Nienke Wessel
List of John Benjamins publications in which Nienke Wessel is involved.
Article
2024 The interaction between animacy, definiteness and topicality in the historical development of Differential Object Marking in Spanish: Steps towards a more complete overview Linguistics in the Netherlands 2024, Bril, Marco and Kristel Doreleijers (eds.), pp. 293–313 | Article
Usage of a as a marker of direct objects in Spanish has been a popular topic of research, but there is no clarity on how different factors interact. The current investigation looks at the historical change in usage of a, focussing on animacy, definiteness, and topicality. We analyzed the extent… read more