are sampled from recent frequency lists. Second, they are geared towards Dutch-s…
Discourse conditions in language change
Lexicalization and grammaticalization
In this article we show that verbo-nominal expressions be on the/one’s way/road emerged as lexical composite predicates in Old English. These templates came to be elaborated by directional adjuncts, adjuncts describing states or events, and purpose clauses. In Late Modern English, the structure with a to -infinitive was functionally reinterpreted as a secondary auxiliary + lexical head, whose core sense is imminential aspect. On the basis of this…
On ways of being on the way
This article presents a case study of a set of constructions containing the related way-nouns road , way , track and route , exemplified by (i) the farm road to the house , (ii) A senior Soviet official is on his way to the Iraqi capital , (iii) spies Burgess and Maclean escaped from Britain en route to Moscow , (iv) Queensland is on track to become the top bowling state in Australia. These distinct constructions are a case of layering (Hopper 19…
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On ways of being on the way
This article presents a case study of a set of constructions containing the related way-nouns road , way , track and route , exemplified by (i) the farm road to the house , (ii) A senior Soviet official is on his way to the Iraqi capital , (iii) spies Burgess and Maclean escaped from Britain en route to Moscow , (iv) Queensland is on track to become the top bowling state in Australia. These distinct constructions are a case of layering (Hopper 19…
Lexicalization and grammaticalization
In this article we show that verbo-nominal expressions be on the/one’s way/road emerged as lexical composite predicates in Old English. These templates came to be elaborated by directional adjuncts, adjuncts describing states or events, and purpose clauses. In Late Modern English, the structure with a to -infinitive was functionally reinterpreted as a secondary auxiliary + lexical head, whose core sense is imminential aspect. On the basis of this…
Discourse conditions in language change
The VocabLab tests
This study describes the development of an English and French multiple choice vocabulary test – the VocabLab tests – that measure learners’ knowledge at four frequency levels up to the most frequent 5,000 words: the 2,000-level, 3,000-level, 4,000-level, and the 5,000-level. The two tests aimed to address some of the limitations of tests currently in use. First, they are sampled from recent frequency lists. Second, they are geared towards Dutch-s…
Linguistics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Grammaticalization (2 works) · Lexicography and Language Studies (2 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (1 work)