Below you can find Hedde Zeijlstra's publications: book, volumes, journal publications, book chapters and a number of other papers, some of them that haven't yet made it into a full publication. Most of these publications can also be downloaded (often in prepublished form) at https://uni-goettingen.academia.edu/HeddeZeijlstra. You can find his Google Scholar profile here. In case you cannot access some document, or if you want a copy of another paper, feel free to contact Hedde.
Books
In pep. O. Koeneman & H. Zeijlstra. Introducing syntax. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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In prep. O. Koeneman & H. Zeijlstra. Introducing syntax. Translated Chinese edition. To appear with Peking University Press.
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In prep. H. Zeijlstra. De vorm van taal [The form of language]. Popular scientific book on linguistics. Amsterdam: Wereldbibliotheek.
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2023. H. Zeijlstra. De betekenis van woorden [The meaning of words]. Popular scientific book on linguistics. Amsterdam: Wereldbibliotheek. Link
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2022. H. Zeijlstra. Negation and negative dependencies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Link
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2022. A. Banga, P. Poelmans, J. Sweep & V. Verhagen (eds.). Handboek Taalkunde ('Handbook linguistics'). Textbook on linguistics for future language teachers in secondary education. Co-responsibility for the syntax part with O. Koeneman. Bussum: Coutinho. Link
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2020. H. Zeijlstra. De geniale eenvoud van taal ('The brilliant simplicity of language'). Popular scientific book on language and linguistics. Amsterdam: Wereldbibliotheek. Link
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2017. O. Koeneman & H. Zeijlstra. Introducing syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Link
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2004. H. Zeijlstra. Sentential Negation and Negative Concord. PhD Dissertation University of Amsterdam. Utrecht: LOT Publications. Download
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Edited volumes/journals
2023. J. Goncharov & H. Zeijlstra (eds.). Agency and Intentions in Language. Current Research in the Semantic-Pragmatics Interface (CRiSPI). Leiden: Brill. Link
2022. S. Sundaresan & H. Zeijlstra (eds.). The grammar of Agree(ment) and Reference. Special Issue of Glossa: 7. Download
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2015. E. Csipak & H. Zeijlstra (eds). Proceedings of Sinn & Bedeutung 19. Göttingen: LinG. Download
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2012. P. Dekker & H. Zeijlstra (eds). Concord Phenomena and Uninterpretablity. Special Issue of the Journal of Semantics 29:3. Link
2010. D. Penka & H. Zeijlstra (eds). Negation and Polarity. Special Issue of Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 28:4. Link
2007. H. Zeijlstra & J.P. Söhn (eds). Proceedings of the Workshop on Negation and Polarity. Tübingen: UB/SFB 441. Download
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2006. P. Dekker & H. Zeijlstra (eds). Concord Phenomena and the Syntax-Semantics Interface. Malaga: ESSLLI. Link
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Articles​
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Submitted. A. Bluemel & H. Zeijlstra. Root categorizers don’t lexicalize. Download
Submitted. K. Branan & H. Zeijlstra. Head movement and linear edges. Download
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Submitted. C. Halpert & H. Zeijlstra. Off Phases: It’s All Relative(ized). Download
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Submitted. J. Goncharov, S. Buchszyk, F. Constantino, I. Feldhausen, Th. Weskott & H. Zeijlstra. Testing amelioration of sentences with subject obviation. Download
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Submitted. S Iatridou & H. Zeijlstra. On the formal identity between interrogative and conditional complementizers: synchrony or diachrony? Download
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Submitted. S. Alexeyenko & H. Zeijlstra. Linearization of complex modifiers: Ways of (dis)obeying the Head-Final Filter. Download
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Submitted. Th. McFadden, S. Sundaresan & H. Zeijlstra. On the nature of crosslinguistic variation: Insights from anaphora. Download
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Revisions. H. Karawani & H. Zeijlstra. If you want a future, darling, why don’t you get a past? Download
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Revisions. O. Koeneman & H. Zeijlstra. Deriving pro drop in a non-paradigmatic way. Download
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Revisions. C. Kauf & H. Zeijlstra. Towards a New Explanation of Sequence of Tense Phenomena. Download
