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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464185903321

Autore

Wiechmann Daniel

Titolo

Understanding relative clauses : a usage-based view on the processing of complex constructions / / Daniel Wiechmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-11-039402-2

3-11-033958-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, , 1861-4302 ; ; Volume 268

Classificazione

ET 725

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Relative clauses

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Towards a theoretical framework of the right kind -- 3. Describing English RCCs: Methods and data -- 4. Expanding horizons: RCC in ambient configuration space -- 5. Psycholinguistic integration -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The book offers a usage-based account of how humans comprehend complex linguistic structures. The author proposes a theory of constructional access, which treats syntactic patterns as complex and abstract signs. In this view, syntactic processing is subject to the very same dynamics as lexical processing and should yield the same type of frequency effects.