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Teil eines Buches
Goal prevalence and situation types: An empirical analysis of differences in Greek and German motion event descriptions
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2020)
The aim of the current study is to investigate crosslinguistic differences in the encoding of motion events and the distribution of their constituent parts, that is, the manner as well as the path focusing mainly on the Goal component. In the abundant literature on the effect of the lexicalization pattern of a language (Satellite- versus Verb-framed), only a few studies have systematically taken into account the specific properties of the situation underlying a verbalization. With a focus on German and Greek, we ...
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Memorization and the morphology-syntax divide: A cross-linguistic investigation
(2016)
This study investigates the memorization of complex lexical items from a cross-linguistic perspective and in the context of the debate about the demarcation between morphology and syntax. For this purpose, we conducted an experimental study in which German, French and English adjective-noun/noun-adjective combinations (e.g. Jungtourist, jeune touriste, YOUNG tourist, young TOURist) were tested with respectto how well they were memorized. Using existing nouns (e.g. Architekt, architecte, architect) as a baseline, we ...
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Ereigniskonzeptualisierung im Zweitspracherwerb - Thinking for Speaking im Vergleich von Muttersprachlern und Lernern
(2013)
The grammatical categories of our language can influence how we concep-tualize situations and events (Slobin 1996). A variety of studies have investigated the influence of grammatical aspect on event conceptualization and found language-specific perspectivation strategies (Stutterheim 2012): Speakers of languages with grammaticized aspect preferentially focus on dynamic event components, while speakers of non-aspect languages conceptualize events holistically by including an inferable resultant state in their ...
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How real are adjective order constraints? Multiple prenominal adjectives at the grammatical interfaces
(2019)
Adjective order restrictions on attributive adjectives (AORs) have been subject to debate in modern linguistic research for a long time. Most generally, the question whether AORs can be located in grammar as such in rule-based fashion is still unsettled. In the current paper, we largely argue against this view and claim that several of the core data to be explained are preferences based on norms rather than rules. A pragmatic explanation is offered to account for marked or apparently ungrammatical examples. First, ...
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The lexicalization of complex constructions: an analysis of adjective-noun combinations
(Pasithee : Open Access Electronic Publications; Library & Information Center - University of Patras, 2016)
The current paper discusses the lexicalization of complex constructions composed of an adjective and a noun. It is argued that compounds/compound-like constructions are more prone to become lexicalized than phrases/phrase-like constructions. The relationship between lexicalization and the cognitive process of memorization represents a key point of our analysis. We report evidence from psycholinguistic studies contrasting compounds/compound-like constructions to phrases/phrase-like constructions either within a single ...
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Lexikalische Blockierung und die grammatischen Folgen bei Kopula-Konstruktionen mit werden
(Max Niemeyer Verlag, 2007)
Eine Theorie des mentalen Lexikons muss im Wesentlichen zwei Dinge leisten: Einerseits muss sie die grammatisch relevanten Merkmale der einzelnen Einträge definieren, und es müssen andererseits die Bedingungen, die den Zugriff auf einen Lexikoneintrag restringieren, in irgendeiner Weise festgelegt sein. In einem generativen lexikalischen System, wie es hier im Sinne von Bierwisch & Schreuder (1992); Härtl (2001); Pustejovsky (1991); Wunderlich (1997) u.a. angenommen wird, kommt hinzu, dass das sprachliche Verhalten ...
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fürchten vs. ängstigen: Thematische Rollen und Ereignisstrukturen psychischer Verben ineinem Modell der Sprachproduktion
(infix-Verlag, 1999)
Die Abbildung außersprachlicher auf sprachsystematische Strukturen stellt für modulare Modelle der Sprachproduktion eine Herausforderung dar: So können scheinbar synonyme Verben ihre thematisch ausgezeichneten Argumente unterschiedlich syntaktisch positionieren: Hans ängstigt Maria oder Maria fürchtet Hans. Theoretisch-linguistische Abhandlungen deuten diese Divergenz als grammatische Eigenheit der Psych-Verben, welche entweder im Sinne einer lexikalischen Stipulation bzw. als Reflex syntaktischer Operationen beschrieben ...
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Lokale Konzepte und Partikelverben in einem Modell der Sprachproduktion
(1998)
This article deals with semantically transparent particle verbs in German, which contain an incorporated local expression cognate with a local preposition. In contrast to expressions containing local prepositional phrases, the potential reference object of the incorporated local particle remains systematically unspecified. Regarding the data from a procedural vantage point, we argue that an adequate formulation of the underlying contextual/conceptual structure of particle verbs requires no referential specification ...
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Referring nouns in name-informing quotation: A copula-based approach
(Universität OsnabrückenHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2020)
In name-informing constructions like "The phenomenon is called a “sun halo”", the noun mentioned in the quotation (a “sun halo”) adopts a referring interpretation, as indicated by the determiner. As an account, we claim predicates like call to introduce a copular relation, which is the source of referring uses of nominals in name-informing quotation: To call y “n” entails that y is an n. Two copula types are argued to be covertly contained in name-informing constructions, an identificational copula and an equative ...
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Goal realization: An empirically based comparison between English, German and Greek
(2018)
Drawing upon recent insights into the role of Goal preference as reflector of cross-linguistic differences, this paper investigates the factors affecting the realization of Goals in motion event descriptions. In particular, it examines the interplay between the lexicalization pattern of a language, on the one hand, and grammatical viewpoint aspect, on the other – factors which have commonly been treated in isolation. In so doing, three typologically distinct languages were examined: English, German and Greek. The ...