Memorization and the Compound-Phrase Distinction : an Investigation of Complex Constructions in German, French and English.
Over the last decades, it has been hotly debated whether and how compounds, i.e. word-formations, and phrases differ from each other. The book discusses this issue by investigating compounds and phrases from a structural, semantic-functional and, crucially, cognitive perspective. The analysis focuse...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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Berlin/Boston :
De Gruyter,
2018.
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| Col·lecció: | Studia grammatica.
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| Accés en línia: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1691656 |
| Sumari: | Over the last decades, it has been hotly debated whether and how compounds, i.e. word-formations, and phrases differ from each other. The book discusses this issue by investigating compounds and phrases from a structural, semantic-functional and, crucially, cognitive perspective. The analysis focuses on compounds and phrases that are composed of either an adjective and a noun or two nouns in German, French and English. Having distinguished compounds from phrases on structural and semantic-functional grounds, the author claims that compounds are by their nature more appropriate to be stored in the mental lexicon than phrases and supports his argument with empirical evidence from new psycholinguistic studies. In sum, the book maintains the separation between compounds and phrases and reflects upon its cognitive consequences. |
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| Descripció física: | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783110570878 3110570874 3110568624 9783110568622 3110568675 9783110568677 9783110570861 3110570866 |