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9 February 2010

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Contributions by Werner Abraham

Werner Abraham is author/editor of the following titles.
Werner Abraham is editor/board member of the following series.
Werner Abraham has contributed to the following volumes.


Titles

Modality–Aspect Interfaces: Implications and typological solutions
Abraham, Werner and Elisabeth Leiss (eds.)
2008. xxiv, 422 pp.
Nominal Determination: Typology, context constraints, and historical emergence
Stark, Elisabeth, Elisabeth Leiss and Werner Abraham (eds.)
2007. viii, 370 pp.
Datives and Other Cases: Between argument structure and event structure
Hole, Daniel, André Meinunger and Werner Abraham (eds.)
2006. viii, 385 pp.
Passivization and Typology: Form and function
Abraham, Werner and Larisa Leisiö (eds.)
2006. x, 553 pp.
The Composition of Meaning: From lexeme to discourse
Meulen, Alice ter and Werner Abraham (eds.)
2004. vi, 232 pp.
Issues in Formal German(ic) Typology
Abraham, Werner and Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.)
2002. xviii, 336 pp.
Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax: Proceedings from the 15th Workshop on Comparative Germanic Syntax (Groningen, May 26–27, 2000)
Zwart, Jan-Wouter and Werner Abraham (eds.)
2002. xiv, 407 pp.
Präteritumschwund und Diskursgrammatik: Präteritumschwund in gesamteuropäischen Bezügen: areale Ausbreitung, heterogene Entstehung, Parsing sowie diskursgrammatische Grundlagen und Zusammenhänge
Abraham, Werner und C. Jac Conradie
2001. xiv, 148 pp.
Tense-Aspect, Transitivity and Causativity: Essays in honour of Vladimir Nedjalkov
Abraham, Werner and Leonid Kulikov (eds.)
1999. xxxiv, 359 pp.
Minimal Ideas: Syntactic studies in the minimalist framework
Abraham, Werner, Samuel David Epstein, Höskuldur Thráinsson and Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.)
1996. xii, 364 pp.
Discourse, Grammar and Typology: Papers in honor of John W.M. Verhaar
Abraham, Werner, T. Givón and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.)
1995. xx, 352 pp.
Discourse Particles: Descriptive and theoretical investigations on the logical, syntactic and pragmatic properties of discourse particles in German
Abraham, Werner (ed.)
1991. viii, 338 pp.
Topic, Focus and Configurationality: Papers from the 6th Groningen Grammar Talks, Groningen, 1984
Abraham, Werner and Sjaak De Meij (eds.)
1986. v, 349 pp.
On the Formal Syntax of the Westgermania: Papers from the 3rd Groningen Grammar Talks (3e Groninger Grammatikgespräche), Groningen, January 1981
Abraham, Werner (ed.)
1983. vi, 242 pp.
Valence, Semantic Case, and Grammatical Relations: Workshop studies prepared for the 12th International Congress of Linguists, Vienna, August 29th to September 3rd, 1977
Abraham, Werner (ed.)
1978. xiv, 729 pp.
Ut videam: Contributions to an understanding of linguistics. For Pieter Verburg on the occasion of his 70th birthday
Abraham, Werner (ed.)
1975. 300 pp. + 1 photo.


Series

Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today   General Editor
Studies in Language   Editorial Board
Studies in Language Companion Series   Editor


Articles

(Note: some contributions may not appear in this list)

