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Rhythm in cognition and grammar : a Germanic perspective / edited by Ralf Vogel and Ruben van de Vijver.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 286.
- Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; volume 286
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Rhythm.
- Language and languages.
- Germanic languages--Rhythm.
- Germanic languages.
- Germanic languages--Grammar.
- Germanic languages--Grammar, Comparative.
- Cognitive grammar.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book contains a collection of papers dealing with the question of how rhythm shapes language. Until now, there was no comprehensive theory that addressed these findings adequately. By bringing together researchers from many different fields, this book will make a first attempt to fill this gap.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Table of contents
- Introduction
- 1 Grouping, symmetry, and rhythm in language
- 2 Speech rhythms – modelling the groove
- 3 The role of default stress patterns in German monolingual and L2 sentence processing
- 4 Stress clash hampers processing of noncanonical structures in reading
- 5 Word prosody in focus and non-focus position: An ERP-study on the interplay of prosodic domains
- 6 Short-term memory in speech perception and prosodic structuring – A syllable span test
- 7 Rhythmic influence on grammar: scope and limitations
- 8 Rhythm’s role in genitive construction choice in spoken English
- 9 Rhythmic preferences in morphosyntactic variation and the theory of loser candidates
- 10 Function words in rhythmic optimisation
- 11 Rhythm as a resource to generate prosodic coherence in lists
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 1, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9783110394245
- 3110394243
- 9783110378092
- 3110378094
- OCLC:
- 907092775
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