The (Ir)reversibility of English Binomials: Corpus, constraints, developments
Author:   Sandra Mollin (University of Heidelberg)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   64
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9789027203724


Pages:   254
Publication Date:   04 September 2014
Format:   Hardback
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This book focuses on binomials (word pairs such as heart and soul, rich and poor, or if and when), and in particular on the degree of reversibility that English binomials demonstrate. Detailed and innovative corpus linguistic analyses investigate the correlates of the degree of reversibility, linguistic constraints that influence the ordering and reversibility of binomials and the diachronic development of reversibility. In addition, judgment data are analyzed for their convergence and divergence with corpus data regarding degrees of reversibility. The book thus establishes reversibility as a complex characteristic of the binomial construction, at the same time throwing light on general questions in phraseology, lexicalization, language structure and language processing.

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Author:   Sandra Mollin (University of Heidelberg)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   64
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9789027203724


ISBN 10:   9027203725
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   04 September 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Abbreviations; 2. Acknowledgments; 3. Chapter 1. Introduction; 4. Chapter 2. On binomials; 5. Chapter 3. The (ir)reversibility of binomials in the English language: A corpus-based analysis; 6. Chapter 4. Ordering constraints and the reversibility of English binomials; 7. Chapter 5. The diachronic development of binomials and binomial reversibility; 8. Chapter 6. Binomial reversibility in the mental lexicon: Native and non-native speakers' judgments of degrees of reversibility; 9. Chapter 7. Conclusion; 10. Appendix: Binomials analysed; 11. References; 12. Index

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