Julie Nijs
List of John Benjamins publications in which Julie Nijs is involved.
Articles
2026 Testing the performance of S-curves for language change Diachronica 43:2, pp. 189–223 | Article
This article investigates the effectiveness of sigmoid trajectories (S-curves) for statistically modelling language change. In diachronic linguistics, it is customary to fit a sigmoid regression line through data, on the assumption that such a curve fits the ideal language change. A coefficient… read more
2023 Chapter 8. Resemanticising ‘free’ variation: The case of V1 conditionals in Dutch Free Variation in Grammar: Empirical and theoretical approaches, Kopf, Kristin and Thilo Weber (eds.), pp. 229–257 | Chapter
Whether or not languages display ‘free’ variation is a moot point. In this article, we look at a near-synonymous pair in syntax, namely, V1 vs syndetic conditionals in Dutch, and argue that due to diachronic developments, Dutch has been in a situation for quite some time in which these two… read more