Monographs

Verstraete, J-C (2025) A Dictionary of Morrobolam. A Lamalamic Language of Cape York Peninsula, Australia. As spoken by Bob Bassani, Bobby Stewart, Ella Lawrence, King Armstrong, Nancy Gunnawarra, Nellie Salt, Rosie Liddy, Florrie Bassani, Daisy Stewart and Norman King. (Pacific Linguistics 669). Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton. (xxvii, 556 p.)

Reviewed in Te Reo 68(1):3-6 (A. Gaby), International Journal of Lexicography 30:ecaf027 (B. Alpher).

Verstraete, J-C (2020) A Dictionary of Umpithamu, with notes on Middle Paman. Main language consultants: Florrie Bassani and Joan Liddy. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. (xviii, 502 p.)

Verstraete, J-C & B Rigsby (2015) A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka (Pacific Linguistics 648). Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton. (xiv, 414 p.)

Verstraete, J-C (2007) Rethinking the Coordinate-Subordinate Dichotomy. Interpersonal Grammar and the Analysis of Adverbial Clauses in English (Topics in English Linguistics 55). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. (xvi, 321 p.)

Reviewed in Language 87(1): 239-242 (B. Dancygier).

Journal articles

(* marks shared first authorship)

Verstraete, J-C (2026) Prestopped nasals in Umbuygamu (Morrobolam): From prestopping to preaspiration. Journal of the International Phonetic Association.

Verstraete, J-C, R. Bundgaard-Nielsen, B. Baker & C. Hill (2025) Medial consonant lengthening in Eastern Middle Paman: Syllable position or lexical stress? Australian Journal of Linguistics 45: 115-142.

Inglese*, G. & J-C Verstraete* (2023) Evidence against unidirectionality in the emergence of middle voice systems: Two case studies from Anatolian and Paman. Language Typology and Universals 76: 235-265.

Verstraete, J-C (2022) Pathways of initial consonant loss: A Middle Paman case study. Journal of Historical Linguistics 12: 1-30.

Luk*, E. & J-C Verstraete* (2022) Conjunctions and clause linkage in Australian languages: A typological study. Studies in Language 46: 594-646.

Verstraete, J-C & E. Luk (2021) Shaking up counterfactuality. Even closer to the linguistic facts. Theoretical Linguistics 47: 287-296.

Verstraete, J-C (2021) Stress change and initial consonant loss in Umpithamu: Cause or consequence? Transactions of the Philological Society 119: 152-173.

Hoogmartens*, V. & J-C Verstraete* (2020) Rations: Flour, sugar, tea and tobacco in Australian languages. Australian Journal of Linguistics 40: 444-474.

Verstraete, J-C (2019) Mbarrumbathama (Lamalama). Journal of the International Phonetic Association 49: 265-288.

Verstraete, J-C (2019) Umbuygamu. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 49: 245-263.

Chappell*, H. & J-C Verstraete* (2019) Optional and alternating case marking: Typology and diachrony. Language and Linguistics Compass. 13: e12311.

Verstraete, J-C (2018) Lamalamic root structure: Erosion and expansion. Australian Journal of Linguistics 38: 360-394.

Verstraete, J-C (2018) The genetic status of Lamalamic: Phonological and morphological evidence. Oceanic Linguistics 57: 1-30.

Louagie*, D & J-C Verstraete* (2016) Noun phrase constituency in Australian languages: A typological study. Linguistic Typology 20: 25-80.

Louagie*, D & J-C Verstraete* (2015) Personal pronouns with determining functions in Australian languages. Studies in Language 39: 158-197.

Verstraete, J-C (2014) The role of mood marking in complex sentences: A case study of Australian languages. Word 57: 195-236.

Fauconnier*, S & J-C Verstraete* (2014) A and O as each other's mirror image? Problems with markedness reversal. Linguistic Typology 18: 3-49.

D'Hertefelt*, S & J-C Verstraete* (2014) Independent complement constructions in Swedish and Danish: Insubordination or dependency shift? Journal of Pragmatics 60: 89-102.

Verstraete, J-C (2012) Contact-induced restructuring of pronominal morphosyntax in Umpithamu (Cape York Peninsula, Australia). Diachronica 29: 326-358.

Verstraete, J-C, S D'Hertefelt & A Van linden (2012) A typology of complement insubordination in Dutch. Studies in Language 36: 123-153.

Verstraete, J-C (2011) The functions of represented speech and thought in Umpithamu narratives. Australian Journal of Linguistics 31: 491-517.

