Direct object scrambling is a type of word order variation in which the direct object of a sentence moves across an adverb to a more leftward position in the sentence. The phenomenon exists in a number of the Germanic ...

This project is concerned with the evolution and development of the genre of didactic poetry. Five poets, Hesiod, Aratus, Lucretius, Vergil, and Pseudo-Oppian, were investigated to find out how they applied didactic tools ...

Even though operetta has been a hugely popular genre in nineteenth-century Amsterdam, the genre has never been fully appreciated in Dutch historiography. Its influence on Dutch society has only partly been acknowledged by ...

This thesis researches the shape and conduct of three particular concepts in the context of the construction of the Zuiderzeewerken in the early twentieth century Netherlands. The first chapter deals with the visual ...

Conversation is a socially and cognitively demanding endeavour in which interlocutors have to continuously monitor what is being said in order to react fast and appropriately. This is even more demanding with questions as ...

Life expectancy is a leading indicator when making decisions about end-of-life care, but good prognostication is notoriously challenging. Being overly optimistic about life expectancy, as doctors tend to be, greatly impedes ...

Few people have discussed or are nowadays discussing (contemporary) artworks and their effects in terms of use and usefulness. It is generally believed that art is purposeful, and yet the union between art and utilitarianism ...

In 44 BCE, the assassination of Julius Caesar heralded a turbulent time for Rome, eventually resulting in the end of the Roman Republic. It is at this time that the great, Republican orator Cicero delivers 14 scathing ...

With a drastic increase in number of writing centres in the Netherlands over the last ten years, their actual effectiveness becomes more and more important. Whereas students’ attitudes about the writing centres’ non-directive ...

The tight time constraints of the turn-taking system (Levinson, 2013) compel listeners to recognize the action conveyed by a turn and plan their response accordingly while the turn is still unfolding (Bögels, Magyari, & ...