astronomy

Henriette de Swart

Henriette de Swart is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Henriette de Swart rather than just read about it. In short: Henriëtte Elisabeth de Swart (born 15 May 1961, in Doetinchem) is a Dutch linguist. Education and research She earned her PhD at Groningen University in 1991.

Key takeaways

Henriette de Swart belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Henriette de Swart to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Henriette de Swart from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Henriëtte Elisabeth de Swart (born 15 May 1961, in Doetinchem) is a Dutch linguist.

Education and research She earned her PhD at Groningen University in 1991. She was a research fellow at Groningen University and assistant professor at Stanford University. She is currently a Professor in French linguistics and semantics at Utrecht University. Her research focuses on cross-linguistic variation in meaning particularly in regards to tense and aspect, negation, bare nominals and indefinite noun phrases. She has also investigated the role of semantics in language evolution, and was involved in the development of bidirectional optimality theory.

Honors and distinctions She has been the director of the Netherlands Graduate School of linguistics (LOT) and of the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics (OTS). In 2013, she was nominated to membership of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). de Swart is an associate editor of the journal Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. She is also a member of the editorial board of Linguistics and Philosophy, Semantics and Pragmatics, Language and Linguistic Compass, Travaux de Linguistique, and the Catalan Journal of Linguistics.

Selected publications de Swart, H.E. 2013. Indefiniteness. In M. Aronoff (Eds.), Oxford Bibliographies in Linguistics (pp. 1–26) New York: Oxford University Press. Le Bruyn, B.S.W., Que, M. & de Swart, H.E. (2012). The scope of bare nominals. In A. Mari (Eds.), Genericity (pp. 116–139) (24 p.). Oxford University Press. de Swart, H.E. 2012. Verbal aspect across languages. In Robert Binnick (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Tense and Aspect (pp. 752–780) (28 p.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hendriks, P., de Hoop, H., Kraemer, I., de Swart, H.E. & Zwarts, J. 2010. Conflicts in Interpretation. (192 p.). London: Equinox Publishing. de Swart, Henriëtte and J Zwarts. 2009 “Less form–more meaning: Why bare singular nouns are special,” Lingua. Farkas, Donka. Henriëtte de Swart. 2007. The semantics of incorporation: from argument structure to discourse transparency de Swart, Henriëtte and Ivan A. Sag. 2002, “Negation And Negative Concord In Romance," Linguistics and Philosophy. 25(4): 373–417. de Swart, Henriëtte. 1998. “Aspect shift and coercion,“ Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. de Swart, Henriëtte. 1998. Introduction to natural language semantics. CSLI publications.

References

External links Faculty webpage

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Henriette de Swart

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Henriette de Swart claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Henriette de Swart before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Henriette de Swart ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Henriette de Swart

In research: Henriette de Swart appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Henriette de Swart in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Henriette de Swart is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1961 births, Academic staff of Utrecht University, Linguists from the Netherlands, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Henriette de Swart outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Henriette de Swart in simple terms?

Henriëtte Elisabeth de Swart (born 15 May 1961, in Doetinchem) is a Dutch linguist. Education and research She earned her PhD at Groningen University in 1991.

Why does Henriette de Swart matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Henriette de Swart?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Henriette de Swart.