Bert Botma

List of John Benjamins publications in which Bert Botma is involved.

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Linguistics in the Netherlands 2009

Edited by Bert Botma and Jacqueline van Kampen

Linguistics in the Netherlands is a series of annual publications, sponsored by the Linguistic Society of the Netherlands (Algemene Vereniging voor Taalwetenschap) and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company since Volume 8 in 1991. Each volume contains a careful selection of papers presented… read more

[Linguistics in the Netherlands, 26] 2009. v, 148 pp. | open access

Linguistics in the Netherlands 2008

Edited by Marjo van Koppen and Bert Botma

The 39th annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of the Netherlands took place in Utrecht on February 2nd, 2008. The aim of the annual meetings is to provide members with the opportunity to report on their ongoing research.At this year’s meeting, 91 papers were presented, of which 24 were… read more

[Linguistics in the Netherlands, 25] 2008. 190 pp. | open access

Kok, Kenneth de, Bert Botma and Marijn van 't Veer 2018 Glides and laryngeals as a structural class Linguistics in the Netherlands 2018, Le Bruyn, Bert and Janine Berns (eds.), pp. 51–64 | Article

Phonological processes typically affect natural classes of sounds, with the members of such classes sharing some phonetic property to the exclusion of other sounds. Recent typological work shows that not all phonological classes are natural, however (Mielke 2008). This paper considers the class… read more

Shiraishi, Hidetoshi and Bert Botma 2017 On the diachronic origin of Nivkh height restrictions Sonic Signatures: Studies dedicated to John Harris, Lindsey, Geoff and Andrew Nevins (eds.), pp. 201–214 | Chapter

Nivkh, a genetic isolate spoken in the Russian Far East, displays a pattern of stress-dependent height restrictions in a linguistic area where tongue-root harmony is prevalent. We argue that the Nivkh pattern derives from an earlier tongue-root system. This system developed into a height-based… read more

Botma, Bert and Marijn van 't Veer 2013 A fraction too much friction: The phonological status of voiced fricatives Linguistics in the Netherlands 2013, Aalberse, Suzanne and Anita Auer (eds.), pp. 46–60 | Article

Typological work shows that voiced fricatives like /β ð/ occur more often without their voiceless counterparts than with them, contrary to what would be expected on the basis of markedness relations between voicing and obstruents. This paper suggests that many of the offending fricatives are more… read more

Botma, Bert and Norval Smith 2007 A dependency-based typology of nasalisation and voicing phenomena Linguistics in the Netherlands 2007, Los, Bettelou and Marjo van Koppen (eds.), pp. 36–48 | Article

Botma, Bert and Norval Smith 2006 A dependency account of the fortis–lenis contrast in Cama Linguistics in the Netherlands 2006, Weijer, Jeroen van de and Bettelou Los (eds.), pp. 15–27 | Article

Botma, Bert and Erik Jan van der Torre 2000 The prosodic interpretation of sonorants in Dutch Linguistics in the Netherlands 2000, Hoop, Helen de and Ton van der Wouden (eds.), pp. 17–29 | Article