Prof. dr. R.P.E. (Rint) Sybesma
Position:
- Professor
- Chinese linguistics
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2529 |
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| E-Mail: | r.p.e.sybesma@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SAS China |
| Office Address: |
Arsenaal Arsenaalstraat 1 2311 CT Leiden Room number 021 |
Research
Main research area: The syntax of the Sinitic and non-Sinitic languages of China.
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Rint Sybesma was educated in Leiden, the Netherlands (Universiteit Leiden), and Shenyang, China (Liaoning Daxue). He holds MAs in Linguistics and Sinology (1987; Leiden) and a Ph.D. in Linguistics (1992; Leiden). Dissertation: Causatives and accomplishments. The case of Chinese ba.
Key publications
- 2005. "Classifiers in four varieties of Chinese." In Guglielmo Cinque and Richard Kayne, The Oxford handbook of comparative syntax, 259-292. New York: OUP USA. (With Lisa Cheng.)
- 2004. "Exploring Cantonese tense." In Leonie Cornips and Jenny Doetjes, Linguistics in the Netherlands 2004, 169-180. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- 2004. "Postverbal CAN in Cantonese (and Hakka) and Agree." Lingua 114/4, 419-445. [Special issue on the variation in the syntax of auxiliaries.] (With Lisa Cheng.)
- 2004. "On the different verbal behavior of auxiliaries." Lingua 114/4, 389-398.[Special issue on the variation in the syntax of auxiliaries.] (With Sjef Barbiers.)
Other publications can be found in the METIS database: An overview is presented on the METIS website.
Teaching
Linguistics courses at all levels in the department of Chinese studies.
2011
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (2011)
Het loze van tijdenloosheid. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.
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Hsieh, F.F. & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2011)
On the linearization of Chinese sentence-final particles: Max spell out and why CP moves? Onbekend, 1 (1), pp. 53-90.
(Article)
2010
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Shen, Y. & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2010)
句法结构标记“给”与动词结构的衍生关系 Jùfǎ jiégòu biāojì ‘gěi’ yǔ dòngcíjiégòu de yǎnshēng guānxi (The syntactic marker ‘gei’ and the derivational relations in the structure of the verb). Onbekend (3), pp. 222-237.
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Peng, G.Z. & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2010)
现代汉语中表偏离义的VA词组Xiàndài Hànyǔ zhōng biǎo piānlíyì de VA cízǔ (Modern Chinese VA phrases with an excessive meaning). Onbekend, 12 (1), pp. 19-29.
(Article)
2009
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Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2009)
De 的 as an underspecified classifier: first explorations. Yŭyánxué lùncóng, 39
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (2009)
Het Chinees en het Nederlands zijn eigenlijk hetzelfde. Houten: Het Spectrum.
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (2009)
Review of Pieter Muysken’s Functional categories (CUP). [Bespreking van: Functional categories, door Pieter Muysken]. In: Nederlandse Taalkunde, 14, pp. 402-404.
(Book review)
2008
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Sybesma, R.P.E. & Djamouri, R. & Meisterernst, B. (Eds.) (2008)
Chinese linguistics in Leipzig. Paris: EHESS.
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Sybesma, R.P.E. & Sio, J.U.S. (2008)
D is for Demonstrative. Investigating the position of the demonstrative in Chinese and Zhuang. The Linguistic Review, 25, pp. 253-478.
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Cheng, L.L.-S & Doetjes, J.S. & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2008)
How universal is the Universal Grinder? Linguistics in the Netherlands, pp. 50-62.
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (2008)
Zhuang: A Tai language with some Sinitic characteristics. Postverbal ‘can’ in Zhuang, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Lao. [Studies in Language Companion Series 90.]. In Muysken, P. (Ed.) From linguistic areas to areal linguistics (pp. 221-274). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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Hsieh, F.F. & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2008)
生成语法理论和汉语语气词研究 Shēngchéng yǔfa lǐlùn hé Hànyǔ yǔqì yánjiū (Generative grammar and the study of sentence final particles in Chinese). In: Shen, Y. & Feng, S. (Eds.), 当代语言学理论和汉语研究/Contemporary linguistic theories and related studies on Chinese, pp. 364-374. Peking: Shangwu Shuju.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2007
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (2007)
). 北方方言和粤语中名词的可数标记 Běifāng fāngyán hé Yuèyǔ zhōng míngcí de kěshǔbiāojì (Markers of countability on the noun in Mandarin and Cantonese). Yŭyánxué lùncóng, 35, pp. 234-245.
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Sybesma, R.P.E. & Li, B. (2007)
The dissection and structural mapping of Cantonese sentence final particles. Lingua, an International Review of General Linguistics, 117, pp. 1739-1783.
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (2007)
Whether we Tense-agree overtly or not. Linguistic Inquiry, 38, pp. 580-587.
(Article)
2006
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Sybesma, R.P.E. & Cheng, L.L.-S (2006)
A Chinese Relative. In: Broekhuis, H., Corver, N., Huybregts, R., Kleinhenz, U., Koster, J. (Eds.), Organizing Grammar. Linguistic Studies in Honour of Henk van Riemsdijk (Studies in generative grammar), 86. , pp. 69-76. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
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Djamouri, R. & Sybesma, R.P.E. (Eds.) (2006)
Chinese linguistics in Budapest. Parijs: EHESS-CRLAO.
