Jenny Doetjes
Professor of Semantics and Language Variation
- Name
- Prof.dr. J.S. Doetjes
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2181
- j.doetjes@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1741-4408
Jenny Doetjes is a Professor of Semantics and Language Variation.
More information about Jenny Doetjes
News
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NWO funding for three new humanities PhD students -
Six NWO grants for FGW researchers: this is what the scientists are going to do -
Jenny Doetjes investigates 'How much' with NWO Open Competition grant -
Leiden research projects awarded NWO Open Competition grants -
CfP: Going Romance 2019
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Jenny Doetjes appointed Professor of Semantics and Language Variation -
Two Vrije Competitie Grants for LUCL researchers
Research
My main research interests are in the domain of semantics and the syntax-semantics interface. In my dissertation I already started to work on two (related) topics that I am still fascinated by: the mass/count distinction and the cross categorial distribution of degree modifiers/ quantity expressions and consequences thereof for the representation of the expressions they combine with.
Besides these topics, I am interested in the interface between syntax, semantics and prosody (I was one of the supervisors of Stella Gryllia, who defended her dissertation on focus in Greek in 2009). Recently I started to work on issues related to language processing (in collaboration with, among others, Leticia Pablos Robles and Lisa Cheng).
Teaching activities
I mainly teach courses in French linguistics (introductory and advanced courses), and French language courses (‘Outils’, grammar). I supervised a large number of BA and MA theses on a large variety of subjects, including the imparfait du subjonctif, the determiners différents and certains, verlan, cleft sentences, and several topics in second language acquisition.
Course material : I developed a series of readers for introductory courses in French linguistics.
Curriculum vitae
I wrote my dissertation in Leiden under the supervision of Teun Hoekstra, who inspired my first interest in linguistics. While working on my dissertation, I got more and more interested in semantics and the syntax-semantics interface. After finishing, I went to Utrecht, where I worked on the project Focus on French (an individual postdoc project funded by NWO, 1999-2005). During this project, I collaborated with many people in the Netherlands and in France brought together by the PICS project Formal semantics and French data. This project resulted in the publication of the Handbook of French Linguistics, edited by the principal investigators of the project, Francis Corblin and Henriëtte de Swart, in 2004. In 2002 I returned to Leiden, where I work in the French department. From 2006 to 2011, I was principal investigator of the NWO funded VIDI project Degrees across Categories. This project has resulted, among others, in two dissertations: Kateřina Součková, Pluractionals in Hausa ( cum laude) and Camelia Constantinescu, Gradability in the nominal domain, both defended in 2011.
Key publications
Jenny Doetjes (to appear in december 2012). Count-mass distinctions across languages. In: Claudia Maienborn, Klaus von Heusinger and Paul Portner, Semantics. An International Handbook of Natural Language meaning. De Gruyter. A prefinal version of the paper can be downloaded here.
Jenny Doetjes, Camelia Constantinescu & Kateřina Součková (2011). A Neo-Kleinian Approach to Comparatives. In Ito, S. & Cormany, E. (Eds.) Proceedings of SALT XIX. Elanguage, 124-141.
Claire Beyssade, Elisabeth Delais, Jenny Doetjes, Frank Drijkoningen, Aafke Hulk, Brigitte Kampers-Manhe, Jean-Marie Marandin, Georges Rebuschi, Annie Rialland, Petra Sleeman (in various combinations) (2004). Information. Handbook of French semantics, part V, Francis Corblin & Henriëtte de Swart (eds), CSLI Publications, Stanford, 455-581.
Jenny Doetjes (2004). Adverbs and quantification: degrees versus frequency. Lingua, 117:4, 685-720.
Jenny Doetjes (1997). Quantifiers and selection: On the distribution of quantifying expressions in French, Dutch and English. Dissertation Leiden University, HAG, The Hague.
Other publications can be found under 'Publications' (top of page).
Professor of Semantics and Language Variation
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics
- LUCL Taalwetenschap
- Glasbergen A., Gryllia S., Pablos Robles L. & Doetjes J.S. (2022), Scripted Simulated Dialogue: a new elicitation paradigm. Speech Prosody 2022 23 May 2022 - 26 May 2022 683-687.
