Beckner, Clay (2018) The evidence add ups : a speech error study of prefabs in the lexicon. In: Smith, K. Aaron and Nordquist, Dawn, (eds.) Functionalist and usage-based approaches to the study of language : in honor of Joan L. Bybee. Studies in language companion series (192). Amsterdam ; Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 199-224. ISBN 9789027264480
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Abstract
In a usage-based model of the lexicon, linguistic elements that repeatedly co-occur in sequence come to form a processing unit (Bybee 2002b). The present study supplements previous psycholinguistic research finding that multiword sequences may form a ‘prefabricated’ sequence. I describe a new experiment designed to elicit ‘affix shift’ speech errors (e.g., adds up → add ups), which give evidence of holistic processing of a multiword sequence. Analysis of the data indicates that affix positioning errors are predicted by a confluence of factors – a high-frequency stimulus sequence (settle down) in tandem with low-frequency component words (settle, down). These findings provide support for a usage-based account, in which linguistic units are not fixed, but gradient and changeable with experience.
| Item Type: | Book Item |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Functionalism (Linguistics), Grammar, Comparative and general -- Usage, Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax, Discourse analysis |
| Series Name: | Studies in language companion series |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Place of Publication: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia |
| ISBN: | 9789027264480 |
| Book Title: | Functionalist and usage-based approaches to the study of language : in honor of Joan L. Bybee |
| Editor: | Smith, K. Aaron and Nordquist, Dawn |
| Official Date: | March 2018 |
| Dates: | Date Event March 2018 Published |
| Number: | 192 |
| Page Range: | pp. 199-224 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/123348/ |
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