Dana Louagie
List of John Benjamins publications in which Dana Louagie is involved.
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2025 Noun incorporation in English: A typological perspective Functions of Language 32:2, pp. 224–278 | Article
This paper gives a unified account of noun incorporation in Present-Day English from a constructional and typological perspective. We first investigate how productive it really is, given the contrasting statements in the literature. Using data from the WordBanks Online corpus, we show that the… read more
2023 Multiple construction types for nominal expressions in Australian languages: Towards a typology Studies in Language 47:3, pp. 683–742 | Article
This paper explores the rich diversity in structural possibilities that are available for (simple) nominal expressions in Australian languages. First, I identify a number of construction types found across a 50 language sample, which may be recognised by using a restricted set of parameters. I… read more
2015 Personal pronouns with determining functions in Australian languages Studies in Language 39:1, pp. 159–198 | Article
This paper analyses the adnominal use of personal pronouns in a sample of 75 Australian languages. We develop two arguments. First, we argue that in all of the adnominal uses examined, the personal pronoun has a determiner-like function, showing both the functional properties and some of the… read more



