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Constituent polysemy and interpretational diversity in attested English novel compounds

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posted on 2023-08-30, 17:33 authored by Martin Schäfer, Melanie J. Bell
We explore variation in the interpretation of attested novel compound nouns in English, especially the contribution of constituent polysemy to this diversity. Our results show that effects of polysemy are pervasive in compound interpretation, contributing both to interpretational diversity and to perceived difficulty of interpretation. The higher the uncertainty about the concept represented by the head noun, based on existing compounds with that head, the greater the diversity of interpretations across speakers and the more difficult, on average, they find it to come up with a meaning.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

15

Issue number

1

Page range

42-61

Publication title

Mental Lexicon

ISSN

1871-1375

Publisher

John Benjamins

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2020-08-20

Legacy creation date

2020-08-20

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

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