Verstraete, J-C (2011) Experienced action constructions in Umpithamu: Involuntary experience, from bodily processes to externally instigated actions. Cognitive Linguistics 22: 275-302.

Van linden, & J-C Verstraete (2011) Revisiting deontic modality and related categories. A conceptual map based on the study of English modal adjectives. Journal of Pragmatics 43: 150-163.

Fauconnier*, S & J-C Verstraete* (2010) Distinguishing animacy effects for Agents: A case study of Australian languages. Australian Journal of Linguistics 30: 183-207.

Verstraete, J-C (2010) Animacy and information structure in the system of ergative marking in Umpithamu. Lingua 120: 1637-1651.

Verstraete, J-C (2009) Illocution and focus at the semantics/pragmatics interface in Umpithamu (Cape York, Australia). Linguistics 47: 867-884.

Verstraete, J-C (2008) The status of purpose, reason and intended endpoint in the typology of complex sentences. Linguistics 46: 757-788.

Van linden*, A & J-C Verstraete* (2008) The nature and origins of counterfactuality in simple clauses. Cross-linguistic evidence. Journal of Pragmatics 40: 1865-1895.

Verstraete, J-C (2008) Same source, same target, different paths: From ‘person’ to reflexive in Umpithamu and other Paman languages. Language Sciences 30: 599-620.

Van linden, A, J-C Verstraete & H Cuyckens (2008) The semantic development of essential and crucial. Paths to deontic meaning. English Studies 89: 226-247.

Verstraete, J-C & B De Cock (2008) Construing confrontation. Grammar in the construction of a key historical narrative in Umpithamu. Language in Society 37: 217-240.

De Smet*, H & J-C Verstraete* (2006) Coming to terms with subjectivity. Cognitive Linguistics 17: 365-392.

Verstraete, J-C (2006) The nature of irreality in the past domain: Evidence from past intentional constructions in Australian languages. Australian Journal of Linguistics 26: 59-79.

Verstraete, J-C (2005) The semantics and pragmatics of composite mood marking: The non-Pama-Nyungan languages of northern Australia. Linguistic Typology 9: 223-268.

Verstraete, J-C (2005) Scalar quantity implicatures and the interpretation of modality: Problems in the deontic domain. Journal of Pragmatics 37: 1401-1418.

Verstraete, J-C (2005) Two types of coordination in clause combining. Lingua 115 (4) : 611-626.

Verstraete, J-C (2004) Initial and final position for adverbial clauses in English: The constructional basis of the discursive and syntactic differences. Linguistics 42 (4): 819–853.

Verstraete, J-C (2002/2003) Preverbal positions in three Germanic languages: The role of scope as a functional principle. Languages in Contrast 4 (1): 105–136.

Verstraete, J-C (2002) The functional value of non-integration in clause combining: Interpersonal versus discursive independence. Word 53 (1): 37-65.

Verstraete, J-C (2001) Subjective and objective modality: Interpersonal and ideational functions in the English modal auxiliary system. Journal of Pragmatics 33 (10): 1505-1528.

Verstraete, J-C (2000) Attitudinal disjuncts and illocutionary force in clause combining. Functions of Language 7 (1): 117-131.

Verstraete, J-C (1998) A semiotic model for the description of levels in conjunction: External, internal-modal and internal-speech functional. Functions of Language 5 (2): 179-211.

(Editorial articles)

McGregor*, W & J-C Verstraete* (2010) Optional ergative marking and its implications for linguistic theory. Lingua 120: 1607-1609.

Verstraete, J-C (2004) Grounding and headedness in the noun phrase. Functions of Language 11 (1): 1-5.

(Other)

Verstraete, J-C (2023) Terugblik 2023: Hoe de tong danst wanneer we praten. Eos Wetenschap. 

Verstraete, J-C (2022) Terugblik 2022: De structuur van een taal heeft invloed op de manier waarop die wordt verwerkt. Eos Wetenschap.

Verstraete, J-C (2021) Het moeilijke koloniale verhaal van Australië. Eos Magazine, Special: Kolonialisme en verzet. 52-56.

Verstraete, J-C (2021) Rust in vrede. Eos Magazine, Special: Kolonialisme en verzet. 114-117.

Verstraete, J-C (2020) Terugblik 2020: Taal kan uitsluitend uit aanrakingen bestaan. Eos Wetenschap.

Verstraete, J-C (2009) Editoriaal. Karakter. Tijdschrift van Wetenschap 26: 3.

