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Project
Genericity: Variation in syntax, interpretation and lexical aspects (Genericiteit)
The project focusses on the semantics and syntax of generic sentences. A number of corpus- and questionnairestudies are carried out to shed light on the variation in Dutch with regard to the use and interpretation of different types of nominal constituents in a number of syntactic positions in generic sentences.
Date:1 Oct 2007 → 30 Sep 2010
Keywords:syntax, genericity, semantics
Disciplines:Other languages and literary studies, Language studies, Theory and methodology of linguistics, Linguistics, Literary studies