Syntactic Productivity
Syntactic Productivity
Syntactic Productivity
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Conclusion: Analogy vs. High type frequency<br />
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• Icelandic speakers have a choice between the Caused-Motion<br />
construction and the Transfer construction because of:<br />
• the high degree of semantic overlap between senda and<br />
new verbs of instrument of communication<br />
• the high type frequency of the Caused-Motion construction in<br />
Icelandic in general<br />
• the boundaries between “analogy” and “productivity” cannot<br />
be maintained, as both give rise to extensibility, to varying<br />
degrees. As such they are simply two sides of the same coin.<br />
Bergen Jóhanna Barðdal June 5, 2008
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