Verstraete, J-C (2008) Pirahã als exotisch ander. Karakter. Tijdschrift van Wetenschap 22: 2-3.

Verstraete, J-C (2005) Onbeschreven talen. Karakter. Tijdschrift van Wetenschap 10: 3-5.

Verstraete, J-C (1999) The distinction between epistemic and speech act conjunction. Belgian Essays on Language and Literature 119-130.

Book chapters

Inglese*, G & J-C Verstraete* (accepted for publication) The causal-noncausal alternation and anticausativization in Australian languages. In Guglielmo Inglese, Giulia Mazzola & Eugenio Goria (eds.) Diachronic and typological perspectives on anticausativization. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Verstraete, J-C (2023) Lamalamic (Paman). In Claire Bowern (ed.) The Oxford Guide to Australian languages. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 855-864.

Verstraete, J-C (2020) Revisiting Lamalamic metathesis. In Paul Monaghan & Michael Walsh (eds.) More than Mere Words. Essays on Language and Linguistics in Honour of Peter Sutton. Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 192-213.

Verstraete, J-C (2018) 'Perhaps' in Cape York Peninsula. Ignoratives and verbs of visual perception in epistemic marking. In Daniel Van Olmen, Tanja Mortelmans & Frank Brisard (eds.) Aspects of Linguistic Variation. Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton. 247-267.

Verstraete, J-C & S D'Hertefelt (2016) Running in the family: Patterns of complement insubordination in the Germanic languages. In Nick Evans & Honor Watanabe (eds.) Insubordination. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 65-87.

Verstraete, J-C & S D'Hertefelt (2014) Polariteitsomkering bij insubordinatie. In Freek Van de Velde, Hans Smessaert, Frank Van Eynde & Sara Verbrugge (eds.) Patroon en Argument. Leuven: Leuven University Press. 639-651.

Verstraete, J-C (2011) Impersonal constructions in Umpithamu and the Lamalamic languages. In Andrej Malchukov and Anna Siewierska (eds.) Impersonal Constructions: A Cross-linguistic Perspective. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 601-618.

Verstraete, J-C (2010) Focus, mood and clause linkage in Umpithamu (Cape York Peninsula, Australia). In Isabelle Bril (ed.) Clause-hierarchy and Clause-linking: The Syntax and Pragmatics Interface. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 451-468.

Verstraete, J-C (2007) The many faces of subordination, in Germanic and beyond. In Matti Miestamo and Bernhard Waelchli (eds.) New Challenges in Typology: Broadening the Horizons and Redefining the Foundations (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology). Berlin: Mouton. 363-383.

Verstraete, J-C (2004) The problem of subjective modality in the Functional Grammar model. In J. Lachlan Mackenzie and M. G mez-Gonz lez (eds.) A new architecture for Functional Grammar (Functional Grammar series 24). Berlin: Mouton. 243-274.

(Editorial articles)

Verstraete, J-C & D Hafner (2016) Land and language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country. In J-C Verstraete & D Hafner, eds. Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 1-26.

Verstraete, J-C & D Hafner (2016) Appendix: Bibliography of Bruce Rigsby. In J-C Verstraete & D Hafner, eds. Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 27-36.

Carlier*, A & J-C Verstraete* (2013) Genitive case and genitive constructions: An introduction. In A Carlier & J-C Verstraete, eds. The Genitive. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 1-16.

Tollebeek*, J & J-C Verstraete* (2013) De wereld van de wetenschap. In J Tollebeek, J-C Verstraete & Els Van de Perre, eds. Onweerstaanbaar Veranderlijk. Over de Cultuur van de Wetenschap. Leuven: Leuven University Press. 10-13.

Leclercq*, P & J-C Verstraete* (2013). Preface. In P De Wolf (ed. by J-C Verstraete & C Chamoreau). El idioma tarasco: Sinopsis de la estructura gramatical. Munich: Lincom. iii-vi.

Davidse*, K, A Van linden* & J-C Verstraete* (2010) Introduction. In A Van linden, J-C Verstraete & K Davidse, eds. Formal Evidence in Grammaticalization Research. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 1-16.

(Other)

Verstraete, J-C (2015) Een evidentieel gebruik van precies. In Sander Lestrade, Peter De Swart & Lotte Hogeweg (eds.) Addenda. Artikelen voor Ad Foolen. Nijmegen: Radboud Universiteit. 489-495.

