Papers by Geertje van Bergen
Putting things in new places: Verb-based prediction in L1 and L2 sentence processing
Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, 2011
Production Task: make a sentence using 3 given words (verb -NP1 -NP2) e.g. * * * * * OS-agent ung... more Production Task: make a sentence using 3 given words (verb -NP1 -NP2) e.g. * * * * * OS-agent ungrammatical! OS-animate-first judged better than OS-agent, with OS-unacc highest % RT: no differences between SO -OS caus nor between SO -OS unacc
Prag-raising versus Neg-raising
Nederlandse taalkunde, 2014
ABSTRACT In this paper we introduce Prag-raising, the phenomenon of pragmatic markers being in a ... more ABSTRACT In this paper we introduce Prag-raising, the phenomenon of pragmatic markers being in a matrix clause where they do not belong functionally. The phenomenon has some similarities with Neg-raising, but the differences are even more striking. In our analysis we point out the different role that subjectivity plays in Prag-raising and Neg-raising.
Placing objects before subjects in Dutch: A comparison between word order variation in experimental and natural sentence production
Linguistics in the Netherlands, 2009
Wat bezielt talen eigenlijk?
Verankering van woord en beeld in tijdschriftadvertenties
Unscrambling the lexical nature of weak definites
Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 2014
Where to place inaccessible subjects in Dutch: The role of definiteness and animacy
Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, 2000
Discourse marking and the subtle art of mind-reading: The case of Dutch eigenlijk
Journal of Pragmatics, 2011
Scrambling in spoken Dutch: definiteness versus weight as determinants of grammatical variation
Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, 2010
Scrambled objects and case marking in Mandarin Chinese
Lingua, 2007
Scrambled objects and case-marking in Chinese
Lingua, 2007
Object scrambling and case marking in Mandarin Chines
Linguistics in The Netherlands, 2006
The Linguistic Review: Topics Cross-Linguistically
Leve 'hun'! Waarom hun nog steeds hun zeggen
Leve hun! Waarom hun nog steeds hun zeggen
Topics cross-linguistically
Linguistic Review, 2009
Papers: Discourse markers and connectives by Geertje van Bergen
Discourse markers as turn-transition devices: Evidence from speech and instant messaging
Discourse Processes, 2018
In this article we investigate the relation between discourse markers and turn-transition strateg... more In this article we investigate the relation between discourse markers and turn-transition strategies in face-to-face conversations and Instant Messaging (IM), i.e., unplanned, real-time, text-based computer-mediated communication (CMC). By means of a quantitative corpus study of utterances containing a discourse marker, we show that utterance-final discourse markers are used more often in Instant Messaging than in face-to-face conversations. Moreover, utterance-final discourse markers are shown to occur more often at points of turn-transition compared to points of turn-maintenance in both types of conversation. From our results we conclude that the discourse markers in utterance-final position can function as a turn-transition mechanism, signaling that the turn is over and the floor is open to the hearer. We argue that this linguistic turn-taking strategy is essentially similar in face-to-face and IM communication. Our results add to the evidence that communication in Instant Messaging is more like speech than like writing.
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Papers by Geertje van Bergen
Papers: Discourse markers and connectives by Geertje van Bergen