- Cabredo Hofherr P. & Doetjes J.S. (Eds.) (2021), The Oxford Handbook of Grammatical Number Oxford handbooks series. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Cabredo Hofherr P. & Doetjes J.S. (2021), Introduction. In: Cabredo Hofherr P. & Doetjes J.S. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Grammatical Number. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1-12.
- Doetjes J.S. (2021), Number and quantity expressions. In: Cabredo Hofherr P. & Doetjes J.S. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Grammatical Number. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 65-100.
- Doetjes J.S. (2021), Number and numeral classifiers. In: Cabredo Hofherr P. & Doetjes J.S. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Grammatical Number. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Doetjes J.S. (2021), Count-Mass asymmetries: the importance of being count. In: Kiss T., Pelletier F.J. & Husić H. (Eds.), Things and Stuff: The Semantics of the Count-Mass Distinction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 81-114.
- Doetjes J.S. (2021), Quantity systems and the count/mass distinction. In: Filip H. (Ed.), Countability in Natural Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 52-84.
- Glasbergen A., Gryllia S. & Doetjes J.S. (2021), The prosody of French wh-in-situ questions: echo vs. non-echo, Journal of Linguistics 57(3): 569-603.
- Gryllia S., Doetjes J.S., Yang Y. & Cheng L.L. (2020), Prosody, clause typing, and wh-in-situ: Evidence from Mandarin, Laboratory Phonology 11(1): 1-30 (19).
- Pablos Robles L., Doetjes J.S., Ruijgrok B.J. & Cheng L.L.S. (2019), Backward licensing of Negative Polarity Items in Dutch: an ERP investigation, Journal of Neurolinguistics 51(August 2019): 96-110.
- Pablos Robles L., Doetjes J. & Cheng Lisa L.-S. (2018), Backward Dependencies and in-Situ wh-Questions as Test Cases on How to Approach Experimental Linguistics Research That Pursues Theoretical Linguistics Questions, Frontiers in Psychology 8: 2237.
- Doetjes J.S. (2017), The count/mass distinction in grammar and cognition, Annual Review of Linguistics 3: 199-217.
- Doetjes J.S. (2017), Noun Phrase. In: Sybesma Rint (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics. Leiden: Brill.
- Doetjes J.S. (2017), Measure words and classifiers, Revista Letras 96: 291-308.
- Gryllia S., Cheng L.L. & Doetjes J.S. (2016), On the intonation of French wh-in-situ questions: What happens before the wh-word is reached?, Speech Prosody 2016. Speech Prosody 2016 31 May 2016 - 3 June 2016.
- Pablos Robles L., Doetjes J.S., Ruijgrok B.J. & Cheng L.L. (2015), Active search for antecedents in cataphoric pronoun resolution, Frontiers in Psychology 6: 1-13.
- Moura Menuzzi S. de, Figueiredo Silva M.C. & Doetjes J.S. (2015), Subject bare singulars in Brazilian Portuguese and information structure, Journal of Portuguese Linguistics 14(1): 7-44.
- Pires de Oliveira R., Foltrán M.J., Swart H. de & Doetjes J.S. (2015), Issues in the formal semantics of referentiality, Journal of Portuguese Linguistics 14(1): 3–6.
- Doetjes J.S. (2015), Very small or just not too big? Stratified reference and granularity, Theoretical Linguistics 41(3-4): .
- Doetjes J.S. (2014) Count and Mass Across Languages, edited by Diane Massam. Review of: Massam Diane (2012), Count and Mass Across Languages. Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics no. 42. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Language 90(3): 773-776.
- Cheng L.L., Doetjes J.S., Sybesma R.P.E. & Zamparelli R. (2012), On the interpretation of number and classifiers, Italian Journal of Linguistics / Rivista di Linguistica 24(2): 175-194.
