dc.contributor.author
Schäfer, Roland
dc.contributor.author
Sayatz, Ulrike
dc.date.accessioned
2024-08-06T12:23:02Z
dc.date.available
2024-08-06T12:23:02Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/44412
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-44124
dc.description.abstract
We show that graphemic variation—at least in some writing systems—can be analysed in terms of grammatical variation given a usage- based probabilistic view of the grammar-graphemics interface. Concretely, we examine a type of noun+verb unit in German, which can be written as one word or two. We argue that the variation in writing is rooted in the units’ ambiguous status in between morphology (one word) and syntax (two words). The major influencing factors are shown to be the semantic relation between the noun and the verb (argument or oblique relation) and the morphosyntactic context. In prototypically nominal contexts, a reinterpretation of the unit as a noun+noun compound is facilitated, which favours spelling as one word, while in prototypically verbal contexts, a syntactic realisation and consequently spelling as two words is preferred. We report the results of two large-scale corpus studies and a controlled production experiment to corroborate our analysis.
en
dc.format.extent
36 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
univerbation
en
dc.subject
usage-based theory
en
dc.subject.ddc
400 Sprache::410 Linguistik::410 Linguistik
dc.title
Between syntax and morphology: German noun+verb units
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
10069
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.16995/glossa.10069
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
1
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
9
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.16995/glossa.10069
refubium.affiliation
Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie
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refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
2397-1835
refubium.resourceType.provider
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