Probability in the Grammar of German and Dutch: Interfixation in Triconstituent Compounds

Autor/inn/en	Krott, Andrea; Libben, Gary; Jarema, Gonia; Dressler, Wolfgang; Schreuder, Robert; Baayen, Harald
Titel	Probability in the Grammar of German and Dutch: Interfixation in Triconstituent Compounds
Quelle	In: Language and Speech, 47 (2004) 1, S.83-106 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8309
DOI	10.1177/00238309040470010401
Schlagwörter	Cues; Form Classes (Languages); Statistical Surveys; Probability; German; Grammar; Experiments; Indo European Languages; Stimuli; Validity; Morphemes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Analytischer Sprachbau; Statistische Erhebung; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Deutscher; Grammatik; Erprobung; Indoeuropäisch; Anreizsystem; Gültigkeit; Morphem
Abstract	This study addresses the possibility that interfixes in multiconstituent nominal compounds in German and Dutch are functional as markers of immediate constituent structure. We report a lexical statistical survey of interfixation in the lexicons of German and Dutch which shows that all interfixes of German and one interfix of Dutch are significantly more likely to appear at the major constituent boundary than expected under chance conditions. A series of experiments provides evidence that speakers of German and Dutch are sensitive to the probabilistic cues to constituent structure provided by the interfixes. Thus, our data provide evidence that probability is part and parcel of grammatical competence. (Contains 9 tables, 2 figures and 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10