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In press. S. Keine & H. Zeijlstra. Morphology of extraction: Reassessing vP phasehood. Download​​​​
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In press. S. Sundaresan & H. Zeijlstra. The syntactic limits of probe-goal (a)symmetries. In K. Grohmann & E. Leivada (eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Minimalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Download
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In press. Z. Mirrazi & H. Zeijlstra. Neg-raising without lexical excluded middle inferences: Resolving Horn Clauses and other problems. To appear in the Proceedings of SICOGG 23. Download H
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2024. H. Zeijlstra. Two varieties of Korean: rightward head movement or polarity sensitivity? Linguistic Inquiry 55: 622–641. Download
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2024. B. Kamali & H. Zeijlstra. Negative dependencies in Turkish. Languages 9: 342. Download
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2024. O. Koeneman & H. Zeijlstra. Do-support and the syntax of finiteness. In M. lekakou, K. Szendroi & R, Truswell (eds.), Generation Flex: Flexible syntax 25 years on. Download
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2024. Y. Greenberg & H. Zeijlstra. ‘What is special about special?’ In F. Carcassi et al. (eds), Proceedings of the the 24th Amsterdam Colloquium. 138-144. Download
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2023. H. Zeijlstra Pas de Problème: The Distribution and Nature of Double Negation in French and Other Romance Negative Concord Languages. Languages 8: 118. Download
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2023. H. Zeijlstra. Word classes and their underlying features in minimalist syntax. In E. van Lier (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Word Classes. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Download
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2023. Z. Mirrazi & H. Zeijlstra. ‘Missing words and missing worlds.’ In M. Onoeva, A. Staňková & R. Šimík (eds.), Proceedings of Sinn & Bedeutung 27. 453-452. Download
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2023. O. Koeneman, S. Tvica & H. Zeijlstra. ‘Rich agreement and verbal syntax.’ In The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Morphology. London: Wiley. 2367-2401. Download
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2023. O. Koeneman & H. Zeijlstra. A New Perspective on Pro Drop in Romanian. In M. Burada, O. Tatu & R. Sinu (eds.), Language and Communication in the Digital Age. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 5-34. Download
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2022. H. Zeijlstra. FOFC and what left-right asymmetries may tell us about syntactic structure building. Journal of Linguistics 1-35. Download
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2022. R. Pfau, T. Makharoblidze & H. Zeijlstra. Negation and Negative Concord in Georgian Sign Language. Frontiers in psychology 13: 734845. Download
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2022. J. Goncharov & H. Zeijlstra. Parasitic licensing in uncertainty. Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics 14: 61-84. Download
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2022. O. Koeneman & H. Zeijlstra. ‘The lack of full pro drop as a consequence of featural overspecification.’ In: J. Bentz & Y. Chen (eds.) University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics: Vol. 28: Article 10. Download
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2021. J. Lin, F. Weerman & H. Zeijlstra. NPIs of different strengths: acquisition and beyond. To appear in Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. Download
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2021 S. Iatridou & H. Zeijlstra. The complex beauty of boundary adverbials: in years and until. Linguistic Inquiry 52: 89-142. Download
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2021. S. Alexeyenko & H. Zeijlstra. ‘(Dis)obeying the the Head-Final Filter.’ In Proceedings of WCCFL 37. 50-58. Download H
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2020. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Rethinking remerge: merge, movement and music.’ In. A. Barany, Th. Biberauer, J. Douglas & S. Vikner (eds.), Syntactic architecture and its consequences. Vol. I: Syntax inside the grammar. Berlin: Language Science Press. 571-598. Download
2020. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Labeling, selection, and feature checking.’ In P. Smith, J. Mursell & K. Hartmann (eds.), Agree to Agree: Agreement in the Minimalist Programme. Berlin: Language Science Press. 137-174 Download
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2020. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Negative Quantifiers.’ In Viviane Déprez & M. Teresa Espinal (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Negation. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 426-440.
