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Flexible word classes : A typological study of underspecified parts of speech. / Rijkhoff, Jan (Editor) ; van Lier, Eva (Editor).
Oxford University Press, 2012. 300 p.Publication: Research › Anthology
Flexible word classes in linguistic typology and grammatical theory. / van Lier, Eva ; Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Flexible word classes: A typological study of underspecified parts of speech. ed. / Jan Rijkhoff ; Eva van Lier. 2012.Publication: Research - peer-review › Book chapter
Mereology in semantic representations of noun phrases and clauses. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Handbook of Mereology. ed. / Hans Burkhardt ; Johanna Seibt ; Guido Imaguire. München : Philosophia Verlag, 2012.Publication: Research › Book chapter
Modification as a propositional act (subact) in Functional Discourse Grammar. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: TBA. 2012.Publication: Research - peer-review › Book chapter
Functional categories in the noun phrase: on jacks-of-all-trades and one-trick-ponies in Danish, Dutch and German. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Deutsche Sprache, Vol. 2010, No. 2, 2010, p. 97-124.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
On flexible and rigid nouns. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Parts of Speech: Empirical and theoretical advances. ed. / Umberto Ansaldo ; Jan Don ; Roland Pfau. Amsterdam / Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2010. p. 227-252 (Benjamins Current Topics).Publication: Research › Book chapter
Rara and grammatical theory. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Rethinking Universals: How rarities affect linguistic theory. ed. / Jan Wohlgemuth ; Michael Cysouw. Berlin / New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2010. p. 223-241 (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] series).Publication: Research › Book chapter
Themenheft Deutsche Sprache: Modifikation im Deutschen : Kontrastive Untersuchungen zur Nominalphrase. / Gunkel, Lutz (Editor) ; Rijkhoff, Jan (Editor).
Berlin : Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2010. 98 p. (Deutsche Sprache - Zeitschrift für Theorie, Praxis, Dokumentation; Heft 2).Publication: Research › Anthology
'Vorwort' Themenheft Deutsche Sprache: 'Modifikation im Deutschen: Kontrastive Untersuchungen zur Nominalphrase'. / Gunkel, Lutz ; Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Deutsche Sprache, Vol. 2010, No. 2, 2010, p. 95-97.Publication: Research › Editorial
On the co-variation between form and function of adnominal possessive modifiers in Dutch and English. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: The Expression of Possession (The Expression of Cognitive Categories [ECC] - Volume 2). ed. / William B. McGregor. Hardback. ed. Berlin/New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2009. p. 51-106.Publication: Research › Book chapter
On the (un)suitability of semantic categories. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Linguistic Typology, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2009, p. 95-104.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Teaching and Learning Guide for: Word Classes. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Language and Linguistics Compass, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2009, p. 815-823.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Descriptive and discourse-referential modifiers in a layered model of the noun phrase. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Linguistics, Vol. 46, No. 4, 2008, p. 789-829.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Introduction. / García Velasco, Daniel ; Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, 2008.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Layers, levels and contexts in Functional Discourse Grammar. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, 2008.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Linguistic Typology: a short history and some current issues. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Tidsskrift for Sprogforskning, Vol. 5 (2007), 2008, p. 1-18.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Linguistic Typology (special issue of Tidsskrift for Sprogforskning - Volume 5, 2007). / Rijkhoff, Jan (Editor).
Aarhus, Denmark : Statsbiblioteket, 2008. 115 p.Publication: Research › Anthology
On flexible and rigid nouns. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Studies in Language, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2008, p. 727-752.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Synchronic and diachronic evidence for parallels between noun phrases and sentences. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Interdependence of Diachronic and Synchronic Analyses. ed. / Folke Josephson ; Ingmar Söhrman. Hb. ed. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2008. p. 13-42 (Studies in Language Companion Series 103).Publication: Research › Book chapter
The Noun Phrase in Functional Discourse Grammar. / García Velasco, Daniel (Editor) ; Rijkhoff, Jan (Editor).
