Hein van der Voort
List of John Benjamins publications in which Hein van der Voort is involved.
2026 Chapter 12. A layered approach to habitual constructions: Typological generalizations A Layered Approach to Habitual Constructions, Gregersen, Sune and Kees Hengeveld (eds.), pp. 372–385 | Chapter
This chapter presents typological generalizations that can be derived from a comparison of the data presented in Chapters 2–11 in this volume. The languages are compared in the light of the two predictions presented in Chapter 1: (i) across and within languages, dedicated habitual expressions… read more
2026 Chapter 6. Habitual constructions in Kwaza A Layered Approach to Habitual Constructions, Gregersen, Sune and Kees Hengeveld (eds.), pp. 170–201 | Chapter
This chapter presents and discusses strategies for the expression of habitual aspect in the Amazonian language isolate Kwaza. There are five dedicated habitual strategies. Three of those are morphosyntactic strategies that employ existing grammatical constructions in a specific way. There is… read more
2020 Areal diffusion of applicatives in the Amazon Advances in Contact Linguistics: In honour of Pieter Muysken, Smith, Norval, Tonjes Veenstra and Enoch O. Aboh (eds.), pp. 179–216 | Chapter
Many genetically unrelated languages of (North)western Amazonia share certain specific characteristics, which may be due to areal diffusion. Especially the eclectic classifier systems encountered across this region have been in focus lately, as well as valency changing strategies, in particular… read more
2018 Development and diffusion of classifier systems in Southwestern Amazonia The Diachrony of Classification Systems, McGregor, William B. and Søren Wichmann (eds.), pp. 201–240 | Chapter
Comparative research shows that many genealogically unrelated languages in the Guaporé-Mamoré region in the Southwestern Amazon share specific lexical and structural traits, which suggests that the region forms a linguistic area. One of these traits concerns classifier systems. Classifier systems… read more
2016 Recursive inflection and grammaticalized fictive interaction in the southwestern Amazon The Conversation Frame: Forms and functions of fictive interaction, Pascual, Esther and Sergeiy Sandler (eds.), pp. 277–299 | Article
This chapter presents fictive interaction as expressed through recursion of bound person and mood markers in two languages of the southwestern Amazon. In Kwaza (isolate), recursive application of inflectional morphemes prototypically expresses quoted speech. This “quotative” construction has… read more
2016 Aikanã and Kwaza: Their ethno-historical and sociolinguistic context in Rondônia, Brazil Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger: Issues of documentation, policy, and language rights, Filipović, Luna and Martin Pütz (eds.), pp. 203–230 | Article
Aikanã and Kwaza are highly endangered language isolates in southeastern Rondônia, Brazil. Today, their speakers live in indigenous reserves with the last speakers of Latundê (Northern Nambikwaran) and Salamãi (Mondé, Tupian). Whereas the elderly try to maintain indigenous cultures and languages,… read more
2008 4. The Guaporé-Mamoré region as a linguistic area From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics, Muysken, Pieter (ed.), pp. 151–179 | Article
The Guaporé-Mamoré region is one of the world’s linguistically most diverse regions, with over 50 languages representing eight different stocks and 11 genetic isolates. In spite of the fact that these languages diverge enormously at the lexical level, they do seem to share a considerable number of… read more
1997 New light on Eskimo pidgins The Structure and Status of Pidgins and Creoles: Including selected papers from meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole linguistics, Spears, Arthur K. and Donald Winford (eds.), pp. 373–394 | Article
1996 Eighteenth-Century Negerhollands reflexives Revisited The Early Stages of Creolization, Arends, Jacques (ed.), pp. 25–42 | Article
1994 20. TMA particules and auxiliaries Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 247–258 | Chapter
1994 12. Eskimo pidgin Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 137–151 | Chapter
1993 Negerhollands Linguistics in the Netherlands 1993, Drijkoningen, Frank and Kees Hengeveld (eds.), pp. 105–115 | Article
1991 The Binding Theory and Creolization: Evidence from 18th Century Negerhollands Reflexives Development and Structures of Creole Languages: Essays in honor of Derek Bickerton, Byrne, Francis and Thom Huebner (eds.), pp. 145–158 | Article