Merijn de Dreu
Biographic Data
| ID | 8928767 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Merijn de Dreu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Merijn |
| FAMILY NAME | de Dreu |
| SIGNATURE | DE DREU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Subject raising in Zulu and the nature of PredP
The Bantu language Zulu has several types of predication in which no verb appears: adjectival and nominal predication, locative and possessive predication, and two types of existential predication. We show that these predication types differ from verbal predication in generally disallowing an internal subject (i.e., an unraised external argument), even in the case of nominal predication, which seemingly displays the unraised subject agreement pat…
Neuter gender in a sexless language
In some Germanic languages, neuter gender is used both as a lexical gender and for certain grammatical functions, while in Romance languages, neuter gender is only employed for grammatical functions. Zulu, a Bantu language, has a much more elaborate noun class system than those languages, but one not rooted in sex or animacy as in Germanic or Romance. However, it is shown that Zulu noun class 17 is used for the same range of grammatical functions…
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Neuter gender in a sexless language
In some Germanic languages, neuter gender is used both as a lexical gender and for certain grammatical functions, while in Romance languages, neuter gender is only employed for grammatical functions. Zulu, a Bantu language, has a much more elaborate noun class system than those languages, but one not rooted in sex or animacy as in Germanic or Romance. However, it is shown that Zulu noun class 17 is used for the same range of grammatical functions…
Subject raising in Zulu and the nature of PredP
The Bantu language Zulu has several types of predication in which no verb appears: adjectival and nominal predication, locative and possessive predication, and two types of existential predication. We show that these predication types differ from verbal predication in generally disallowing an internal subject (i.e., an unraised external argument), even in the case of nominal predication, which seemingly displays the unraised subject agreement pat…
Bantu languages (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Animacy (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Existentialism (1 works)