Berlin/New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2008. (Trends in Linguistics - Studies and Monographs (TiLSM) 195).Publication: Research › Anthology
Rarissima in Comrie, one of the lesser-known languages of Africa. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Bernard’s Birthday Book - Die etwas andere Festschrift. A tribute to Bernard Comrie on the occasion of his 60th birthday. ed. / Claudia Büchel ; Julia Cissewski ; Tyko Dirksmeyer ; Peter Fröhlich ; Susanne Michaelis ; Claudia Schmidt. Max Planck Institute - Leipzig, Germany, 2007. p. 87-88.Publication: Communication › Comment
Word classes. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Language and Linguistics Compass, Vol. 1, No. 6, 2007, p. 709-726.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Mood, definiteness and specificity: a linguistic and a philosophical account of their similarities and differences. / Rijkhoff, Jan ; Seibt, Johanna.
In: Tidsskrift for Sprogforskning, Vol. 3, No. 2 (2005), 2006, p. 85-132.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Mundari as a flexible language. / Hengeveld, Kees ; Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Linguistic Typology, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2005, p. 406-431.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Toward a unified analysis of terms and predications. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Crucial Readings in Functional Grammar. ed. / Matthew P. Anstey ; J. Lachlan Mackenzie. Berlin/New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2005. p. 47-78 (Functional Grammar Series 26).Publication: Research › Book chapter
Iconic and non-iconic word order patterns: on symmetry in the NP and counter examples to Universal 20'. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Words in their places: A Festschrift for J. Lachlan Mackenzie. ed. / Henk Aertsen ; Mike Hannay ; Rod Lyall. Amsterdam : Free University, Faculty of Arts, 2004. p. 169-180.Publication: Research › Book chapter
Parts-of-speech systems and word order. / Hengeveld, Kees ; Rijkhoff, Jan ; Siewierska, Anna.
In: Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 40, No. 3, 2004, p. 527-570.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
The Noun Phrase. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
Revised and extended paperback ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. 434 p.Publication: Research › Book
When can a language have nouns and verbs?. / Rijkhoff, J..
In: Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, Vol. 35, 2003, p. 7-38.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
On the interaction of Linguistic Typology and Functional Grammar. / Rijkhoff, J..
In: Functions of Language, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2002, p. 209-237.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
The Noun Phrase. / Rijkhoff, J..
Hardback ed. Oxford - New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. 413 p. (Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory).Publication: Research › Book
Verbs and nouns from a cross-linguistic perspective. / Rijkhoff, J..
In: Rivista di Linguistica, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2002, p. 115-147.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Dimensions of adnominal modification. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Language Typology an Linguistics Universals - an international handbook. ed. / M. Haspelmath ; E. König ; W. Oesterreicher ; W. Raible. 1. ed. Berlin og New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2001. p. 522-533.Publication: Research › Encyclopedia chapter
When can a language have adjectives? An implicational universal. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Approaches to the Typology of Word Classes. ed. / Petra M. Vogel ; Bernard Comrie. Paperback. ed. Berlin/New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2000. p. 217–257 (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology).Publication: Research › Book chapter
When can a language have adjectives? An implicational universal. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Approaches to the Typology of Word Classes. ed. / Petra M. Vogel ; Bernard Comrie. Hardback. ed. Berlin/New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1999. p. 217–257 (Empirical Appoaches to Language Typology).Publication: Research › Book chapter
Appendix - 12 word order variables in the languages of Europe. / Siewierska, Anna ; Rijkhoff, Jan ; Bakker, Dik.
In: Constituent Order in the Languages of Europe. ed. / Anna Siewierska. Hardback. ed. Berlin/New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1998. p. 783-812 (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 20-1).Publication: Research › Book chapter
Bystander deixis. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: The Romani Element in Non-Standard Speech. ed. / Yaron Matras. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 1998. p. 51–67 (Sondersprachforschung 3).Publication: Research › Book chapter
Language sampling. / Rijkhoff, Jan ; Bakker, Dik.