2020. O. Koeneman & H. Zeijlstra. ‘Form and Meaning of (Indefinite) Pronouns.’ In R. Lieber (ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of Morphology. Oxford University Press. Download
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2020. H. Karawani, C. Kauf & H. Zeijlstra. ‘The asymmetry of fake tense.’ In J. Schlöder, D. McHugh & F Roelofsen (eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Amsterdam Colloquium 2019. Amsterdam: ILLC. 211-217. Download
2019. B. Bjorkman & H. Zeijlstra. Checking up on (Phi-) Agree. Linguistic Inquiry 50: 527-569. Download
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2019. O. Koeneman & H. Zeijlstra. ‘Morphology and pro drop.’ In R. Lieber (ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of Morphology. Oxford University Press. Download
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2018. J. Lin, F. Weerman & H. Zeijlstra. Acquisition of the Dutch NPI hoeven 'need': From lexical frames to abstract knowledge. Language Acquisition 28: 155-177. Download
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2018. C. Kauf & H. Zeijlstra. 'Towards a New Explanation of Sequence of Tense.’ In S. Maspong, B. Stefánsdóttir, K. Blake & F. Davis (eds.), Proceedings of the 28th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference, held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge May 18-20, 2018. 59-77. Download
2017. H. Zeijlstra. Universal Positive Polarity Items. Glossa 2: 91. Download
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2017. H. Zeijlstra. Does NEG-Raising involve NEG-Raising? Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy. Published online. Download
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2017. H. Zeijlstra & D. Goddard. On Berbice Dutch VO status. Language sciences 60: 120-132. Download
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2017. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Contentives: a lexical supercategory above nouns and verbs.’ In C. Mayr & E. Williams (eds), Festschrift für Martin Prinzhorn. Vienna: WLG. 313-322. Download
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2017. C. Kauf & H. Zeijlstra. ‘Explaining the Ambiguity of Past-Under-Past Embeddings.’ In A. Cremers, F. van Gessel & F. Roelofsen (eds), Proceeding of the 21st Amsterdam Colloquium. Amsterdam: ILLC. 315-324. Download
2017. S. Iatridou & H. Zeijlstra. ‘Negated perfects and temporal in-adverbials’. In C. Halpert, H. Kotek & C. van Urk (eds.), A Pesky Set: Papers for David Pesetsky. Cambridge, MA: MITWPL. 65-74. Download
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2017. A. Giannakidou & H. Zeijlstra. ‘The Landscape of Negative Dependencies: Negative Concord, N-Words, Split Scope.’ In M. Everaert & H. van Riemsdijk (eds.). The Blackwell Companion to Syntax, 2nd Edition. London: Blackwell. Download
2016. H. Zeijlstra. Diachronic developments in the domain of negation. Language & Linguistics Compass 10: 284–295. Download
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2016. H. Zeijlstra. Negation and Negative Dependencies. Annual Review of Linguistics 2: 233-254. Download
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2016. S. Miyagawa, N. Nishioka, & H. Zeijlstra. Negative sensitive items and the discourse-configurational nature of Japanese. Glossa 1: 33. Download
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2016. J. Lin, F. Weerman & H. Zeijlstra. 'Acquisition as a window on the nature of NPIs.' In N. Bade, P. Berezovskaya & A. Schöller (eds.), Proceedings of Sinn & Bedeutung 20. Semanticsarchive.net. 462-479. Download
2015. J. Ling, F. Weerman & H. Zeijlstra. Emerging NPIs: the acquisition of Dutch hoeven (‘need’). The Linguistic Review 32: 333-374. Download
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2015. H. Zeijlstra. Let’s talk about you and me. Journal of Linguistics 51: 465-500. Download
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2015. H. Zeijlstra. ‘NEG-raising does not involve syntactic reconstruction.’ In: Th Brochhagen, F. Roelofsen & N. Theiler (eds.), Proceedings of the Amsterdam Colloquium 2015. Amsterdam: ILLC. 458-467. Download
2015. H. Zeijlstra. ‘The morpho-syntactic realization of sentential negation.’ In A. Alexiadou & T. Kiss (eds), The International Syntax Handbook. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 275-310. Download
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2014. O. Koeneman & H. Zeijlstra. The Rich Agreement Hypothesis Rehabilitated. Linguistic Inquiry 45: 571 – 615. Download
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2014. H. Zeijlstra. ‘On the uninterpretability of interpretable features.’ In: P. Kosta e.a. (eds), Minimalism and beyond. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 109-129. Download
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2014. E. Veenendaal, K. Straatjes & H. Zeijlstra. What negation can tell us about the origin of African American Vernacular English. Linguistics in Amsterdam 7: 25–44. Download
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2014. J. Lin, F. Weerman & H. Zeijlstra. ‘Mandarin SHENME as a superweak NPI.’ In: J. Hoeksema & D. Gilbers (eds.), Black book: a festschrift in honor of Frans Zwarts. Groningen: University of Groningen. 229-251.
