C. Jan-Wouter Zwart

List of John Benjamins publications for which C. Jan-Wouter Zwart plays a role.

Book series

Titles

Structure Preserved: Studies in syntax for Jan Koster

Edited by C. Jan-Wouter Zwart and Mark de Vries

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 164] 2010. xxiii, 395 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Issues in Formal German(ic) Typology

Edited by Werner Abraham and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 45] 2002. xviii, 336 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Subjects Comparative linguistics | Generative linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

Reflections on Language and Language Learning: In honour of Arthur van Essen

Edited by Marcel Bax and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart

[Not in series, 109] 2001. xxxiv, 366 pp.
Subjects Language acquisition | Language teaching

Minimal Ideas: Syntactic studies in the minimalist framework

Edited by Werner Abraham, Samuel David Epstein, Höskuldur Thráinsson and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 12] 1996. xii, 364 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax

Articles

Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter 2012 Easy to (re)analyse: Tough-constructions in minimalismLinguistics in the Netherlands 2012, Elenbaas, Marion and Suzanne Aalberse (eds.), pp. 147–158 | Article
Within minimalism, we may assume derivations to involve subderivations, connected by the interface components dealing with sound and meaning (layered derivations). If so, complex adjectival constructions involving predicates like tough/easy (as in John is easy to please) receive a natural account… read more
Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter 2010 Something else on variables in syntaxStructure Preserved: Studies in syntax for Jan Koster, Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter and Mark de Vries (eds.), pp. 375–384 | Article
Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter 2009 Uncharted territory? Towards a non-cartographic account of Germanic syntaxAdvances in Comparative Germanic Syntax, Alexiadou, Artemis, Jorge Hankamer, Thomas McFadden, Justin Nuger and Florian Schäfer (eds.), pp. 59–84 | Article
This article discusses the consequences of a strictly derivational approach—where syntactic relations are construed dynamically as the derivation proceeds—to the analysis of key areas of Germanic syntax. It discusses the nature of syntactic positions from a non-cartographic point of view. Evidence… read more
Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter 2006 Local agreementAgreement Systems, Boeckx, Cedric (ed.), pp. 317–339 | Article
Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter 2005 Verb second as a function of MergeThe Function of Function Words and Functional Categories, Dikken, Marcel den and Christina Tortora (eds.), pp. 11–40 | Article
Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter 2005 Some notes on coordination in head-final languagesLinguistics in the Netherlands 2005, Doetjes, Jenny and Jeroen van de Weijer (eds.), pp. 231–242 | Article
Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter 2002 IntroductionStudies in Comparative Germanic Syntax: Proceedings from the 15th Workshop on Comparative Germanic Syntax (Groningen, May 26–27, 2000), Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter and Werner Abraham (eds.), pp. vii ff. | Article
Koster, Jan and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart 2000 Transitive expletive constructions and the object shift parameterLinguistics in the Netherlands 2000, Hoop, Helen de and Ton van der Wouden (eds.), pp. 159–170 | Article
Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter 2000 A Head Raising Analysis of Relative Clauses in DutchThe Syntax of Relative Clauses, Alexiadou, Artemis, Paul Law, André Meinunger and Chris Wilder (eds.), pp. 349 ff. | Article
Vanden Wyngaerd, Guido and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart 1999 Antecedent-Contained Deletion as DeletionLinguistics in the Netherlands 1999, Bezooijen, Renée van and René Kager (eds.), pp. 203–216 | Article
Epstein, Samuel David, Höskuldur Thráinsson and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart 1996 IntroductionMinimal Ideas: Syntactic studies in the minimalist framework, Abraham, Werner, Samuel David Epstein, Höskuldur Thráinsson and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.), pp. 1–66 | Article
Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter 1996 “Shortest Move” versus “Fewest Steps”Minimal Ideas: Syntactic studies in the minimalist framework, Abraham, Werner, Samuel David Epstein, Höskuldur Thráinsson and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.), pp. 305–327 | Article
Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter 1996 Verb clusters in continental West Germanic dialectsMicroparametric Syntax and Dialect Variation, Black, James R. and Virginia Motapanyane (eds.), pp. 229 ff. | Article
Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter 1995 A note on verb clusters in the Stellingwerf dialectLinguistics in the Netherlands 1995, Dikken, Marcel den and Kees Hengeveld (eds.), pp. 215–226 | Article
Vanden Wyngaerd, Guido and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart 1991 Reconstruction and Vehicle ChangeLinguistics in the Netherlands 1991, Drijkoningen, Frank and Ans M.C. van Kemenade (eds.), pp. 151–160 | Article