Martin Hummel
List of John Benjamins publications in which Martin Hummel is involved.
Book series
ISSN 2405-9269
Title
Adjective Adverb Interfaces in Romance
Edited by Martin Hummel and Salvador Valera
Within the current discussion on grammatical interfaces, the word-classes of adjective and adverb are of particular interest because they appear to be separated or joined in manifold ways at the level of word-class or syntax, with morphology playing a prominent role, especially in Romance. The… read more
2018 La structure “verbe + adjectif”: Parler vrai, dire juste, faire simple et compagnie Revue Romane 53:2, pp. 261–296 | Article
Abstract This article examines four hypotheses that have been suggested in the recent discussion on the syntactic status of French short adverbs such as in aller direct and manger gras (Noailly, 1994, Abeillé & Godard, 2004, amongst others). According to the first hypothesis (A), short adverbs… read more
2017 Chapter 1. Adjectives with adverbial functions in Romance Adjective Adverb Interfaces in Romance, Hummel, Martin and Salvador Valera (eds.), pp. 13–46 | Chapter
The adjective adverb interface is crucial for the analysis of adverbial modifiers: adjectives are used with adverbial function (Type A), adjectives are morphologically marked as adverbs (Type B) and adverbial paraphrases often contain adjectives (Type C). In the same ‘local context’ of VP, Type… read more
2017 Introduction Adjective Adverb Interfaces in Romance, Hummel, Martin and Salvador Valera (eds.), pp. 1–9 | Introduction
2014 The adjective-adverb interface in Romance and English Adjectives in Germanic and Romance, Sleeman, Petra, Freek Van de Velde and Harry Perridon (eds.), pp. 35–72 | Article
Hengeveld classifies English as a ‘differentiated’ language that uses two morphological word-classes for adjective and (manner) adverb. The paper shows that English is instead a language where ‘differentiation’ coexists and competes with ‘flexibility’ (one word-class for adjective and adverb).… read more