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2013. S. Iatridou & H. Zeijlstra. Negation, polarity and deontic modals. Linguistic Inquiry 44: 529-568. Download
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2013. H. Zeijlstra. Not in the first place. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 31: 865-900. Download
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2013. H. Karawani & H. Zeijlstra. The semantic contribution of the past tense morpheme kaan in Palestinian counterfactuals. Journal of Portuguese Linguistics 12: 105-120. Download
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2013. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Universal Quantifier PPIs.’ In: M. Aloni, M. Franke & F. Roelofsen (eds), Proceedings of the Amsterdam Colloquium 2009, 273-280. Amsterdam, ILLC. Download
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2013. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Hard and soft conditions on the Faculty of Language: constituting parametric variation.’ In: H. Broekhuis & R. Vogel (eds), Linguistic Derivations and Filtering: Minimalism and Optimality Theory. London, Equinox. 298-314. Download
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2013. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Negation and polarity.’ In: M. Den Dikken (ed),The Cambridge handbook of generative syntax. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 793-826. Download
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2013. S. Miyagawa, N. Nishioka & H. Zeijlstra. Negative dependencies in Japanese. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 67: 231–244.
2012. H. Zeijlstra. There is only one way to agree. The Linguistic Review 29: 491 – 53. Download
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2012. P.J.E. Dekker & H. Zeijlstra. 2012. Concord and doubling phenomena: an introduction. Journal of Semantics 29: 295-303. Download
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2012. H. Zeijlstra. Wat het Nederlands in nog meer kan leren over de Jespersencyclus. Nederlandse Taalkunde 17: 414-420. Download
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2012. Th. Biberauer & H. Zeijlstra. Negative Concord in Afrikaans: filling the typological gap. Journal of Semantics 28: 345-371. Download
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2012. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Not a light negation.’ In: A. Chereches (ed.), Proceedings of the 22nd Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference. Elanguage 545-564. Download
2012. Th. Biberauer & H. Zeijlstra. 'Negative changes: three factors and the diachrony of Afrikaans negation'. In: Ch. Galves et al. (eds), Diachronic syntax. Parameter Theory and dynmics of change. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 238-264. Download
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2012. R. Verburg & H. Zeijlstra. 'Comparative Concord.' In R. Genis et al. (eds.), Between West and East: Festschrift for Wim Honselaar, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Amsterdam: Pegasus.
2011. H. Zeijlstra. On the Lexical Status of Negative Indefinites in Dutch and German. Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics 14: 111-138. Download
2011. Th. Biberauer and H. Zeijlstra. ‘Negation in Afrikaans: in search for the missing language.’ In S. Lima, K. Mullin & Br. Smith (eds.), Proceedings of NELS 39. Amherst, MA: GLSA.
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2011. A. Aguilar Guevara, M. Aloni, A. Port, R. Simik, M. de Vos and H Zeijlstra. ‘Semantics and pragmatics of indefinites: methodology for a synchronic and diachronic corpus study.’ In Proceedings of the workshop Beyond Semantics -- Corpus-based investigations of pragmatic and discourse phenomena. Bochum: Bochumer Linguistische Arbeiten. Download
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2010. H. Zeijlstra. Emphatic Multiple Negative Expressions in Dutch. The Linguistic Review 27: 37-73. Download
2010. D. Penka & H. Zeijlstra. Negation and Polarity: an introduction. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 28: 771-786. Download
2010. S. Iatridou & H. Zeijlstra. 'On the scopal interaction of negation and deontic modals'. In: M. Aloni et al. (eds). Proceedings of the Amsterdam Colloquium 2009. Berlin, Springer Verlag. 315-324. Download
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2010. H. Zeijlstra. ‘On French Negation.’ In: I. Kwon. H. `Pritchett and J. Spence (eds), Proceedings of the 35th annual meeting of the Berkely Linguistics Society. Berkely, CA: BLS. 447-458. Download
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2010. O. Koeneman & H. Zeijlstra. 'Weak isn’t strong enough: resurrecting the Rich Agreement Hypothesis.' In Proceedings of the 12th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG12).
