Memorization and the Compound-Phrase Distinction : : An Investigation of Complex Constructions in German, French and English / / Marcel Schlechtweg.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Studia grammatica , 82
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Physical Description:1 online resource (291 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Some general notes
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Basic assumptions
  • 3. Compound-phrase distinction I: Structural aspects
  • 4. Compound-phrase distinction II: Semantic-functional aspects
  • 5. Compound-phrase distinction III: Cognitive aspects
  • 6. Experimental study I: The memorization of compounds/CoLiCos and phrases/PhraLiCos: An investigation on German, French and English
  • 7. Experimental study II: The memorization of CoLiCos and PhraLiCos in English
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • References