Analysing Dutch Present Participle Manner Adverbials

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ID5899909
AuthorsLex Cloin-Tavenier (Utrecht University, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume10
Issue4
Pages70
Publication date2025-03-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguages (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/languages10040070
OpenAlexW4408928422
LanguageEN
References cited17

As recent research has shown, MAs cross-linguistically show signs of a complex internal structure which can consist of a diverse set of syntactic categories. Notably absent from previously studied MA patterns are those that, at first impression, appear to contain verbal substructure. This raises the question whether or not the category V is among the diverse syntactic categories that feature in the grammar of MAs. In this study, I take a closer look at Dutch MAs that appear to contain a present participle -end form of the verb, like lopend 'by walking' or spelenderwijs 'playfully'. Using tests for verbal substructure, I expand on findings from previous literature that show Dutch -erwijs adverbials do not contain verbal substructure by showing that Dutch present participle MAs without -erwijs also lack verbal substructure. Instead, the adjectival -end form is argued to enter into a small clause structure as a predicate over a manner noun to account for the manner reading of Dutch present participle MAs

Linguistics · Natural language processing · Participle · Verb · Computer Science · Lexicography and Language Studies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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