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Sybesma, R.P.E. & Shen, Y. (2006)
Small clause results and the internal structure of the Chinese resultative small clause. Journal of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 20 (4), pp. 40-46.
(Article)
2005
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Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2005)
Classifiers in Four Varieties of Chinese. In: Cinque, G. & Kayne, R.S. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax, pp. 259-292. New York: Oxford University Press.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2004
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (2004)
Exploring Cantonese tense. In Cornips, L. & Doetjes, J. (Eds.) Linguistics in the Netherlands 2004 (pp. 169-180). Amsterdam: AVT/John Benjamins.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Barbiers, L.C.J. & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2004)
On the different verbal behavior of auxiliaries. Lingua, an International Review of General Linguistics, 114, pp. 389-398.
(Article) -
Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2004)
Postverbal 'can' in Cantonese (and Hakka) and Agree. Lingua, an International Review of General Linguistics, 114, pp. 419-445.
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Sybesma, R.P.E. & Barbiers, L.C.J. & Dikken, M., den & Doetjes, J.S. & Postma, G.J. & Wyngaerd, G., Vanden (Eds.) (2004)
Teun Hoekstra: Arguments and structure. Studies on the architecture of the sentence. Berlijn: Mouton de Gruyter.
(Book editorial)
2003
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Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2003)
Forked modality. In Cornips, L. & Fikkert, P. (Eds.) Linguistics in the Netherlands 2003 (pp. 13-23). Amsterdam: AVT/John Benjamins.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2003)
T.R. - Glot International. Glot International, 7
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Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (Eds.) (2003)
The Second Glot International State-of-the-Article Book. Berlijn: Mouton de Gruyter.
(Book editorial)
2002
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (2002)
Een generatieve inleiding. Bussum: Coutinho.
(Book (monograph)) -
Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2002)
T.R. - Glot International. Glot International
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
2001
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Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2001)
T.R. - Glot International. Glot International
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
2000
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Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (2000)
T.R. - Glot International. Glot International
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Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (Eds.) (2000)
The First Glot International State-of-the-Article Book. Berlijn: Mouton de Gruyter.
(Book editorial)
1999
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Sybesma, R.P.E. & Cheng, L.L.-S (1999)
Bare and not so bare nouns and the structure of NP. Linguistic Inquiry, 30 (4), pp. 509-542.
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (1999)
Overt wh-movement in Chinese and the structure of CP. In Wang, H.S., Tsai, F.F., Lien, C.F. (Eds.) Selected Papers from the Fifth International Conference of Chinese Linguistics (pp. 279-299). Taipei: The Crane Publishing Co.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (1999)
T.R. - Glot International. Glot International
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (1999)
The Mandarin VP. (SNLLT, 44). Dordrecht: Kluwer.
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (1999)
yi-wan tang, yi-ge Tang: Classifiers and massifiers. Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies, 28 (3), pp. 385-412.
(Article)
1998
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Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (1998)
On dummy objects and the transitivity of ru. In Bezooijen, R., van & Kager, R. (Eds.) Linguistics in the Netherlands 1998 (pp. 81-93). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Sybesma, R.P.E. (1998)
On dummy objects and the transitivity of run. In: Bezooijen, R., van & Kager, R. (Eds.), Linguistics in the Netherlands 1998 (AVT), 15. , pp. 81-93. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (1998)
T.R. - Glot International. Glot International
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine) -
Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (1998)
Yi-wang Tang, yi-ge Tang: Classifiers and Massifiers. Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies, XXVIII (3), pp. 385-412.
(Article)
1997
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (1997)
Five books on Chinese. Glot International, 2 (7), pp. 17-19.
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Sybesma, R.P.E. & Wijngaerd, G., van den (1997)
Realizing end points: the syntax and semantics of Dutch ge and Mandarin le. In: Coerts, J. & Hoop, H., de (Eds.), Linguistics in the Netherlands 1997 (AVT), 14. , pp. 207-218. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (1997)
T.R. - GLOT International. Glot International
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (1997)
Take and the theme in Chinese and Kwa. In: Déchaine, R.M. & Manfredi, V. (Eds.), Object Positions in Benue-Kwa (HIL Publ.), 4. , pp. 169-188. Den Haag: HAG.
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (1997)
Why Chinese verb -le is a resultative predicate. Journal of East-Asian Linguistics, 6 (3), pp. 215-261.
(Article)
1996
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Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (1996)
T.R. - Glot International. Glot International
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (1996)
recensie. [Bespreking van: The syntax of topic and focus in Mandarin Chinese]. In: Glot International, 2, pp. 13-14.
(Book review)
1995
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (1995)
Ge- en -le. TABU: Bulletin voor Taalwetenschap, 25 (4), pp. 198-200.
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Cheng, L.L.-S & Sybesma, R.P.E. (1995)
T.R. - Glot International. Glot International
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (1995)
The diachronics of verb-le in Chinese: Where does the perfective semantics come from? In: Velde, P., van de (Ed.), IIAS Yearbook 1994, pp. 35-44. Leiden: IIAS.
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Sybesma, R.P.E. (1995)
recensie. [Bespreking van: Syntaxe des constructions passives en chinois]. In: Cahiers de linguistique Asie Orientale, 24, pp. 287-302.
(Book review) -
Sybesma, R.P.E. (1995)
recensie. [Bespreking van: On economizing the theory of A-bar dependencies]. In: Glot International, 1, pp. 11-12.
(Book review)