The goals of this paper are threefold: First, to review some recent syntactic accounts of cross-linguistic differences in the expression of telicity in Slavic vs. Germanic languages. Second, I will argue that the parametric variation in the encoding of telicity cannot be based on a unidirectional specifier head agreement between the verbal functional head linked to the telicity of the VP and th...

The Continental West Germanic Languages include the standard varieties of Dutch, Frisian, and High German, as well as a large number of non-standard varieties, the more familiar of which are the dialects spoken in Belgium and the South of the Netherlands (Flemish, Brabantish, Limburgian), Northern Germany (Low German), the Rhine Valley (Luxemburgish), South-Eastern Germany and Austria (e.g. Bav...

English language is a part of wider, Indo-European, family languages. It Germanic group languages that, alongside many other groups, originated from the reconstructed Proto – Indo European language. was tribes Angles and Saxons which inhabited Britain in 5th century after withdrawal Romans. The encompasses such as Dutch, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian Icelandic English. people once close co...

In this paper we present a synchronic lexical analysis of numeral expressions in the three major modern West Germanic languages, Dutch, English and German. We present an account which makes use of default inheritance, deening the similarities between the languages as default values which may be overridden for individual languages. We discuss how our account, which covers the syntax, morphology ...

This paper studies the reliability and validity of naturalistic speech errors as a tool for language production research. Possible biases when collecting naturalistic speech errors are identified and specific predictions derived. These patterns are then contrasted with published reports from Germanic languages (English, German and Dutch) and one Romance language (Spanish). Unlike findings in th...