Ad Neeleman
List of John Benjamins publications in which Ad Neeleman is involved.
Articles
2010 The role of syntax and morphology in compounding Cross-Disciplinary Issues in Compounding, Scalise, Sergio and Irene Vogel (eds.), pp. 21–36 | Article
In this chapter it is argued that, although syntax is not directly involved in the formation of compounds themselves, competition between the syntactic and morphological modules of grammar (Ackema and Neeleman 2001, 2004) has a decisive influence on compounding. This is because this type of… read more
2010 Theoretical validity and psychological reality of the grammatical code The Linguistics Enterprise: From knowledge of language to knowledge in linguistics, Everaert, Martin B.H., Tom Lentz, Hannah N.M. De Mulder, Øystein Nilsen and Arjen Zondervan (eds.), pp. 183–212 | Article
One interpretation of the competence-performance distinction is that the grammar is a knowledge base consulted by the performance systems. We argue for an alternative interpretation, according to which the grammar and the performance systems are theories of the same object, but at different levels… read more
2008 Case morphology and radical pro-drop The Limits of Syntactic Variation, Biberauer, Theresa (ed.), pp. 331–348 | Article
This paper focuses on the so-called discourse pro-drop languages,i.e., those permitting radical pro-drop, which affects not just subjects,but other pronominal arguments too. Whereas previous attempts tounderstand the properties of these languages have focused on verbalagreement, the proposal here… read more