Renaat Declerck
Biographic Data
| ID | 734532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Renaat Declerck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Renaat |
| FAMILY NAME | Declerck |
| SIGNATURE | DECLERCK R |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Spatial and temporal boundedness in English motion events
'Distancing' vs 'Backshifting'
Some truths and nontruths about even if
The authors describe the various aspects of interpretation of even if conditionals. The following are their main findings: (a) it is (part of) the invariant meaning of even that this focusing adverb evokes a sense of expected incompatibility; (b) in implicative conditionals (= those interpreted as P leads to Q') this sense of expected incompatibility manifests itself as a sense of unexpectedness; (c) even if conditionals that have the sense of un…
A functional typology of English when -clauses
This paper offers a typology of English when-clauses (WCs) on the basis of their semantic, syntactic and functional characteristics. It distinguishes six major classes of dependent WCs: WCs used as indirect questions, relative clauses, free relative clauses in nominal function, adverbial WCs, narrative WCs and atemporal WCs. A further subciassification of these reveals many different categories and uses. All of these are illustrated lavishly, mos…
Tense choice in adverbial when clauses
L'A. analyse la structure temporelle exprimee par when et examine les possibles combinaisons de temps dans les propositions adverbiales avec when et dans les propositions-tete dont elles dependent. Il montre que when est un adverbe relatif libre et non une conjonction, et qu'il etablit un cadre commun incluant un temps d'orientation a partir de la structure temporelle de la phrase-tete et de la proposition adverbiale. Ce cadre commun presente 9 c…
The Double System of Tense Forms Referring to Future Time in English
As is well known, some types of subclause in English differ from independent clauses in that they require a different tense form when the reference is to the future. We say I will be happy if the weather is nice tomorrow, but not*I am happy if the weather is nice tomorrow or *I will be happy if the weather will be nice tomorrow. As is clear from these examples, the two ways of referring to the future are subject to different conditions, and each …
The problem of not...until
L'A. montre que la forme not until est un cas de lexicalisation integree, ou deux elements semantiques differents (la signification du temps et un focus exclusif) sont reunis dans un simple (mais complexe) item lexical
Is there a relative past tense in English
The only/already puzzle
The taxonomy and interpretation of clefts and pseudo-clefts
A Comprehensive Descriptive Grammar of English
Tense in English
First published in 1991, this book looks at tense in English, one of the most controversial areas of grammar. Prior to the book’s original publication, the problems and interest in the subject had led to an impressive number of books and articles. Yet, despite the amount of work produced, nothing approaching a consensus had emerged, merely a series of conflicting theories and analyses. Here, Renaat Declerck provides a framework for a theoretical …
The inferential it is that-construction and its congeners
A taxonomy of copular sentences
The origins of genericity
Studies on Copular Sentences, Clefts and Pseudo-Clefts
Premodified reduced IT-clefts
Studies on Copular Sentences, Clefts and Pseudo-Clefts
A modern course in English syntax
Two notes on the theory of definiteness
The terms definite and indefinite, when used in relation to NPs, can be handled in two different ways. One can treat definiteness as a formal (syntactico-morphological) category and make use of the syntactic features [±definite], as in Chomsky (1965). One can also go into the question of how definite and indefinite NPs are used, i.e. the question of when and why a (formally) definite NP is preferred to an indefinite one, or vice versa. If we take…
The manifold interpretations of generic sentences
From Reichenbach (1947) to Comrie (1985) and beyond
Some restrictions on clefts that highlight predicate nominals
It is well known that a cleft whose focal item functions as predicate nominal in the WH/that -clause is often unacceptable, or at least questionable: (I) (a) *It's a genius that he is. (Leech & Svartvik, 1975: 181) (b) *It's a conductor that John is. (Stockwell et al. 1977:107) (c) *It's the football coach that John is. (Emonds, 1976:140) In this article I will investigate different types of clefts highlighting predicate nominals. I will point ou…
Pure future' will in if-clauses
The pragmatics of it-clefts and WH-clefts
The pragmatics of it-clefts and WH-clefts
Aspect and the bounded/unbounded (telic/atelic) distinction
Spatial and temporal boundedness in English motion events
The manifold interpretations of generic sentences
It is Mr. Y’ or ‘he is Mr. Y
Predicational clefts
The inferential it is that-construction and its congeners
Some restrictions on clefts that highlight predicate nominals
It is well known that a cleft whose focal item functions as predicate nominal in the WH/that -clause is often unacceptable, or at least questionable: (I) (a) *It's a genius that he is. (Leech & Svartvik, 1975: 181) (b) *It's a conductor that John is. (Stockwell et al. 1977:107) (c) *It's the football coach that John is. (Emonds, 1976:140) In this article I will investigate different types of clefts highlighting predicate nominals. I will point ou…
