Prototypical low-level constructions - experimental evidence for the possessive preposition in Hebrew
This paper aims to test the hypothesis that prototypical discourse profiles of productive constructions are stored independently by speakers. As a case study, the paper presents an empirical investigation of definite prepositional possessive constructions in Hebrew (e.g. ax ʃeli ‘my brother’). The r...
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CogniTextes
2024
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Περίληψη: | This paper aims to test the hypothesis that prototypical discourse profiles of productive constructions are stored independently by speakers. As a case study, the paper presents an empirical investigation of definite prepositional possessive constructions in Hebrew (e.g. ax ʃeli ‘my brother’). The research explores the source of definiteness of these constructions, i.e. whether definiteness is a property of kinship terms in and of themselves (Danon 2001) or of the possessed structures as a whole (Neuman 2015). A corpus study of spoken Hebrew confirms that the prototypical discourse profile of the possessive construction involves definite reference and reference to kinship terms. An acceptability judgment task experiment supports the hypothesis that these discourse profiles are independently represented. A cluster analysis suggests theses representations are specified at an intermediate level of abstraction. This study thus contributes to the study of definiteness in Hebrew and joins a growing body of research arguing for the role of low-level constructions in the organization of grammar. |
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