Syntactic Productivity

Summary (3)
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• Token frequency can contribute to the productivity of low type
frequency constructions, since low-level lexically-filled verbspecific
constructions, rather than abstract schematic
constructions, are models for analogical extensions.
• The current approach to syntactic productivity, focusing on the
Extensibility concept, offers a unified account of productivity
since it captures different degrees of productivity, ranging
from highly productive patterns to various intermediate
degrees of productivity to low-level analogical modeling. The
Regularity/Generality concept can also be derived from this
analysis.
Bergen Jóhanna Barðdal June 5, 2008