Abraham, Werner and Elisabeth Leiss 2008. “Introduction: Aspect-modality interfaces and interchanges across languages”. In Modality–Aspect Interfaces, Abraham, Werner and Elisabeth Leiss (eds.), xi–xxiv.
Abraham, Werner and Elisabeth Leiss 2006. “The impersonal passive: voice suspended under aspectual conditions”. In Passivization and Typology, Abraham, Werner and Larisa Leisiö (eds.), 502–517.
Abraham, Werner and László Molnárfi 2002. “German clause structure under discourse functional weight: Focus and antifocus”. In Issues in Formal German(ic) Typology, Abraham, Werner and Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.), 1–43.
Abraham, Werner, Elisabeth Stark and Elisabeth Leiss 2007. “Introduction”. In Nominal Determination, Stark, Elisabeth, Elisabeth Leiss and Werner Abraham (eds.), 1–20.
Abraham, Werner, Laci Marácz, Sjaak de Mey and Wim Scherpenisse 1986. “Introduction”. In Topic, Focus and Configurationality, Abraham, Werner and Sjaak De Meij (eds.), 1 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 2008. “On the logic of generalizations about cross-linguistic aspect-modality links”. In Modality–Aspect Interfaces, Abraham, Werner and Elisabeth Leiss (eds.), 3–13.
Abraham, Werner. 2008. “Graeme Davis. 2006. Comparative syntax of Old English and Old Icelandic”. Studies in Language 32:4, 998–1000.
Abraham, Werner. 2007. “Discourse binding: DP and pronouns in German, Dutch, and English”. In Nominal Determination, Stark, Elisabeth, Elisabeth Leiss and Werner Abraham (eds.), 21–47.
Abraham, Werner. 2007. “The discourse-functional crystallization of DP from the original demonstrative”. In Nominal Determination, Stark, Elisabeth, Elisabeth Leiss and Werner Abraham (eds.), 241–256.
Abraham, Werner. 2007. “Topic, focus and default vs. contrastive accent: typological differences with respect to discourse prominence”. In On Information Structure, Meaning and Form, Schwabe, Kerstin and Susanne Winkler (eds.), 183–203.
Abraham, Werner. 2007. “Kristin Melum Eide. 2005. Norwegian modals [Studies in Generative Grammar 74]”. Studies in Language 31:4, 911–914.
Abraham, Werner. 2006. “Bare and prepositional differential case marking: The exotic case of German (and Icelandic) among all of Germanic”. In Case, Valency and Transitivity, Kulikov, Leonid, Andrej Malchukov and Peter de Swart (eds.), 115–145.
Abraham, Werner. 2006. “Datives: structural vs. inherent — abstract vs. morphological — autonomous vs. combinatory — universally vs. language-specifically configured”. In Datives and Other Cases, Hole, Daniel, André Meinunger and Werner Abraham (eds.), 3–46.
Abraham, Werner. 2006. “Introduction: Passivization and typology: Form vs. function - a confined survey into the research status quo”. In Passivization and Typology, Abraham, Werner and Larisa Leisiö (eds.), 1–27.
Abraham, Werner. 2006. “The compositional nature of the passive: Syntactic vs. event semantic triggers. "Argument Hypothesis" vs. "Aspect Hypothesis"”. In Passivization and Typology, Abraham, Werner and Larisa Leisiö (eds.), 462–501.
Abraham, Werner. 2006. “Dialect and typology: Where they meet — and where they don’t”. In Types of Variation, Nevalainen, Terttu, Juhani Klemola and Mikko Laitinen (eds.), 243–267.
Abraham, Werner. 2005. “

Dimova, Ana & Herbert-Ernst Wiegand (eds.) 2003. Wort und Grammatik. Festschrift für Pavel Petkov anläßlich seiner Emeritierung”. Studies in Language 29:2, 549–549.

Abraham, Werner. 2005. “

Clausia Maienborn (ed.) 2003. (A)Symmetrien – (A)Symmetries. Beiträge zu Ehren von Ewald Lang – Papers in Honor of Ewald Lang”. Studies in Language 29:2, 549–551.