- Doetjes J.S. (2012), Count/mass distinctions across languages. In: Maienborn C., Heusinger K. von & Portner P. (Eds.), Semantics: an international handbook of natural language meaning, part III. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2559-2580.
- Doetjes J.S. (2012), On the (in)compatibility of non neutral adjectives and measure phrases. Aguilar Guevara A., Chernilovskaya A. & Nouwen R. (Eds.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 16. Sinn und Bedeutung 16. Boston, MA: MITWPL. 197-211.
- Doetjes J.S., Constantinescu C. & Soucková K. (2011), A Neo-Kleinian Approach to Comparatives. Ito S. & Cormany E. (Eds.), Proceedings of SALT XIX. Semantics And Linguistic Theory: Elanguage. 124-141.
- Doetjes J.S. (2010), Incommensurability. Aloni M., Bastiaanse H., Jager T. de & Schultz K. (Eds.), Logic, Language and Meaning, 17th Amsterdam Colloquium, Revised Selected Papers. 17th Amsterdam Colloquium. Berlin: Springer. 254-263.
- Doetjes J.S. (2009), Cross-polar (a)nomalies without degrees. . Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics 5-20.
- Wit P. de, Doetjes J.S. & Gryllia S. (2009), Vragen stellen in het Frans: het gedrag van Nederlandse T2-leerders, Toegepaste taalwetenschap in artikelen 82(2): 45-56.
- Doetjes J.S. (2008), Adjectives and degree modification. McNally L. & Kennedy C. (Eds.), Adjectives and Adverbs: Syntax, Semantics, and Discourse. . Oxford: Oxford University Press. 123-155.
- Doetjes J.S. (2008), Counting and degree modification, Recherches linguistiques de Vincennes 37: 139-160.
- Cheng L.L., Doetjes J.S. & Sybesma R.P.E. (2008), How universal is the Universal Grinder?, Linguistics in the Netherlands 25(1): 50-62.
- Corver N., Doetjes J.S. & Zwarts J. (2007), Linguistic perspectives on numerical perspectives: an introduction, Lingua 117(5): 751-757.
- Doetjes J.S. (2007), Adverbs and quantification: degrees versus frequency, Lingua 117(4): 685-720.
- Doetjes J.S. & González P. (Eds.) (2006), Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2004. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- Doetjes J.S. (2005), The chameleonic nature of French ni: negative coordination in a negative concord language. Maier E., Barry C. & Huitink J. (Eds.), Proceedings of SuB 9. . Nijmegen: Nijmegen Center of Semantics. 68-72.
- Doetjes J.S. & Weijer J.M. van de (Eds.) (2005), Linguistics in the Netherlands 2005. Linguistics in the Netherlands. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- Abeillé A., Doetjes J.S., Molendijk A. & Swart H. de (2004), Adverbs and quantification. In: Corblin F. & Swart H. de (Eds.), Handbook of French Semantics. Stanford: CSLI publications. 185-210.
- Beyssade C., Delais-Roussarie E., Doetjes J.S., Marandin J.-M. & Rialland A. (2004), Prosodic, syntactic and pragmatic aspects of information structure. An introduction. In: Corblin F. & Swart H. de (Eds.), Handbook of French Semantics. Stanford: CSLI publications. 455-476.
- Doetjes J.S. (2004), Degree quantifiers. In: Corblin F. & Swart H. de (Eds.), Handbook of French Semantics. Stanford: CSLI publications. 83-98.
- Beyssade C., Delais-Roussarie E., Doetjes J.S., Marandin J.-M. & Rialland A. (2004), Prosody and information in French. In: Corblin F. & Swart H. de (Eds.), Handbook of French Semantics. Stanford: CSLI publications. 477-500.
- Doetjes J.S., Rebuschi G. & Rialland A. (2004), Cleft Sentences. In: Corblin F. & Swart H. de (Eds.), Handbook of French Semantics. Stanford: CSLI publications. 529-552.
- Kampers-Manhe B., Marandin J.-M., Drijkoningen F., Doetjes J.S. & Hulk A. (2004), Subject NP Inversion. In: Corblin F. & Swart H. de (Eds.), Handbook of French Semantics. Stanford: CSLI publications. 553-580.