In: Linguistic Typology, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1998, p. 263–314.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Order in the noun phrase of the languages of Europe. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Constituent Order in the Languages of Europe. ed. / Anna Siewierska. Hardback. ed. Berlin/New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1998. p. 321–382 (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 20-1).Publication: Research › Book chapter
Word order in the Germanic languages. / Holmberg, Anders ; Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Constituent Order in the Languages of Europe. ed. / Anna Siewierska. Hardback. ed. Berlin/New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1998. p. 75-104 (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 20-1).Publication: Research › Book chapter
Review of Nordic Journal of Linguistics (Volume 17, number 2, 1994), special issue on Linguistic Typology guest edited by Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Linguistic Typology, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1997, p. 387-397.Publication: Research › Literature review
Bystander and social deixis: some programmatic remarks on the grammar/pragmatics interface. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
Amsterdam : WPFG 58, Department of General Linguistics, University of Amsterdam, 1995. (Working Papers in Functional Grammar 58).Publication: Research › Working paper
De ontbrekende categorie: over symmetrie in grammaticale structuur. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Gramma TTT, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1995, p. 199-222.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Omstanders in Functionele Grammatica. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Dubbel Nederlands - 23 opstellen voor Simon C. Dik. Amsterdam : IFOTT, Department of General Linguistics, University of Amsterdam, 1994. p. 24–27.Publication: Research › Book chapter
Review of Revere D. Perkins (1992), Deixis, grammar, and culture (Typological Studies in Language 24), Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung (STUF), 1994, p. 230-233.Publication: Research › Literature review
A method of language sampling. / Rijkhoff, Jan ; Bakker, Dik ; Hengeveld, Kees ; Kahrel, Peter.
In: Studies in Language, Vol. 17, No. 1, 1993, p. 169-203.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
‘Number’ disagreement. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Proceedings of the XVth International Congress of Linguists, 9-14 August 1992. ed. / André Crochetière ; Jean-Claude Boulanger Boulanger ; Conrad Ouellon. Sainte-Foy, Québec (Canada) : Presse de l'Université Laval, 1993. p. 274–276.Publication: Research › Book chapter
Word order in the languages of Europe: the simple noun phrase (a preliminary report). / Rijkhoff, Jan.
Strasbourg : European Science Foundation (ESF), 1993. p. 64-100 (EUROTYP Working Papers 5).Publication: Research › Working paper
The Noun Phrase: a Typological Study. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
Limited ed. Amsterdam, the Netherlands : University of Amsterdam, 1992. 325 p.Publication: Research › Ph.d. thesis
Nominal aspect. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Journal of Semantics, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1991, p. 291-309.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Explaining word order in the noun phrase. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Linguistics, Vol. 28, No. 1, 1990, p. 5-42.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
Toward a unified analysis of terms and predications : a functional view. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Layers and Levels of Representation in Language Theory. ed. / Jan Nuyts ; A. Machtelt Bolkestein ; Co Vet. Hardback. ed. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1990. p. 165-192 (Pragmatics & Beyond - New Series; 13).Publication: Research › Book chapter
The identification of referents. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress of Linguists, 10-15 August 1987, Berlin, Germany. 1989.Publication: Research › Book chapter
The identification of referents. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Functional Grammar and the Computer. ed. / John H. Connolly ; Simon C. Dik. Dordrecht - Holland / Providence RI - USA : Foris Publications, 1989. p. 229-246 (Functional Grammar Series 10).Publication: Research › Book chapter
A typology of operators. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
Amsterdam : WPFG 29, Department of General Linguistics, University of Amsterdam, 1988. (Working Papers in Functional Grammar; 29).Publication: Research › Working paper
Word order tendencies in two Prefield subtypes. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Getting One’s Words into Line. ed. / Jan Nuyts ; Georges de Schutter. Dordrecht - Holland / Providence RI - USA : Foris Publications, 1987. p. 1-15 (Functional Grammar Series 5).Publication: Research › Book chapter
Word order universals revisited: the principle of Head Proximity. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
Amsterdam : WPFG 14, Department of General Linguistics, University of Amsterdam, 1986. (Working Papers in Functional Grammar 14).Publication: Research › Working paper
Word order universals revisited: the principle of Head Proximity. / Rijkhoff, Jan.
In: Belgian Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 1, 1986, p. 95-125.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article
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