Abraham, Werner. 2004. “VP-internal subjects as ‘unaccusatives’: Burzio’s ‘Object Account’ vs. the ‘Perfectivity Account’”. In The Composition of Meaning, Meulen, Alice ter and Werner Abraham (eds.), 83 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 2003. “The myth of doubly governing prepositions in German”. In Motion, Direction and Location in Languages, Shay, Erin and Uwe Seibert (eds.), 19–38.
Abraham, Werner. 2002. “Introduction”. In Issues in Formal German(ic) Typology, Abraham, Werner and Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.), ix ff.
Abraham, Werner. 2002. “Modal verbs: Epistemics in German and English”. In Modality and its Interaction with the Verbal System, Barbiers, Sjef, Frits Beukema and Wim van der Wurff (eds.), 19–50.
Abraham, Werner. 2002. “12. SVOV in German and Dutch: Interface between discourse prominence and subject identification as a parsing requirement”. In Reflections on Language and Language Learning, Bax, Marcel and Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.), 155–167.
Abraham, Werner. 2002. “Book notice: “The dictionary of historical and comparative linguistics” by R. L. Trask”. Studies in Language 26:3, 736–737.
Abraham, Werner. 2001. “How far does semantic bleaching go: About grammaticalization that does not terminate in functional categories”. In Grammatical Relations in Change, Faarlund, Jan Terje (ed.), 15–63.
Abraham, Werner. 2000. “The Aspect-case Typology Correlation: Perfectivity and Burzio’s Generalization”. In Arguments and Case, Reuland, Eric (ed.), 131–193.
Abraham, Werner. 2000. “The structural and lexical space between reflexive binding and logophorics: Sundry paradigms of reflexives and anaphora”. In Reflexives, Frajzyngier, Zygmunt and Traci S. Walker-Curl (eds.), 75 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1999. “Discussant Paper Referring to the Syntax Position Papers by Howard Lasnik and Mickey Noonan”. In Functionalism and Formalism in Linguistics, Darnell, Michael, Edith A. Moravcsik, Michael Noonan, Frederick J. Newmeyer and Kathleen M. Wheatley (eds.), 55 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1999. “Marga Petter Getting PRO under control: A syntactic analysis of the nature and distirbution of unexpressed subjects in non-finite and verbless clauses”. Studies in Language 23:2, 465 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1999. “How descending is ascending German? On the deep interrelations between tense, aspect, pronominality, and ergativity”. In Tense-Aspect, Transitivity and Causativity, Abraham, Werner and Leonid Kulikov (eds.), 253 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1998. “B. Dodd, Chr. Eckhard-Black, J. Klapper and R. Whittle: Modern German grammar: 2 volumes: A practical guide”. Studies in Language 22:2, 521 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1998. “R.L. Trask: Historical linguistics”. Studies in Language 22:2, 522 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1998. “Klaus Eggensperger: Modale Nebenverben im Jiddischen: Eine korpusgestützte Untersuchung zu woln und soln”. Studies in Language 22:3, 741 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1998. “Anatole V. Lyovin: An introduction to the languages of the world”. Studies in Language 22:3, 742 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1997. “E. Köning and J. Van der Auwera (eds): The Germanic languages”. Studies in Language 21:2, 428 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1997. “Per Bærentzen (ed.): Aspekte der Sprachbeschreibung”. Studies in Language 21:3, 714 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1996. “German standard pronouns and non-standard pronominal clitics Typological corollaries”. In Germanic Linguistics, Lippi-Green, Rosina L. and Joseph C. Salmons (eds.), 1 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1996. “The Discourse-referential and Typological Motivation of Pronominal Procliticization vs. Encliticization”. In Studies in Anaphora, Fox, Barbara A. (ed.), 1 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1995. “Diathesis: The Middle, Particularly in West-Germanic”. In Discourse, Grammar and Typology, Abraham, Werner, T. Givón and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), 3 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1995. “Structural Properties of Information Packaging in German and in Universal Grammar”. In Prague Linguistic Circle Papers, Hajičová, Eva, Miroslav Červenka, Oldřich Leška † and Petr Sgall (eds.), 125 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1995. “Wolfgang Reumuth and Otto Winkelmann: Praktische Grammatik der französischen Sprache; Maria Grazia Chiaro and Wolfgang Reumuth: Unterrichtssprache Deutsch-Italienisch”. Studies in Language 19:2, 597 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1992. “Event structure accounting for the emerging periphrastic tenses and the passive voice in German”. In Explanation in Historical Linguistics, Davis, Garry W. and Gregory K. Iverson (eds.), 1 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1991. “The grammaticization of the German modal particles”. In Approaches to Grammaticalization, Traugott, Elizabeth Closs and Bernd Heine (eds.), 331 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1991. “Discourse particles in German: How does their illocutive force come about?”. In Discourse Particles, Abraham, Werner (ed.), 203 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1991. “How Much of the German Tense System is “Aspect” and “Aktionsart”?”. Perspectives on Aspect and Aktionsart, Vetters, Carl and Willy Vandeweghe (eds.), 133 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1990. “H. Weydt (ed.): Sprechen mit-Partikeln”. Studies in Language 14:1, 225 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1989. “Verbal Substantives in German”. In Syntactic Phrase Structure Phenomena in Noun Phrases and Sentences, Bhatt, Christa, Elisabeth Löbel and Claudia Maria Schmidt (eds.)
Abraham, Werner. 1989. “Language Universals: The Chomskyan Approach vs. Greenberg's Typological Approach”. Universals of Language, Kefer, Michel and Johan van der Auwera (eds.), 9 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1986. “Word Order in the Middle Field of the German Sentence”. In Topic, Focus and Configurationality, Abraham, Werner and Sjaak De Meij (eds.), 15 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1983. “The Control Relation in German”. In On the Formal Syntax of the Westgermania, Abraham, Werner (ed.), 217 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1980. “The Synchronic and Diachronic Semantics of German Temporal noch and schon, with Aspects of English still, yet and already”. Studies in Language 4:1, 3 ff.
Abraham, Werner. 1978. “Valence and case: Remarks on their contribution to the identification of grammatical relations”. In Valence, Semantic Case, and Grammatical Relations, Abraham, Werner (ed.), 695 ff.
Meulen, Alice ter and Werner Abraham 2004. “The composition of meaning”. In The Composition of Meaning, Meulen, Alice ter and Werner Abraham (eds.), 1 ff.