The Processing Of Lexicon And Morphosyntax

Author : Linda Escobar,Vicenç Torrens
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443861083

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The Processing of Lexicon and Morphosyntax by Linda Escobar,Vicenç Torrens Pdf

This volume showcases a selection of empirical research reports presented at the Experimental Psycholinguistics Conference 2012 held at the National University of Distance Learning in Madrid. It deals with original experimental studies on the processing of language, with special emphasis on word access, word recognition, acquisition of vocabulary, and syntax development in numerous languages, including Brazilian Portuguese, English, German, Polish, Russian, and Spanish, among others.

Author : Jürgen Handke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110907865

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The Structure of the Lexicon by Jürgen Handke Pdf

Author : Francis Katamba
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0415270839

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Morphology: Morphology: its relation to semantics and the lexicon by Francis Katamba Pdf

This six-volume collection draws together the most significant contributions to morphological theory and analysis which all serious students of morphology should be aware of. By comparing the stances taken by the different schools about the important issues, the reader will be able to judge the merits of each, with the benefit of evidence rather than prejudice.

Author : Vincent Torrens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : 9027207631

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Typical and Impaired Processing in Morphosyntax by Vincent Torrens Pdf

"The present volume deals with research on language processing and disorders. It covers topics ranging across syntax processing, bilingualism, lexical processing and language disorders. The articles presented in this volume cover a number of linguistic phenomena, including the following: subject control, object control, raising, unaccusatives and unergatives, noun gender, relative clauses, A' movement, filler-gap dependencies, ditransitives, prepositional phrases, argument structure, personal pronouns, anaphora, long distance extraction and inflectional morphology. The research presented in this volume covers typical language processing, child developmental language disorders, adult neurodegenerative disorders and neurological bases of typical or impaired brains. Papers in this collection use a variety of experimental methods, such as eye tracking, reaction times, Event Related Potentials, picture selection tasks, sentence elicitation and picture matching tasks. This book can be useful for linguists, speech therapists, and psycholinguists working on the processing of morphosyntax"--

Author : Ray Jackendoff,Jenny Audring
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : 9780198827900

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The Texture of the Lexicon by Ray Jackendoff,Jenny Audring Pdf

This volume offers a major reconceptualization of linguistic theory through the lens of morphology, crucially collapsing the distinction between the lexicon and the grammar. This approach accounts for both productive and non-productive morphological phenomena, and moreover integrates linguistic theory into psycholinguistics and human cognition.

Author : Birgit Gerlach
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027297549

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Clitics between Syntax and Lexicon by Birgit Gerlach Pdf

As a typical interface phenomenon, clitics have become increasingly important in linguistic theory during the last decade. The present book contributes to the recent discussion and first provides a comprehensive overview of clitic sequencing, clitic placement and clitic doubling in the major Romance languages. In addition, new data from a northern Italian dialect are introduced. The author then gives a critical summary of the current morphological analyses of clitic phenomena. She also discusses recent Optimality-theoretical analyses of clitic combinations and clitic placement and shows how these analyses can be improved upon when we also consider a morphological treatment of clitics. This book provides innovative solutions to clitic phenomena within the framework of a constraint-based morphological theory and will be of interest not only to morphologists, syntacticians and those working on the grammar of Romance languages, but also to linguists who are interested in the organisation of the grammar and the lexicon.

Author : Peter Ackema
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027282255

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Issues in Morphosyntax by Peter Ackema Pdf

Of particular interest to morphologists and syntacticians Issues in Morphosyntax aims to contribute to the discussion on the question whether there exists a separate morphological module in the grammar, distinct from the other modules, with special focus on the connection of morphology with syntax. The view that is defended is that morphological operations do not take place in syntax, but that they are governed by the same principles that govern syntax. There are morphological categories distinct from syntactic categories, which appear in their own domain, below the zero X-bar level, so in this sense there is a morphological module. However, this module is not distinct from the syntactic one, in the sense that the same principles apply equally to the morphological and the syntactic domain. Specific topics of discussion include Noun Incorporation, past participle constructions in Germanic (passives, perfects, and auxiliary selection) and Lexical Integrity effects.

Author : Itamar Francez,Andrew Koontz-Garboden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198744580

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Semantics and Morphosyntactic Variation by Itamar Francez,Andrew Koontz-Garboden Pdf

Explores why different languages have systematically different ways of saying the same thing. It focuses on adjectival predication and shows that systematic differences in the meaning of words expressing adjectival notions have systematic effects on the form of the sentences they appear in

Author : Olga Fischer
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199267040

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Morphosyntactic Change by Olga Fischer Pdf

This book presents a critical comparison of the two leading theories of linguistic change. After introducing the aims and methods of historical linguistics, Olga Fischer provides an exposition of the main theories used to describe morphosyntactic change and a full account of the causes and mechanisms by which their leading exponents seek to explain it. She measures the effectiveness of rival theories and methods in different contexts and in the process throws fresh light on the balance of factors influencing linguistic change. Professor Fischer emphazises the unity of form and meaning in the linguistic sign and examines the role played by analogy. She looks at how changes in discourse, lexicon, semantics, pragmatics, and sound interact with changes in morphosyntax, and explores the relationship between external and internal causes of change. She considers whether morphosyntactic change is gradual or abrupt and discusses how far rates of change reflect the degree to which grammar is innate or learned. She uses detailed case studies to illustrate different types of morphosyntactic change, and to show how each theory fares when put into practice. The author's clear style and her balanced approach to this fascinating and complex subject combine to make this a book that will be of central interest and value to scholars and students of linguistic change, at graduate level and above.

