Vertextungsstrategien im Deutschen und Englischen: die Attribution in der Nominalphrase
- Submitting institution
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London Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies
- Output identifier
- 09.25
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
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- Book title
- Komplexe Attribution
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- ISBN
- 978-3-11-042586-4
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2016
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- The chapter investigates complex attributions in German and English noun phrases addressing a number of puzzles in relation to typological (Dryer) and language processing claims (Hawkins). While right-branching prenominal adjective phrases are prohibited in both languages (*a proud of her mother girl), strategies are applied to soften the prohibition to a degree (ready-to-eat meal, ?fein genuger Staub). The discussion hypothesises German adjective inflection as a phrase border signal and shows that no reduction to few explanatory principles is possible. A small quantitative survey confirms the overall finding that complex noun attribution in both languages is more similar than often claimed.
