publications
Contents
6. Non-scientific publications
a. How to cite Dutch names containing "de", "van", etc.
b. Very important opinions on typography
Notes
1. Manuscripts (comments welcome!)
Vries, M. de (2002). The Syntax of Relativization. PhD Dissertation, University of Amsterdam. Vries, Mark de (2002). The Syntax of Relativization. PhD Dissertation, University of Amsterdam. LOT dissertation series 53.
A printed copy of the book can be ordered at the LOT dissertations page for EUR 33,82.
Separate chapters can also be downloaded there (click "contents").
[Comment: improved versions of chapters 6 and 8 are the articles (2006b) and (2006a) above.]
Vries, M. de (1996b) Relatieve bijzinnen in de zinsstructuur van Kayne. MA Thesis, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Groningen.
Vries, M. de (1996a) Models of HII Regions. Determining Electron Temperature and Density from Optical and Infra-red Emission Lines. MA Thesis, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Groningen.
6. Non-scientific publications
pdf Vries, M. de & G. de Vries (2005b) Coordination and Coordination and Coordination. In D. Gilbers & P. Hendriks, eds, Rejected Papers in Linguistics Etc. Volume 1: Feestbundel voor Ron van Zonneveld, 6 pp., Groningen.
pdf Vries, M. de (2005a) Santacticians poem. Speculative Grammarian CL-1, poetry corner. http://specgram.com/CL.1
pdf Vries, M. de (2000) Demotie en promotie: arbeidsperspectieven in de wetenschap en de positie van promovendi. VakTaal, tijdschrift van de Landelijke Vereniging Van Neerlandici, 13e jaargang nr 3/4, 5-8.
a. How to cite Dutch
names containing "de", "van",
etc.
[N.B. This differs from general practice in Romance languages and in Belgium.]
Examples of full names: Mark de Vries, Henk van Riemsdijk, Hans den Besten, Frederike van der Leek.
Surnames in the running text: De Vries, Van Riemsdijk, Den Besten, Van der Leek [Start with a capital, also in the middle of a sentence.]
In
the bibliography:
either
Vries, Mark de; Riemsdijk, Henk van; Besten, Hans den;
Leek, Frederike van der.
or
de
Vries, Mark; van Riemsdijk, Henk; den Besten, Hans; van
der Leek, Frederike [But list under V, R, B, L.]
b. Very important opinions on typography
Regular texts should be justified, i.e. marginated both on the left and the right. The era of the typewriter is over!
Lay-out-destroying operations such as double spacing should be avoided at all times. It not only looks awful, double spacing also makes it harder to survey the contents of a paper, it often causes glosses or translations of examples to spill over to the next page, etc. And it's a waste of paper, too. Editors of this world, I've reviewed many papers, and I really hate it. Please stop forcing authors to mess up their manuscripts.
Full example sentences should end with a full stop (if that is customary in the orthography of the language at issue). It is simply inconsistent to maintain the initial capital, maintain intermediate interpunction such as commas, and then suddenly delete the final stop.
It's usually better not to indent example sentences (if they are surrounded by white space), since preventing them to spill over to the next line is what is most important.