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My book
My book
Spelling Out P is about the syntax interface and the nature of syntactic categories. In this book, I look at patterns of syncretism in the adpositional domain of Afrikaans to probe the fine-grained structure of that domain. One of the findings that I present in this book is how the adpositions of Afrikaans actually form subclasses that specialise in lexicalising different parts of a single, underlying structure.
Reference: 2017. Pretorius, E. Spelling Out P: A Unified Syntax of Afrikaans Adpositions and V-particles. Utrecht: LOT.
Papers
Papers
The paper that I am most proud of is my 2021 Linguistic Variation paper about Afrikaans Circumpositions: (Mis-)matches at the syntax-interface. This publication grew out of a talk that I presented at a workshop about morphosyntactic variation in adpositions at Queen’s College in Cambridge.
Peer reviewed journal articles
2022. Fisher, R., Natvig, D., Pretorius, E., Putnam, M.T. and Schuhmann, K.S. Why is inflectional morphology difficult to borrow? —Distributing and lexicalizing plural allomorphy in Pennsylvania Dutch. Languages, 7(2), p.86.
2021. Pretorius, E. Afrikaans circumpositions: (Mis-) matches at the syntax-interface. Linguistic Variation, 21(1), pp.46-89.
2017. Pretorius, E. The secret nominal life of Afrikaans intransitive adpositions. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 48, pp.9-16.
2013. Pretorius, E. Having fun with van: a nanosyntactic take on syncretism. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus. 42:243-261.
2012. Pretorius, E. & J. Oosthuizen. Nanosyntax: a fresh approach to syntactic analysis. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. 30(4):433-447.
2012. Pretorius, E. & J. Oosthuizen. A nanosyntactic analysis of Afrikaans passive participles. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. 30(4): 449-467.
Refereed talks
Refereed talks
2024. Accepted for presentation. Pretorius, E & T. Biberauer. Something old and something new: continuity and innovation in the grammar of Kaaps. Presentation to be given at the 21st International Congress of Linguists (ICL). 8-14 September. Poznań, Poland.
2024. Accepted for presentation. Pretorius, E & T. Biberauer, Van Rooi, C., Smith, L. & Albertyn, J. C. Data collection for a socially sensitive study of Kaaps (morpho-) syntax. Presentation to be given at the 21st International Congress of Linguists (ICL). 8-14 September. Poznań, Poland.
2021. Pretorius, E. & C. Van Rooi. Saam jou chommies: variation and change in Kaaps comitative PPs. Presentation given at the 9th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP9). 2-4 December. Cape Town, South Africa.
2019. Biberauer, T. & E. Pretorius. 2019. Variation and complexification in the Kaaps D-system. Presentation given at the 8th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP8). 28 - 30 November. Durban, South Africa.
2019. Biberauer, T., E. Pretorius, C. Van Rooi & F. Butoni. Microvariation in the Afrikaans pronominal system: variation in Kaaps. Workshop on Morphosyntactic Variation: 19 July, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
2019. Biberauer, T. & E. Pretorius. Variation triggering remorphologisation in Kaaps. Presentation given at the 34th Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop (CGSW 34). 14-15 June. Konstanz, Germany.
2018. Biberauer, T. & E. Pretorius. The Syntactic Ecology of Afrikaaps: an initial exploration. Presentation given at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Language Association of Great Britain (LAGB): 11-14 September 2018, Sheffield, England.
2018. Biberauer, T., E. Pretorius, F. Butoni. A spectacular vernacular: initial explorations into some core properties of Afrikaaps grammar. Presentation given at the 7th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP7). 29 November - 1 December. Thohoyandou, South Africa.
2017. Pretorius, E. Afrikaans circumpositions. Morphosyntactic Variation in Adpositions Workshop (MorSynVarAd): 8-9 May, Queens’ College, Cambridge, England.
2017. Pretorius, E. To P or not to P: dissolving an ontologically primitive P with help from syncretism. The 32nd annual Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop (CGSW 32): 13-15 September, Trondheim, Norway.
2017. Pretorius, E. The emergent category P: a view from morphosyntactic variation in Afrikaans adpositions. The 6th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP 6): 29 November – 2 December, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
2016. Pretorius, E. Afrikaans axials: complex adpositions from a (non-)projective perspective. The 5th South African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP 5): 24-26 November, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
2015. Pretorius, E. Towards a unified syntax of P: A syncretism-driven approach to analysing Afrikaans adpositions and V-particles. The 30th annual Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop (CGSW 30): 22-23 May, Chicago, USA.
2015. Pretorius, E. On the status of postpositions in Afrikaans. The 4th South African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP 4): 27-29 November, Grahamstown, South Africa.
2015. Pretorius, E., K. Huddlestone, & M. Du Plessis. Khoe serial verbs and Germanic particle verbs: linking variation to spellout. Talk given the 4th annual South African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP 4): 27-29 November, Grahamstown, South Africa.
2014. Pretorius, E. 2014. Putting all your Ps in one pod. Talk given at the 3rd annual South African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP 3): 24-27 November, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
2013. Pretorius, E. Having fun with van. Talk given at the LSSA/ SAALA/ SAALT joint annual conference: 1-4 July, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Invited talks
Invited talks
2024. Title to be declared. Keynote speaker. 3rd Kaaps Symposium. 15-16 August. Woodstock, Cape Town.
2021. The grammaticalisation of saam in Kaaps Afrikaans comitative PPs. Invited talk. Syntax Interface Lectures. Utrecht Institute for Linguistics/Online. 19 April.
2021. With Mike Putnam. Dissolving P: categorial hybridity in Afrikaans. PSU Morpho-Syntax Syndicate. Pennsylvania State University/Online. 27 September.
2019. The Grammar of Kaaps: Selected first impressions. Invited Talk. Afrikaans & Dutch Departmental Seminar, University of the Western Cape. Bellville, South Africa. 18 September.
2018. Towards re-imagining syntax. Honours seminar in the Stellenbosch University & University of the Western Cape series Re-imagining Multilingualism. 7 May, Bellville, Cape Town, RSA.
2017. A no-category approach to analysing P-based V-particles. Syntax Lab Seminar. 14 February, Cambridge, England.
2017. A no-category approach to analysing P-based V-particles. CRISSP Seminar. 20 February, Brussels, Belgium.
2016. Deriving Afrikaans adpositions. Syntax Seminar. University of KwaZulu-Natal. May, Durban, RSA.
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