Semantically motivated lexical patterns: A study of Dutch and Kambera expressives
Semantically motivated lexical patterns: A study of Dutch and Kambera expressives
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10.1353/lan.2002.0101
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发表时间：
2002-06-01
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2.1
通讯作者：
Klamer, M
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作者：
Klamer, M
语言符号真的像人们所认为的那样任意吗？语义动机化的词汇模式有多特殊？这些老问题重新解决的帮助下，两个基因无关的语言的新的定量数据。坎贝拉语（南岛语）和荷兰语（印欧语）。这一假设是语义复杂的项目，如它的表达式有利于结构复杂的形式，反之亦然，七种不同类型的词汇项目的检查发现统计上强大的语义动机词汇模式。语言符号似乎不像人们通常认为的那样随意。
Are linguistic signs really as arbitrary as they are are assumed to be, and how exceptional are semantically motvated lexical patterns? These old questions are re-addressed with the help of new quantificational data on two genetically unrelated languages. Kambera (Austronesian) and Dutch (Indo-European). The hypothesis is that semantically complex items such its expressives favor a structurally complex form, and vice versa, An examination of seven distinct types of lexical items found statistically robust semantically motivated lexical patterns. Linguistic signs appear to be less arbitrary than is commonly assumed.*