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The evidence add ups : a speech error study of prefabs in the lexicon

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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
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March 2018Published
Number: 192
Page Range: pp. 199-224
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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