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 ...

Central to this thesis is the question: how can differences between the public persona and the images of the practice of (popular) archaeology Austen Henry Layard (1817 - 1894), William Flinders Petrie (1853 - 1942), and ...

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 ...

This study examines the role of phonological overlap in perceived iconicity in a foreign sign language. Signers of Sign Language of the Netherlands (Nederlandse Gebarentaal; NGT) were shown pairs of signs for the same ...

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, & ...

This thesis investigates the effectiveness of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in academic lectures at a Dutch university, focussing on discourse-pragmatic features on the one hand and on communicative effectiveness on the ...

Costume design for television is one of the most important elements through which we make sense of the character, image and narrative portrayed. However, the characteristics of television costume often pass the viewer ...