The naming potential of compounds and phrases: An empirical study on German adjective-noun constructions

IF 0.7 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Word Structure Pub Date : 2018-10-25 DOI:10.3366/WORD.2018.0133
Marcel Schlechtweg
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Using data from two empirical studies, the present article investigates whether German adjective-noun compounds are inherently more appropriate to function as naming units or kind terms than the corresponding phrases. In the first experiment, it was tested whether subjects prefer a non-lexicalized compound (e.g., Kurzcouch, short_couch) or the respective non-lexicalized phrasal counterpart (e.g., kurze Couch, short couch) in order to express a novel complex lexical concept (e.g., It is a very specific couch that is 1.30 meters short because it is designed only for children up to this size.). In the second test, subjects rated on a scale how well the compounds and phrases expressed the newly created concepts. The findings of the two studies support the idea that compounds are better naming candidates than phrases. It is claimed that the effect derives from the specific formal nature of compounds and has consequences for the processing and mental representation of the two construction types.
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化合物和短语的命名潜力——德语形容名词结构的实证研究
本文利用两项实证研究的数据,考察了德语形容词-名词复合词在本质上是否比相应的短语更适合作为命名单位或种类术语。在第一个实验中,测试了受试者是喜欢非词汇化的化合物(例如,Kurzcouch,short_couch)还是各自的非词汇化短语对应物(例如,kurze couch,short couch)来表达一个新的复杂词汇概念(例如,这是一个非常特殊的沙发,短1.30米,因为它只为这个尺寸的儿童设计。)。在第二个测试中,受试者对这些化合物和短语表达新概念的程度进行评分。这两项研究的结果支持了这样一种观点,即化合物比短语更适合命名候选者。据称,这种效果源于化合物的特定形式性质,并对这两种结构类型的加工和心理表征产生影响。
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