Burgler, Niels (2021) The influence of verb location on Dutch sentences using `er'. Bachelor's Thesis, Artificial Intelligence.
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Abstract
In this project, Dutch sentences using the word ‘er’ are examined. The Dutch word ‘er’ is a pronoun that can have multiple functions at once. For every function that ‘er’ takes, some information is removed from the sentence. This lack of information makes people dislike the sentences. In some sentences where ‘er’ takes multiple functions, the verb still holds a lot of information. This raises questions about the influence of the verb on sentence acceptability. A syntactic acceptability survey was conducted, where participants were asked to rate certain sentences. The sentences varied in verb location, pronominal function of er, and grammatical functions of er. A logistic regression of the data revealed that the verb location only has an effect on acceptability in certain types of sentences. This effect seems to be caused by the words that end these sentences. This brings us one step closer to understanding how usage of ‘er’ interacts with sentence structure.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis) |
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| Supervisor name: | Jones, S.M. |
| Degree programme: | Artificial Intelligence |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2021 08:41 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2021 08:41 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/25720 |
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