Vera Hukker
List of John Benjamins publications in which Vera Hukker is involved.
Articles
2019 Does reported speech influence listeners’ choice of perspective in the interpretation of spatial prepositions? Linguistics in the Netherlands 2019, Berns, Janine and Elena Tribushinina (eds.), pp. 83–98 | Article
Linguistic cues can encourage adults to adopt an other-centric rather than an egocentric perspective. This study investigated whether the presence of direct speech compared to indirect speech influences listeners’ choice of perspective when interpreting the Dutch spatial prepositions voor ‘in… read more
2017 Whose side are they on? Children’s interpretation of perspective-dependent prepositions Linguistics in the Netherlands 2017, Lestrade, Sander and Bert Le Bruyn (eds.), pp. 63–76 | Article
Spatial prepositions express relations between objects in space. A subset of spatial prepositions is ambiguous due to the different perspectives from which these spatial relations can be considered. The ability to consider another person’s perspective is still developing in children. This study… read more