Prof  Kersti Börjars - Publications

Authored book

• Börjars, K E. Introducing English grammar. London: Edward Arnold, 2001. eScholarID:4b1811
• Börjars, K E. Feature distribution in Swedish noun phrases. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998. eScholarID:4b676

Edited book

• Kersti Börjars, David Denison, Alan Scott. Morphosyntactic categories and the expression of possession. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2012. eScholarID:178202
• Borsley, R D & Börjars, K E. ed. Non-transformational theories of syntax. Oxford: Blackwell, 2011. eScholarID:4b1812

Book contribution

• Kersti Börjars, David Denison, Grzegorz Krajewski and Alan Scott. "Expression of possession." In Morphosyntactic categories and the expression of possession, ed. Kersti Börjars, David Denison and Alan Scott, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2012. eScholarID:149865
• Kersti Börjars, Kate Burridge. "From preposition to purposive to infinitival marker: The Pennsylvania German fer…zu construction." In Studies on German-language islands, ed. Michael T Putnam, 385-411. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2011. eScholarID:98641
• Kersti Börjars, Nigel Vincent. "Grammaticalization and directionality: data, analysis and explanation." In Handbook of grammaticalisation, Oxford: Oxford University Press., 2011. eScholarID:98640
• Kersti Börjars, Nigel Vincent. "The pre-conditions for suppletion." In Morphology and its interfaces, ed. George Tsoulas, Alex Galani and Glyn Hicks, 239-267. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2011. eScholarID:28133
• Nigel Vincent, Kersti Börjars. "Grammaticalization and models of language." In Gradience, gradualness and grammaticalization, ed. Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Graeme Trousdale, 279-299. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2010. eScholarID:98637
• Kersti Börjars. "Lexical Functional Grammar." In The Cambridge encyclopedia of the language science, ed. Patrick Colm Hogan, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. eScholarID:98636
• Kersti Börjars. "Description and theory." In Handbook of English Linguistics, ed. Bas Aarts, April McMahon, 9-32. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. eScholarID:28142
• Vincent N, Börjars KE. "Feature resolution and the content of features." In Architectures, rules, and preferences, ed. Grimshaw J, Maling J, Manning C, Simpson J, Zaenen A, 293-315. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications, 2006. eScholarID:30507
• Kersti Börjars. "Swedish." In Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, ed. Keith Brown, 312-314. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. eScholarID:3b3848
• Börjars, K E & Hiietam K. "The emergence of a definite article in Estonian." In Generative Approaches to Finnic and Saami Linguistics: case features and constraints, ed. Nelson, D & Manninen, S, 383-418.CSLI publications, 2003. eScholarID:3b1438
• Börjars, K E. "Double case and the 'wimpiness' of morphology." In Argument realisation, Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications, 2000. eScholarID:3b1157
• Börjars, K E. "One (more) reason why we need morphology." In Advances in morphology, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1997. eScholarID:3b1158
• Börjars, K E. "Paradigms, pronominal inflection and periphrasis." In Yearbook of Morphology, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997. eScholarID:3b1159

Journal article

• David Denison, Alan Scott, Kersti Börjars. "The real distribution of the English "group genitive"." Studies in Language 34, no. 3(2010) : 532-564. eScholarID:98638 | DOI:10.1075/sl.34.3.02den
• Kersti Börjars, Pauline Harries. "The clitic-affix distinction, historical change, and Scandinavian bound definiteness marking." Journal of Germanic Linguistics 20, no. 4(2008) : 289-350. eScholarID:9520 | DOI:10.1017/S1470542708000068
• Bermúdez-Otero, Ricardo, Börjars, Kersti. "Markedness in phonology and syntax: the problem of grounding." Lingua 116(2006) : 710-756. eScholarID:1b2458 | DOI:10.1016/j.lingua.2004.08.016
• Börjars, Kersti. "Morphological status and (de)grammaticalisation: the Swedish possessive." Nordic Journal of Linguistics 26(2003) : 133-163. eScholarID:1b2457 | DOI:10.1017/S0332586503001069
• Börjars, K E. "Much ado about nothing: features and zeroes in Germanic noun phrases." Studia Linguistica 54(2000) . eScholarID:1b2149
• Börjars, K E. "Agreement and pro-drop in some dialects of English." Linguistics 36(1998) . eScholarID:1b2151
• Börjars, K E. "Swedish double determination in a European typological perspective." Nordic Journal of Linguistics 17(1995) . eScholarID:1b2152

Conference contribution

• Kersti Börjars, Nigel Vincent. 2010. Complements of adjectives: a diachronic approach. In Lexical Functional Grammar '10 18 June 2010 - 20 June 2010, edited by Butt, Miriam, and Tracy Holloway King, 458-478. Ottawa: CSLI Publications. eScholarID:115009
• Kersti Börjars, Nigel Vincent. 2005. Position versus function in Scandinavian presentational construction. In Lexical Functional Grammar 2005 18 July 2005 - 20 July 2005, edited by Butt, Miriam, and Tracy Holloway King, 54-72. Bergen: CSLI Publications. eScholarID:28138
• Börjars, K E, Engdahl E, Andréasson M. 2003. Subject and object positions in Swedish. In Proceedings of the LFG03 Conference, edited by Butt, Miriam, and Tracy Holloway King, 43-58. University at Albany, State University of New York: CSLI Publications. eScholarID:2b3207
• Kersti Börjars. 1998. Clitics, affixes and parallel correspondence. In Lexical Functional Grammar 1998, edited by Butt, Miriam, and Tracy Holloway King. Brisbane: CSLI Publications. eScholarID:98639