More support for "more"-support: the role of processing constraints on the choice between synthetic and analytic comparative forms
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Main Author: Mondorf, Britta 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company [2009]
Series:Studies in language variation volume 4
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Introduction -- Theoretical preliminaries -- Methodological preliminaries -- More-support in phonology -- More-support in morphology -- More-support in the lexicon -- More-support in syntax -- More-support in semantics -- More-support in pragmatics/iconicity -- The emergence of more-support in diachrony -- More-support in British and American English -- Conclusion -- Theoretical implications and outlook -- References
This book provides the most comprehensive account so far of novel and hitherto unexplained factors operative in the choice between synthetic (prouder) and analytic (more proud) comparatives. It argues that the underlying motivation in using the analytic variant is to mitigate processing demands - a compensatory strategy referred to as more -support. The analytic variant is claimed to be better suited to environments of increased processing complexity - presumably owing to its ability to facilitate early phrase structure recognition, the more transparent one-to-one relation between form and fu
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 222 pages)
ISBN:9027289271
9789027289278

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