?he primitives of the lexicon: Insights from aspect in idioms

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Evelina Leivada¹ 

[1] UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Hansine Hansens veg 14, 9037 Tromsø;

关键词: idiomaticity;    aspect;    lexicon;    compositionality;   

DOI  :  10.5334/gjgl.145

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This work discusses the primitives of the mental lexicon through exploring aspectual compositionality in VP idioms. A comparison between idiomatic VPs and their non-idiomatic counterparts is employed to show whether the determination of aspect in idioms is compositional in both the idiomatic and the non-idiomatic VPs. Aspectual mismatches across the two domains of interpretation are presented and a point in favor of aspectual compositionality in idioms is made. Bringing together insights from theoretical linguistics and neurolinguistic research, it is proposed that the existence of aspectual accomplishments in a particular type of idioms should lead to a re-evaluation of the frequently entertained idea of storing idioms (XPs) in the mental lexicon as elementary lexical units.

【 授权许可】

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