Pieter A.M. Seuren

List of John Benjamins publications in which Pieter A.M. Seuren is involved.

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Verb Constructions in German and Dutch

Edited by Pieter A.M. Seuren and Gerard Kempen

German and Dutch verb constructions show a rich array of syntactic phenomena that have so far been underexposed in the literature, despite the fact that they have proved to be a source of substantial problems in theoretical grammar. The cross-linguistic study of verb constructions and … read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 242] 2003. vi, 314 pp.

Hamans, Camiel S.J.N. and Pieter A.M. Seuren 2010 Chomsky in search of a pedigree Chomskyan (R)evolutions, Kibbee, Douglas A. (ed.), pp. 377–394 | Article

This paper follows the changing fortunes of Chomsky’s search for a pedigree in the history of Western thought during the late 1960s. Having achieved a unique position of supremacy in the theory of syntax and having exploited that position far beyond the narrow circles of professional… read more

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 2009 Concerning the Roots of Transformational Generative Grammar Historiographia Linguistica 36:1, pp. 97–115 | Review article

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 2006 The natural logic of language and cognition Pragmatics 16:1, pp. 103–138 | Article

This paper aims at an explanation of the discrepancies between natural intuitions and standard logic in terms of a distinction between NATURAL and CONSTRUCTED levels of cognition, applied to the way human cognition deals with sets. NATURAL SET THEORY (NST) restricts standard set theory cutting it… read more

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 2003 8. Verb clusters and branching directionality in German and Dutch Verb Constructions in German and Dutch, Seuren, Pieter A.M. and Gerard Kempen (eds.), pp. 247–296 | Chapter

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 2002 10. Pseudoarguments and pseudocomplements The Legacy of Zellig Harris: Language and information into the 21st century, Nevin, Bruce E. (ed.), pp. 179–207 | Article

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 2000 A discourse-semantic account of topic and comment Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing: Volume II: Selected papers from RANLP ’97, Nicolov, Nicolas and Ruslan Mitkov (eds.), pp. 179–190 | Article

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 1999 The subject-predicate debate X-rayed History of Linguistics 1996: Volume 1: Traditions in Linguistics Worldwide, Cram, David, Andrew R. Linn and Elke Nowak (eds.), pp. 41–56 | Chapter

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 1998 Herman Christiaan Wekker 1943-1997 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 13:1, pp. 159–162 | Miscellaneous

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 1994 Soaps and Serials Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 9:1, pp. 131–149 | Article

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 1993 The Question of Predicate Clefting in the Indian Ocean Creoles Focus and Grammatical Relations in Creole Languages: Papers from the University of Chicago Conference on Focus and Grammatical Relations in Creole Languages, Byrne, Francis and Donald Winford (eds.), pp. 53–64 | Article

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 1991 The Definition of Serial Verbs Development and Structures of Creole Languages: Essays in honor of Derek Bickerton, Byrne, Francis and Thom Huebner (eds.), pp. 193–206 | Article

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 1990 Still no Serials in Seselwa: A Reply to "Seselwa Serialization and its Significance" By Derek Bickerton Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 5:2, pp. 271–292 | Reply

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 1988 Review of Mühlhäusler (1986): Pidgin & Creole linguistics Studies in Language 12:2, pp. 504–513 | Review

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 1987 A Note on Siki Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 2:1, pp. 57–62 | To be specified

Seuren, Pieter A.M. 1986 Adjectives as Adjectives in Sranan: A Reply to Sebba Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 1:1, pp. 123–134 | Article

Seuren, Pieter A.M. and Herman Wekker 1986 Semantic Transparency as a Factor in Creole Genesis Substrata versus Universals in Creole Genesis: Papers from the Amsterdam Creole Workshop, April 1985, Muysken, Pieter and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 57–70 | Article