The taxonomy and interpretation of clefts and pseudo-clefts
Pure future' will in if-clauses
Some truths and nontruths about even if
The authors describe the various aspects of interpretation of even if conditionals. The following are their main findings: (a) it is (part of) the invariant meaning of even that this focusing adverb evokes a sense of expected incompatibility; (b) in implicative conditionals (= those interpreted as P leads to Q') this sense of expected incompatibility manifests itself as a sense of unexpectedness; (c) even if conditionals that have the sense of un…
Is there a relative past tense in English
The origins of genericity
From Reichenbach (1947) to Comrie (1985) and beyond
Pseudo-modifiers
Tense choice in adverbial when clauses
L'A. analyse la structure temporelle exprimee par when et examine les possibles combinaisons de temps dans les propositions adverbiales avec when et dans les propositions-tete dont elles dependent. Il montre que when est un adverbe relatif libre et non une conjonction, et qu'il etablit un cadre commun incluant un temps d'orientation a partir de la structure temporelle de la phrase-tete et de la proposition adverbiale. Ce cadre commun presente 9 c…
The only/already puzzle
Premodified reduced IT-clefts
Two notes on the theory of definiteness
The terms definite and indefinite, when used in relation to NPs, can be handled in two different ways. One can treat definiteness as a formal (syntactico-morphological) category and make use of the syntactic features [±definite], as in Chomsky (1965). One can also go into the question of how definite and indefinite NPs are used, i.e. the question of when and why a (formally) definite NP is preferred to an indefinite one, or vice versa. If we take…
Tense and modality in English before‐ clauses
(1979). Tense and modality in English before‐clauses. English Studies: Vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 720-744
A note on evaluative nouns and relativization
1. One of the most influential articles on noun phrases that have been published in the field of transformational grammar is no doubt Emmon Bach's celebrated paper ‘Nouns and noun phrases’, which he published in 1968. According to Bach there is both syntactic and semantic evidence that typically predicative nouns such as idiot, dope, angel , etc. are introduced into English noun phrases by way of underlying relative clauses
An Unexpected Implication of ‘Nouns and Noun Phrases’ (Bach, 1968)
A note on evaluative nouns and relativization
1. One of the most influential articles on noun phrases that have been published in the field of transformational grammar is no doubt Emmon Bach's celebrated paper ‘Nouns and noun phrases’, which he published in 1968. According to Bach there is both syntactic and semantic evidence that typically predicative nouns such as idiot, dope, angel , etc. are introduced into English noun phrases by way of underlying relative clauses
Tense and modality in English before‐ clauses
(1979). Tense and modality in English before‐clauses. English Studies: Vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 720-744
Aspect and the bounded/unbounded (telic/atelic) distinction
Pseudo-modifiers
On the Derivation of Dutch Bare Infinitives After Perception Verbs
It is Mr. Y’ or ‘he is Mr. Y
Predicational clefts
Some restrictions on clefts that highlight predicate nominals
It is well known that a cleft whose focal item functions as predicate nominal in the WH/that -clause is often unacceptable, or at least questionable: (I) (a) *It's a genius that he is. (Leech & Svartvik, 1975: 181) (b) *It's a conductor that John is. (Stockwell et al. 1977:107) (c) *It's the football coach that John is. (Emonds, 1976:140) In this article I will investigate different types of clefts highlighting predicate nominals. I will point ou…
Pure future' will in if-clauses
The pragmatics of it-clefts and WH-clefts
Two notes on the theory of definiteness
The terms definite and indefinite, when used in relation to NPs, can be handled in two different ways. One can treat definiteness as a formal (syntactico-morphological) category and make use of the syntactic features [±definite], as in Chomsky (1965). One can also go into the question of how definite and indefinite NPs are used, i.e. the question of when and why a (formally) definite NP is preferred to an indefinite one, or vice versa. If we take…
The manifold interpretations of generic sentences
From Reichenbach (1947) to Comrie (1985) and beyond
Studies on Copular Sentences, Clefts and Pseudo-Clefts
A modern course in English syntax
Studies on Copular Sentences, Clefts and Pseudo-Clefts
Premodified reduced IT-clefts
A taxonomy of copular sentences
The origins of genericity
The inferential it is that-construction and its congeners
A Comprehensive Descriptive Grammar of English
Tense in English
First published in 1991, this book looks at tense in English, one of the most controversial areas of grammar. Prior to the book’s original publication, the problems and interest in the subject had led to an impressive number of books and articles. Yet, despite the amount of work produced, nothing approaching a consensus had emerged, merely a series of conflicting theories and analyses. Here, Renaat Declerck provides a framework for a theoretical …
The only/already puzzle
The taxonomy and interpretation of clefts and pseudo-clefts
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