Brigitta R. Schvarcz
List of John Benjamins publications in which Brigitta R. Schvarcz is involved.
2022 Hárman, sokan, mindannyian: A presuppositional analysis to -AN-marked numerals and quantifiers in Hungarian Approaches to Hungarian 17: Special issue of the Journal on Uralic Linguistics 1:2 (2022), Halm, Tamás, Elizabeth Coppock and Balázs Surányi (eds.), pp. 181–214 | Article
This paper examines the semantics of -AN-suffixed numerals and quantifiers in Hungarian. The main aim is to provide a compositional analysis that captures the wide variety of uses of -AN-marked numerals. While in the literature -AN has been treated as an adverbial suffix, I claim that the… read more
2017 Chapter 6. Measure constructions in Hungarian and the semantics of the -nyi suffix Approaches to Hungarian: Volume 15: Papers from the 2015 Leiden Conference, Hulst, Harry van der and Anikó Lipták (eds.), pp. 157–181 | Chapter
This paper examines the distribution and meaning of the -nyi suffix. -nyi naturally attaches to container classifiers and induces a measure interpretation of the container noun. I show that -nyi is not restricted to the dimension of volume but applies generally to count nouns. -nyi combines with N… read more
2017 Chapter 7. Hungarian classifier constructions, plurality and the mass–count distinction Approaches to Hungarian: Volume 15: Papers from the 2015 Leiden Conference, Hulst, Harry van der and Anikó Lipták (eds.), pp. 183–208 | Chapter
We argue that Hungarian has both mass and count nouns, and a plural marker which is sensitive to the distinction, as well as a system of sortal classifiers. In English, most nouns are either mass (e.g mud) or count (e.g. book), and there are only a limited number of fully flexible nouns with both… read more
Israeli engineering students’ perceptions of EMI: Needs and learning strategies Journal of English-Medium Instruction: Online-First Articles | Article
The implementation of English-medium instruction (EMI) is expanding rapidly in higher education worldwide. In Israel, the Council of Higher Education Israel’s 2019 reform includes EMI integration to enhance internationalisation. Despite its growing adoption, there is limited research on its… read more