Author : Roland Pfau
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027255204

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Grammar as Processor by Roland Pfau Pdf

Spontaneous speech errors provide valuable evidence not only for the processes that mediate between a communicative intention and the articulation of an utterance but also for the types of grammatical entities that are manipulated during production. This study proposes an analysis of speech errors that is informed by grammar theory. In particular, it is shown how characteristic properties of erroneous German utterances can be accounted for within Distributed Morphology (DM). The investigation focuses on two groups of errors: Errors that result from the manipulation of semantic and morphosyntactic features, and errors which appear to involve the application of a post-error repair strategy. It is argued that a production model which incorporates DM allows for a straightforward account of the attested, sometimes complex, error patterns. DM mechanisms, for instance, render unnecessary the assumption of repair processes. Besides providing an account for the attested error patterns, the theory also helps us in explaining why certain errors do not occur. In this sense, DM makes for a psychologically real model of grammar.

Author : Gary Libben,Gonia Jarema,Victor Kuperman
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027259615

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Polylogues on The Mental Lexicon by Gary Libben,Gonia Jarema,Victor Kuperman Pdf

From its beginnings, the study of the mental lexicon has been at the crossroads of research and scholarship. This volume presents a polylogue--a textual conversation of many voices. It is designed to capture the excitement within the field and generate a deeper understanding of key issues and debates for established researchers, students, and readers interested in language and cognition. The first chapter examines how the mental lexicon itself can be seen as a polylogue. In the following six chapters, authors tackle the fundamental questions concerning future research on lexical representation and processing in an interactive structure that presents new perspectives and captures the excitement of the field. The themes include the value of cross-linguistic megastudies, the nature of meaning, how to capture truly natural language, what can be learned from lexical acquisition, the advantages of a functionalist perspective, and the role of schemas in understanding morphology and the lexicon.

Author : Francis Katamba
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0415270847

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Morphology: Morphology: its place in the wider context by Francis Katamba Pdf

This six-volume collection draws together the most significant contributions to morphological theory and analysis which all serious students of morphology should be aware of. By comparing the stances taken by the different schools about the important issues, the reader will be able to judge the merits of each, with the benefit of evidence rather than prejudice.

Author : Grzegorz Drożdż
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266668

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Studies in Lexicogrammar by Grzegorz Drożdż Pdf

The leitmotif, but not exclusive theme, of the present volume is Ronald Langacker’s (1987) thesis that “lexicon, morphology, and syntax form a continuum of symbolic units serving to structure conceptual content for expressive purposes”. The concept of the lexicogrammar continuum contrasts especially with mainstream generative grammar, but also, although less radically, with other cognitive linguistic paradigms, such as Construction Grammar. The contributors to this volume explore the lexicogrammar continuum and other issues of the architecture of language mostly from a cognitive linguistic perspective. A wide range of theoretical and methodological themes is covered such as the integration of discourse and interactional phenomena into Cognitive Grammar, the status of introspective data, figurative language and thought (i.e. metaphor and metonymy), morphosyntactic constructions, and phonological structure. Besides English (including Old English), languages analyzed in some detail include Polish, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Georgian, German, Danish, and Portuguese. The volume will be of interest to scholars and graduate students in cognitive linguistics, especially Cognitive Grammar, Construction Grammar, metaphor and metonymy, and corpus linguistics.

Author : Uwe Junghanns,Luka Szucsich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110904758

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Syntactic Structures and Morphological Information by Uwe Junghanns,Luka Szucsich Pdf

The book contains ten papers discussing issues of the relation between syntax and morphology from the perspective of morphologically rich languages including, among others, Indo-European languages, indigenous languages of the Americas, Turkish, and Hungarian. The overall question discussed in this book is to what extent morphological information shows up in syntactic structures and how this information is represented. The authors adopt different theoretical frameworks such as the Derivational Theory of Morphology, Distributed Optimality, Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical-Functional Grammar, Lexical Decomposition Grammar combined with Linking Theory and OT-like constraints, Paradigm-Based Morphosyntax as well as the Principles and Parameters Approach of Generative Grammar.

Author : Lunella Mereu
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027284624

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Boundaries of Morphology and Syntax by Lunella Mereu Pdf

The volume collects a selection of papers presented at a European Colloquium held at the Università degli Studi di Roma Tre in October 1997. It focuses on phenomena at the boundary between morphology and syntax, and provides analyses for data from the fields of both inflectional and derivational morphology and word order. Morpho-syntactic phenomena are analysed cross-linguistically and cross-theoretically, as typologically-different languages (European, Afro-Asiatic, American and Austronesian ones) are dealt with and compared according to a variety of approaches, from minimalism and lexical-functional grammar to grammaticalization theory, taking into account both synchronic variation and diachronic change. The volume is divided into three sections: I. Morphological phenomena and their boundaries, II. Morpho-syntax and pragmatics, and III. Morpho-syntax and semantics, as the interaction with the higher components of the grammar is seen as contributing to explaining variation in morpho-syntactic behaviour.