Grammatical Iconicity in the Expression of Augmentation in East Franconian.
Wittenberg E, König A, Habermann M (2024)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2024
Publisher: Vienna University Press
Edited Volumes: Lexicographie and Language Variation.
City/Town: Wien
Pages Range: 91 - 116
Abstract
Abstract. The paper investigates the hypothesis that in the East Franconian dialect, an augmented
referent concept is predominantly expressed by the grammatical construction [noun1 + noun2].
We show data suggesting that large physical size or strength of a referent is predominantly
expressed by the grammatical construction [noun1 + noun2], while the concepts of smallness or
weakness are expressed mainly by the construction [adj + noun]. To identify the theoretical
status of the construction, we contrast our corpus data of the type ein Brocken Mannsbild ‘a big
man’ with similar constructions of German and conclude that nouns like Brocken ‘chunk’ are
augmentative modifiers, a conclusion supported by a picture-matching task. The study is situated
at the interface between dialect lexicography and psycholinguistics.
Authors with CRIS profile
Almut König
Philosophische Fakultät und Fachbereich Theologie
Mechthild Habermann
Lehrstuhl für Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft
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APA:
Wittenberg, E., König, A., & Habermann, M. (2024). Grammatical Iconicity in the Expression of Augmentation in East Franconian. In Stöckle, Philipp / Wahl, Sabine (Eds.), Lexicographie and Language Variation. (pp. 91 - 116). Wien: Vienna University Press.
MLA:
Wittenberg, Eva, Almut König, and Mechthild Habermann. "Grammatical Iconicity in the Expression of Augmentation in East Franconian." Lexicographie and Language Variation. Ed. Stöckle, Philipp / Wahl, Sabine, Wien: Vienna University Press, 2024. 91 - 116.
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