Marion Elenbaas
University Lecturer
- Name
- Dr. M.B. Elenbaas
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2957
- m.b.elenbaas@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6466-1447
Marion Elenbaas is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.
More information about Marion Elenbaas
Research
My main areas of research are:
- the English verb-particle combination
- English historical syntax (including morphosyntactic change, grammaticalisation)
- syntax of modern English
- theoretical syntax
My main research interests lie in the field of English synchronic and diachronic syntax, especially secondary predication. With respect to syntactic change, some topics that particularly interest me are the impact of internal and external factors on syntactic change (and language change in general). Other research interests include the morphology-syntax interface and child language.
VENI research project The dynamics of light verbs in the histor of West Germanic languages.
Teaching activities
My main teaching activities are in the areas of:
- English (historical) syntax
- English historical linguistics
- English phonetics and phonology (introductory level)
- English historical linguistics
- English morphology
Curriculum Vitae
I did an MA degree in English Language and Literature at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. In the third year of my degree I was a Harting Scholar at the University of York, where I took courses in the Department of Language and Linguistic Science and the Department of English and Related Literature. I also taught Dutch as a foreign language at the Language Teaching Centre at the University of York. After obtaining my Master’s degree ( Doctorandus) in 2001, I went on to do a PhD on the diachronic development of English verb-particle combinations, at the Radboud University Nijmegen. My PhD project was part of the Free University of Amsterdam/Radboud University Nijmegen/NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) project “The diachrony of complex predicates in the West-Germanic languages”. In January 2006, while finishing my PhD, I started as a temporary lecturer in the department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Manchester. In January 2007 I successfully defended my doctoral thesis and joined the department of English Language and Culture in Leiden as a lecturer (UD).
University Lecturer
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics
- LUCL Engels
- Elenbaas M.B. (22 May 2024), PPs and particles in Germanic: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics. [web article].
- Caon L.M.D., Elenbaas M.B. & Grijzenhout J. (Eds.) (2021), Language use, usage guides and linguistic norms. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Elenbaas M.B. (2017), Exploring the role of information structure in the word order variation of Old English verb-particle combinations. In: Los B. & Haan P. de (Eds.), Word Order Change in Acquisition and Language Contact: Essays in honour of Ans van Kemenade: John Benjamins. 311-333.
- Elenbaas M.B. (2014), Directional 'out of' in the history of English: Grammaticalization and reanalysis, The Journal of Germanic Linguistics 26(2): 83-126.
- Elenbaas M.B. & Van Kemenade A. (2014), Verb particles and OV/VO in the history of English, Studia Linguistica 68(1): 140-167.
- Elenbaas M.B. & Kemenade A. van (2014), Verb particles and OV/VO in the history of English, Studia Linguistica 68(1): 140-167.
- Elenbaas M.B. & Wurff W.A.M. van der (2013), English Language (sections on morphology and syntax). In: , The Year's Work in English Studies no. 92 (2011): Oxford University Press. 20-38.
- Elenbaas M.B. (2013), The synchronic and diachronic status of English light verbs, Linguistic Variation 13(1): 48-80.
- Elenbaas M.B. (2013), Motivations for particle verb word order in Middle and Early Modern English, English language and Linguistics 17(3): 489-511.
- Elenbaas M.B. (2013), Motivations for particle verb word order in Middle and Early Modern English, English language and Linguistics 17(3): 489-511.
- Los B.L.J., Blom C., Booij G.E., Elenbaas M.B. & Van Kemenade A. (2012), Morphosyntactic change: A comparative study of particles and prefixes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Elenbaas M.B. & Wurff W.A.M. van der (2012), English Language (sections on morphology and syntax). In: , The Year’s Work in English Studies (2010). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 17-37.
- Elenbaas M.B. & Aalberse S.P. (Eds.) (2012), . Linguistics in the Netherlands.
- Elenbaas M.B. & Wurff W.A.M. van der (2011), English Language (sections on morphology and syntax). In: , The Year's Work in English Studies (2009). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 19-49.
- Nouwen R.W.F. & Elenbaas M.B. (Eds.) (2011), . Linguistics in the Netherlands.
- Elenbaas M.B. (2011) Boekbespreking. Review of: Mondorf B. (2009), More Support for More-Support: The Role of Processing Constraints on the Choice between Synthetic and Analytic Comparative Forms. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. English Studies 92: 234.
- Elenbaas M.B. & Wurff W.A.M. van der (2010), English Language (sections on morphology and syntax). In: Baker W. & Womack K. (Eds.), The Year's Work in English Studies (2008). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 27-66.
- Elenbaas M.B. (2010) Boekbespreking. Review of: Cloutier R.A. (2009), West Germanic OV and VO: The Status of Exceptions: LOT dissertation series. Nederlandse Taalkunde .
- Elenbaas M.B. (2010) Boekbespreking. Review of: Iyeiri Y. (2010), Verbs of Implicit Negation and their Complements in the History of English. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Historical Sociolinguistics and Sociohistorical Linguistics .
- Elenbaas M.B. & Van der Wurff W.A.M. (2009), English Language (sections on morphology and syntax). In: Baker W. & Womack K. (Eds.), The Year's Work in English Studies (2007). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 21-46.
- Elenbaas M.B. (2008), English Language (sections on morphology and syntax). In: Baker W. & Womack K. (Eds.), The Year's Work in English Studies (2006). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 43-72.
- Elenbaas M.B. (2008) Boekbespreking. Review of: Roberts I. (2006), Diachronic Syntax. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Journal of Linguistics 44: 272-277.
- Elenbaas M.B. (8 January 2007), The Synchronic and Diachronic Syntax of the English Verb-Particle Combination (Dissertatie, Faculty of Arts, Radboud University Nijmegen). Utrecht: LOT. Supervisor(s): Kemenade A. van & Booij G.E.
- Elenbaas M.B. (2006), On the emergence of the verb-particle-object order in English: An investigation into the language contact factor, York Papers in Linguistics Series 2 2(5): 1-28.
- Elenbaas M.B. (2006), The structural development of the verb-particle combination in the history of English, York Papers in Linguistics Series 2 2(6): 27–56.
- Elenbaas M.B. & Wurff W.A.M. van der (2003) Elly van Gelderen (2000) A History of English Reflexive Pronouns. Review of: Gelderen E. van (2000), A History of English Reflexive Pronouns. Amsterdam: Benjamins. Studies in Language 27: 448-456.