The Learnability of Complex Constructions: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2020

The Learnability of Complex Constructions

A Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Edited by: Marcel Schlechtweg

Volume 345 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110695113

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About this book

How language users from different linguistic backgrounds cope with forms of complexity is still a territory with many unanswered questions. The current book is concerned with morphologically and syntactically complex items, that is, derivatives, inflected forms, compounds, phrases and forms related by agreement and examines how these constructions are acquired and learned in a great range of different languages, such as Turkish, Welsh, Basque and Catalan. Relying on a variety of methodologies targeting production or comprehension, among others, lexical decision and priming experiments, an EEG study, a corpus analysis and a reading test, the authors consider data from native speakers mastering one or more languages and second-language users. Overall, the volume reflects upon and contributes to our understanding of how the pecularities of language and its users affect the learnability of complex forms.

Author / Editor information

Marcel Schlechtweg, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Marcel Schlechtweg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Lexical co-activation with prefixed cognates and non-cognates: Evidence from cross-script masked priming Madeleine Voga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Differences in acoustic detail: The realization of syncretic nouns in German Marcel Schlechtweg, Melina Heinrichs and Marcel Linnenkohl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Does the processing of first language compounds change in late bilinguals? Serkan Uygun and Ayşe Gürel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Planning complex structures in a second language: Compounds and phrases in non-native speech production Hilary Wynne, Linda Wheeldon and Aditi Lahiri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
The learnability of English intensifying constructions in French-speaking learners: Receptive versus productive competence Isa Hendrikx Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Is it hard to learn multiple word orders? Elena Nicoladis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
The learnability of gender agreement in Spanish bilinguals Sendy Caffarra, Patricia Dias and Brendan Costello Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Agreement mismatches in the Spanish preterite of Catalan-dominant bilinguals in Majorca: A receding interlanguage phenomenon Andrés Enrique-Arias Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Morphology, Syntax, Language Acquisition and Language Processing, Phonetics, Phonology, Language Teaching
Pages
- Front matter: 5
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 17
- Coloured Illustrations: 1
- Tables: 55
Keywords: Language Acquisition; Complex constructions

eBook

Published: August 10, 2020
ISBN: 9783110695113

Hardcover

Published: August 10, 2020
ISBN: 9783110694499