Rhythm in Cognition and Grammar : : A Germanic Perspective /

Rhythm in Cognition and Grammar : : A Germanic Perspective / / ed. by Ralf Vogel, Ruben Vijver.

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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.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
MitwirkendeR:
Bresnan, Joan,
Domahs, Ulrike,
Futrell, Richard,
Gibbon, Dafydd,
Grafmiller, Jason,
Hunyadi, Laszlo,
Ingason, Anton Karl,
Kentner, Gerrit,
Knaus, Johannes,
Kotz, Sonja A.,
Kotz, Sonja,
Kutscher, Anna,
Polisenska, Kamila,
Rothermich, Kathrin,
Schladebeck, Alexandra,
Schlüter, Julia,
Schmidt-Kassow, Maren,
Shih, Stephanie,
Vijver, Ruben van de,
Vogel, Ralf,
Wagner, Petra,
Wiese, Richard,
Zimmer-Stahl, Anne,
HerausgeberIn:
Vijver, Ruben,
Vogel, Ralf,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 286
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Concepts of rhythm
  • 1 Grouping, symmetry, and rhythm in language
  • 2 Speech rhythms – modelling the groove
  • Part 2: Linguistic rhythm and cognition
  • 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
  • Part 3: Rhythm and grammar in Germanic
  • 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

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