- Delais-Roussarie E., Doetjes J.S. & Sleeman P. (2004), Dislocation. In: Corblin F. & Swart H. de (Eds.), Handbook of French Semantics. Stanford: CSLI publications. 501-528.
- Cornips L. & Doetjes J.S. (Eds.) (2004), Linguistics in the Netherlands 2004. Linguistics in the Netherlands. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- 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.
- Neeleman A., Koot H. van de & Doetjes J.S. (2004), Degree expressions, The Linguistic Review 21(1): 1-66.
- Doetjes J.S. & Rooryck J.E.C.V. (2003), Generalizing over quantitative and qualitative constructions. Coene M. & D'hulst Y. (Eds.), From DP to DP volume 1: the syntax and semantics of noun phrases. International Conference from NP to DP no. 55. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 277-296.
- Rialland A., Doetjes J.S. & Rebuschi G. (2002), What is Focused in C'est XP qui/que Cleft Sentences in French?. Bell B. & Marlien I. (Eds.), Proceedings Speech Prosody 2002. . Aix en Provence.
- Delais-Roussarie E., Rialland A., Doetjes J.S. & Marandin J.-M. (2002), The Prosody of Post-Focus Sequences in French. Bell B. & Marlien I. (Eds.), Proceedings Speech Prosody 2002. . Aix en Province.
- Doetjes J.S., Delais-Roussarie E. & Sleeman P. (2002), The Prosody of Left Detached Constituents in French. Bell B. & Marlien I. (Eds.), Proceedings Speech Prosody 2002. . Aix en Province.
- Doetjes J.S. (2001), La distribution des expressions quantificatrices et le statut des noms non comptables. In: Tasmowski L., Laca B. & Kleiber G. (Eds.), Typologie des groupes nominaux. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes. 119-142.
- Doetjes J.S. (2001), Beaucoup est ailleurs. Expressions de degré et sous-spécification catégorielle. Bok-Bennema R., Jonge B. de, Kampers-Manhe B. & Molendijk A. (Eds.), La modification adverbiale. . Amsterdam/Atlanta: Editions Rodopi,. 125-138.
- Doetjes J.S. (1998), Een beetje or the 'mass only' puzzle. In: Barbiers S.J., Rooryck J. & Weijer J.M. van de (Eds.), Snmall words in the big picture. Leiden: HIL. 25-30.
- Doetjes J.S. (1998), French degree quantifiers and the syntax of mass and count. In: Lema J. & Treviño E. (Eds.), Proceedings of LSRL 26. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
- Doetjes J.S. (1997), Measuring out, small clauses and the semantics of felicity. In: Cambier-Langeveld T., Costa J., Goedemans R. & Vijver R. van de (Eds.), Console V Proceedings. Leiden: NN. 15-28.
- Doetjes J.S. & Honcoop M.F. (1997), The Semantics of Event-Related Readings: A Case for Pair-Quantification. In: Szabolsci A. (Ed.), Ways of Scope Taking. Dordrecht: Kluwer. 263-310.
- Doetjes J.S. & Honcoop M.F. (1996), Conditions on the event-related reading. In: Camacho J. (Ed.), Proceedings of WCCFL 14. Stanford: CLSI Publications.
- Doetjes J.S. (1996), Mass and count: syntax or semantics?. Arregui A. & Cremers C. (Eds.), Proceedings of Meaning on the HIL. no. 1. Leiden: HIL. 34-52.
- Doetjes J.S. (1995), Quantification at a distance and iteration. In: Beckman J. (Ed.), The proceedings of NELS 25. Amherst: University of Massachusetts. 111-126.
- Doetjes J.S. (1994), Quantification at a distance and event-relatedness. Cremers C. & Bok-Bennema R. (Eds.), Linguistics in the Netherlands 1994. . Amsterdam: Benjamins. 13-24.
- Doetjes J.S. (1992), Rightward floating quantifiers float to the left, The Linguistic Review 9-4: 313-392.