Verstraete, J-C (forthcoming) Formal criteria for subordination in the Germanic languages: in search of an explanation. In B. Cornillie, D. Divjak, P. Mertens and P. Swiggers (eds.) Structuring linguistic form (Orbis supplementa). Leuven: Peeters.

Edited volumes

Bourgoin, C, W Van Praet, L Vandelanotte & J-C Verstraete, eds (2022) Signs and wonders: Liber amicorum for Kristin Davidse. Leuven: Department of Linguistics.

Verstraete, J-C & D Hafner, eds (2016) Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

Reviewed in Aboriginal History 40: 311-318 (F. Powell) and Queensland Review 24: 163-164 (D. Osgarby).

Carlier, A & J-C Verstraete, eds (2013) The Genitive. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

Reviewed in Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris 109: 34-46 (J. Feuillet).

Tollebeek, J, J-C Verstraete & Els Van de Perre, eds (2013) Onweerstaanbaar Veranderlijk. Over de Cultuur van de Wetenschap (Lipsius Leuven). Leuven: Leuven University Press.

This book received a Science Communication Award from the Royal Academy of Science and the Arts.

Reviewed in Ons Erfdeel 57: 146-148 (D. Van Delft).

De Wolf, P (ed. by J-C Verstraete & C Chamoreau) (2013) El idioma tarasco. Sinopsis de la estructura gramatical. Munich: Lincom.

Van linden, A, J-C Verstraete & K Davidse, eds (2010) Formal Evidence in Grammaticalization Research. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

Reviewed in Folia Linguistica 46: 274-280 (G. Diewald), Studies in Language 35: 913-926 (H. Narrog).

(Journal special issues)

McGregor, W & J-C Verstraete, eds (2010) Optional Ergative Marking. Oxford: Elsevier. (special issue of Lingua)

Verstraete, J-C, ed. (2004). Grounding and Headedness in the Noun Phrase. Amsterdam: Benjamins. (special issue of Functions of Language)

Dissertation

Verstraete, J-C (2002) Interpersonal grammar and clause combining in English. Doctoral dissertation, Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven.

Community publications

Verstraete, J-C (2017) A Dictionary of Rimanggudinhma. (Android app)

Sutton, P; ed. by J-C Verstraete (2017) A Dictionary of Flinders Island Language. (Android app)

Verstraete, J-C (2016) A Dictionary of Mbarrumbathama. (Android app)

Verstraete, J-C (2009) A Dictionary of Morrobolam. (2009: print, Kirrkirr; 2016: Android app)

Verstraete, J-C (2009) A Dictionary of Umpithamu. (2009: print, Kirrkirr: 2016: Android app)

Reviews

Verstraete, J-C (2005) Review of Joan Bybee & Paul J. Hopper (2001) Frequency and the emergence of linguistic structure (Amsterdam: Benjamins). Language 81: 498-501.

(Book notices)

Verstraete, J-C (2005) Book notice on Michael Barlow & Susanne Kemmer (eds.) (2000) Usage-based models of language. Language 81: 512-513.

Verstraete, J-C (2004) Book notice on Melissa Bowerman & Stephen C. Levinson (eds.) (2001) Language acquisition and conceptual development. Language 80: 875-876.

Verstraete, J-C (2003) Book notice on Barbara Dancygier (1998) Conditionals and prediction. Language 79: 218-219.

Verstraete, J-C (2003) Book notice on Pieter Verburg (1998) Language and its functions. Transl. by Paul Salmon. Language 79: 225-226.

Verstraete, J-C (2003) Book notice on David McNeill (ed.) (2000) Language and gesture. Language 79: 661.

Verstraete, J-C (2000) Book notice on Simon Dik (1997) The theory of Functional Grammar. Part 1: The structure of the clause & Part 2: Complex and derived constructions. Language 76: 210-212.

Verstraete, J-C (2000) Book notice on Wolf-Andreas Liebert, Gisela Redeker & Linda Waugh (eds.) (1997) Discourse and perspective in Cognitive Linguistics. Language 76: 941.

Working papers

Verstraete, J-C (2004) The role of mood marking in complex sentences: A case study of Australian languages. Preprints of the Department of Linguistics 215. Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven.

Verstraete, J-C (2004) The semantics and pragmatics of composite mood marking: The non-Pama-Nyungan languages of northern Australia. Preprints of the Department of Linguistics 214. Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven.

Verstraete, J-C (2000) Interpersonal grammar and the typology of clause combining mechanisms in English. Preprints of the Department of Linguistics 171. Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven.