TNTL 110

H. Schultink

Lambert ten Kate en hedendaagse, Nederlandse morfologie

Abstract - Lambert ten Kate (1674-1731), the celebrated eighteenth-century Dutch linguist, was a most versatile scholar in the field of linguistics. This paper focuses on his contribution to morphology, in particular on his 'panchronic' approach to the Germanic verbal system as it has been put forward in Ten Kate's voluminous classic, the Aenleiding tot de kennisse van het verhevene deel der Nederduytsche sprake (1723). As it appears, Ten Kate operates with a simple and implicit conception of morphological networks. Discussing Ten Kate's treatment of the Ablaut the author compares Ten Kate's ideas with present-day views on morphological conversion.