PairingWords with Syntactic Frames: Syntax, Semantics, and Count-Mass Usage  

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Raymond, William D. ; Healy, Alice F. ; McDonnel, Samantha J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Psycholinguistics Research =>ada di SpringerLink 1972(vol.1) - Mutakhir; PROQUEST vol. 40 no. 5-6 (Dec. 2011), page 327-349.
Topik: Pairing words with syntactic frames · Syntax · Semantics · Count-mass usage
Fulltext: vol. 40 issue 5-6 December 2011. p. 327 - 349.pdf (597.74KB)

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Two experiments examined English speakers’ choices of count or mass compatible frames for nouns varying in imageability (concrete, abstract) and noun class (count, mass). Pairing preferences with equative (much/many) and non-equative (less/fewer) constructions were compared for groups of teenagers, young adults, and older adults. Deviations from normative usage were, for all ages, larger for count than for mass nouns, for the non-equative than for the equative construction, and for abstract count than for concrete count nouns. These results indicate that mass syntax is not a developmental default, support proposals that mass syntax is more flexible than count syntax, verify the non-prescriptive use of less with count nouns, and extend the interaction of syntax and semantics in noun classification to older ages, with older adults showing a reduced reliance on semantics. Knowledge of frame compatibility and knowledge of noun class are also shown to be largely independent.

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