Prof. Dr. Johannes N.M. (Jan) Rijkhoff

Profile

Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsGeneral and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
KeywordsLinguistic Typology, The theory of Functional Grammar, Noun semantics (Seinsart, nominal aspect), The structure of the noun phrase, Parallels between noun phrases and sentences

Current contact address

CountryDenmark
CityAarhus
InstitutionAarhus University
InstituteDepartment of Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics
Homepagehttps://pure.au.dk/portal/da/persons/linjr%40cc.au.dk

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Frans PlankFachbereich Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/1995

Programme(s)

1993Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2024Jan Rijkhoff: Nouns and Iconicity of Distance: When Syntactic Proximity to the Noun Mirrors Semantic Closeness. In: Laure Gardelle, Elise Mignot, Julie Neveaux, Nouns and the Morphosyntax / Semantics Interface. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. 295-349
2023Jan Rijkhoff: Nouns. In: Eva van Lier, The Oxford Handbook of Word Classes. Oxford University Press, 2023. 339 364
2016Jan Rijkhoff: Crosslinguistic categories in morphosyntactic typology: Problems and prospects. In: Linguistic Typology, 20, 2016, 333-363
2015Jan Rijkhoff: Word Order. In: James D. Wright, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition). Elsevier, 2015. 644–656
2014Jan Rijkhoff: Modification as a propositional act. In: María de los Ángeles Gómez González, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco Gonzálvez-García, Theory and Practice in Functional-Cognitive Space. Benjamins, 2014. 129-150
2013Jan Rijkhoff, Eva van Lier (eds.): Flexible Word Classes: Typological studies of underspecified parts of speech. Oxford University Press, 2013
2013Eva van lier, Jan Rijkhoff: Flexible word classes in linguistic typology and grammatical theory. In: Jan Rijkhoff, Eva van Lier, Flexible word classes. Typological studies of underspecified parts of speech. Oxford University Press, 2013. 1-30
2010Jan Rijkhoff: Functional categories in the noun phrase: on jacks-of-all-trades and one-trick-ponies in Danish, Dutch and German. In: Deutsche Sprache, 38 (Heft 2/10), 2010, 97-123
2010Jan Rijkhoff: Rara and grammatical theory. In: J. Wohlgemuth, M. Cysouw, Rethinking Universals: How rarities affect linguistic theory. Mouton de Gruyter, 2010. 223-240
2009Jan Rijkhoff: On the (un)suitability of semantic categories. In: Linguistic Typology, 13, 2009, 95-104
2009Jan Rijkhoff: On the co-variation between form and function of adnominal possessive modifiers in Dutch and English. In: William B. McGregor, The Expression of Possession. Mouton de Gruyter, 2009. 51-106
2008Jan Rijkhoff: Descriptive and discourse-referential modifiers in a layered model of the noun phrase. In: Linguistics, 46, 2008, 789–829
2008Jan Rijkhoff: On flexible and rigid nouns. In: Studies in Language, 32, 2008, 727-752
2008Jan Rijkhoff: Synchronic and diachronic evidence for parallels between noun phrases and sentences. In: Folke Josephson, Ingmar Söhrman, Interdependence of Diachronic and Synchronic Analyses . Benjamins, 2008. 13-42
2008Daniel García Velasco, Jan Rijkhoff (editors): The Noun Phrase in Functional Discourse Grammar. Mouton de Gruyter, 2008
2007Jan Rijkhoff: Word classes. In: Language and Linguistics Compass, 1, 2007, 709-726
2005Jan Rijkhoff, Johanna Seibt: Mood, definiteness and specificity: a linguistic and a philosophical account of their similarities and differences. In: Tidsskrift for Sprogforskning, 2, 2005, 85-132
2005Kees Hengeveld, Jan Rijkhoff: Mundari as a flexible language. In: Linguistic Typology, 9, 2005, 406-431
2004Kees Hengeveld, Jan Rijkhoff, Anna Siewierska: Parts-of-speech systems and word order. In: Journal of Linguistics, 40, 2004, 527-570
2003Jan Rijkhoff: When can a language have nouns and verbs?. In: Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, 35, 2003, 7-38
2002Jan Rijkhoff: On the interaction of Linguistic Typology and Functional Grammar.. In: Functions of Language (special issue The Interaction of Data, Description, and Theory in Linguistics: Functional perspective), 9, 2002, 209–237
2002Jan Rijkhoff: The Noun Phrase. Oxford University Press, 2002
1999Jan Rijkhoff: When can a language have adjectives?. In: Petra M. Vogel, Bernard Comrie, Approaches to the typology of word classes. Mouton de Gruyter, 1999.
1998Jan Rijkhoff, Dik Bakker: Language sampling. In: Linguistic Typology, 2, 1998, 263–314