On the correlation between discourse frequency and structural complexity in markedness theory
Markedness is commonly regarded as one of the fundamental organizing principles of human language. However, the reasons for the existence of markedness phenomena continue to be controversial, if not to say obscure. The analysis of discourse corpora from three genetically unrelated languages which is...
Saved in:
Main Author: | Regina Pustet |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Presses universitaires de Caen
2009-12-01
|
Series: | Discours |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/discours/7683 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
On markedness in locative and existential predication: “Existential takeover”, frequency and complexity in Siberian languages
by: Chris Lasse Däbritz
Published: (2025-01-01) -
Exemplification in academic discourse structure
by: Ewa Kucelman
Published: (2016-12-01) -
“You’ll never have to listen to her talk like this? With an upward inflection? At the end of every sentence?”— Fundamental frequency of female voices & linguistic misogyny in Fox’s Family Guy
by: Pierre Habasque
Published: (2019-10-01) -
Evaluating the Use of Printed Resources Based on the Principle of Least Effort: A Study at Razi University
by: Amin Zare, et al.
Published: (2024-11-01) -
An Empirical Approach to the Signalling of Enumerative Structures
by: Lydia-Mai Ho-Dac, et al.
Published: (2012-07-01)