A unique reference book for linguists and anyone who wants to know more about the syntactic properties of the Dutch language.

A unique reference book for linguists and anyone who wants to know more about the syntactic properties of the Dutch language.

A series that aims to define Dutch grammar comprehensively, Syntax of Dutch synthesizes forty years of linguistic scholarship. Concerned primarily with description, this series is written in a direct and lucid style that renders each volume accessible to advanced students and scholars alike. Topics covered in this third volume include complementation and modification of adjective phrases; comparative and superlative formation; and the attributive, predicative, and adverbial uses of adjective phrases.
The series, which will include seven volumes to be published between 2012 and 2016, is...

The Syntax of Dutch series synthesizes the currently available syntactic knowledge of Dutch. In this first of three volumes on verbs and verb phrases, Hans Broekhuis and Norbert Corver offer a general introduction to verbs, including a review of verb classifications and discussions on inflection, tense, mood, modality, and aspect. The book continues with a comprehensive discussion of complementation, or argument structure and verb frame alternations.

The Syntax of Dutch series synthesizes the currently available syntactic knowledge of Dutch. In this second of three volumes on verbs and verb phrases, Hans Broekhuis and Norbert Corver, continuing the discussion of complementation from Volume I, provide a focus on clausal complements, including a detailed consideration of finite and infinitival argument clauses, complex verb constructions, and verb clustering.