2009. H. Zeijlstra. How parameters arise. Linguistics in Amsterdam 2: 1-22. Download
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2009. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Functional structure, formal features and parametric variation: consequences of conflicting interface conditions.’ In: K. Grohmann (ed). InterPhases. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 82-113. Download
2008. H. Zeijlstra. ‘On the syntactic flexibility of formal features.’ In: Th. Biberauer (ed), The Limits of Syntactic Variation. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 143-174. Download
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2008. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Modal Concord.’ In: M. Gibson & T. Friedman (eds), Proceedings of SALT XVII. Ithaca: CLS. Download
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2008. H. Zeijlstra. Negative Concord is syntactic agreement. Ms University of Amsterdam. Lingbuzz/000645. Download
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2007. H. Zeijlstra. Zero licensers. Snippets 16: 21-22. Download
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2007. H. Zeijlstra. Negation in Natural language: on the Form and Meaning of Negative Elements. Language and Linguistics Compass 1: 498-518. Download
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2007. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Emphatic Multiple Negative Expressions in Dutch.’ In E. Aboh & M. Van Staden (eds.). ACLC Working Papers in Linguistics 2. 77-103.
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2007. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Doubling: the semantic driving force behind functional categories.’ In B. ten Cate & H. Zeevat (eds.). Logic, Language and Computation. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 4363. Hamburg: Springer Verlag. 260-280.
2006. H. Zeijlstra. The Ban on True Negative Imperatives. Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics 6: 405-425.
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2006. H. Zeijlstra. ‘How semantic dictates the syntactic vocabulary.’ In C. Ebert & C. Endriss (eds.). Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 10. ZAS, Berlin. 453-468.
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2006. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Don’t negate imperatives! Imperatives and the semantic of negative markers.’ In C. Ebert & C. Endriss (eds.). Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 10.ZAS, Berlin. 437-452.
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2006. H. Zeijlstra. Emphatic Multiple Negative Expressions in Dutch: A by-product of the loss of Negative Concord.In S. Barbiers, O. Koeneman & M. Lekakou (eds.). Papers presented at the Workshop on Syntactic Doubling, Amsterdam, March 2006.
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2005. H. Zeijlstra. Dislocation triggers uninterpretability. Linguistic Analysis 35: 331-372. Download
2005.H. Zeijlstra. 'What the Dutch Jespersen Cycle may reveal about Negative Concord.' In M. Andronis, E. Debenport, A. Pycha & K. Yoshimura (eds.), Proceedings of the Chicago Linguistics Society 38 (Vol. II). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 143-158.
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2005. D. Penka & H. Zeijlstra. Negative Indefinites in Dutch and German. Ms. University of Tübingen. Lingbuzz/000192. Download
2004. H. Zeijlstra. ‘Syntactic vs. Semantic Negation.’In C. Meier & M. Weisgerber (eds.), Proceedings of the Conference "SUB8 - Sinn und Bedeutung." Konstanz: Fachbereich Sprachwissenschaft Universität Konstanz. 333-348.
2004. H. Zeijlstra.‘Two Ways of Expressing Negation.’ In S. Blaho, L. Vicente & M. de Vos (eds.), Proceedings of ConSOLE XII. 245-259.
2002. H. Zeijlstra. ‘A Three-Track Structure of Temporal and Aspectual Representation.’ In Proceedings of the conference 'Perspectives on Aspect'. UiL OTS Working Papers in Linguistics.
2002. H. Zeijlstra. ‘What the Dutch Jespersen Cycle may reveal about Negative Concord’. Linguistics in Potsdam 19: 183-206.
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Reviews, bibliography
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2010. H. Zeijlstra. Review of 'Daniel Harbour, David Adger & Susana Bejar (eds.), Phi theory: Phi-features across modules and interfaces'. Journal of Linguistics 46: 739-748. Download
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2010. H. Zeijlstra. Boekbeoordeling van 'J.M. van der Horst, Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Syntaxis.' Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde 126: 94-95. Download
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2003. H. Zeijlstra. Negation revisited. A review of Paul Rowlett's ‘Negation in French.’ Glot 7-7/8:1-4.
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2000. J. van Cranenbroeck, A. Neuckemans, S. van der Kleij, M. van Koppen, G. de Vogelaer & H. Zeijlstra, A bibliography of Dutch dialect syntax. Published at: http://www.meertens.nl/projecten/ sand/sand.html.
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