- Tytuł:
- Gestalt principles of perception as a factor motivating the irregular properties of uninflected plural-only nouns
- Autorzy:
- Drożdż, Grzegorz
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2119943.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2022
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Czytelnia Czasopism PAN
- Tematy:
-
cognitive linguistics
Gestalt principles
motivation
uninflected plural- only nouns - Opis:
- The paper investigates the issue of motivation of a subcategory of nouns called by Quirk et al. (1985: 303) and Huddleston & Pullum (2002: 345), respectively, unmarked plural nouns and uninflected plural-only nouns. These are nouns with untypical, from the perspective of the majority of English nouns, properties: their form, despite the plural designation, is singular. Adopting the general cognitive perspective on motivation in language (e.g. Lakoff 1987; Heine 1997; Radden, Panther 2004; Gibbs 2005; Panther, Radden 2011, etc.), the paper analyses whether such irregular properties of uninflected plural-only nouns can be motivated by one of the factors shaping visual experience – Gestalt principles of perception (e.g. Koffka 1936; Pomerantz 1981; Rock & Palmer S. 1990; Palmer S. 1999).
- Źródło:
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Linguistica Silesiana; 2022, 43; 25-42
0208-4228 - Pojawia się w:
- Linguistica Silesiana
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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