More support for more-support : the role of processing constraints on the choice between synthetic and analytic comparative forms / Britta Mondorf.

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Mondorf, Britta, 1963-

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TextSeries: Studies in language variation ; v. 4.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789027289278
9027289271
9789027234841
9027234841

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: More support for more-support.DDC classification:

425/.5 22

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PE1241 .M66 2009eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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