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Memorization and the compound-phrase distinction : an investigation of complex constructions in German, French and English / Marcel Schlechtweg.
LIBRA PF3025 .S87 nr.82
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schlechtweg, Marcel, 1989- author.
- Series:
- Studia grammatica ; 82.
- Studia grammatica ; 82
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Memory--Psychological aspects.
- Memory.
- Psycholinguistics.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Analysis.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.
- German language--Grammar, Comparative.
- German language.
- French language--Grammar, Comparative.
- French language.
- English language--Grammar, Comparative.
- English language.
- Semantic memory.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- "The book investigates compounds and phrases from a structural, semantic-functional and, crucially, cognitive perspective. Maintaining the compound-phrase distinction, the author argues that compounds are by their nature more appropriate to be stored in the mental lexicon than phrases. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783110568622
- 3110568624
- OCLC:
- 1002129184
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