Article published in:
Words & Constructions: Language complexity in linguistics and psychologyEdited by Juhani Järvikivi, Pirita Pyykkönen-Klauck and Matti Laine
[The Mental Lexicon 9:2] 2014
► pp. 232–266
Simplicity and complexity in constructions
Evidence from aphasia
Cecily Jill Duffield | University of Colorado at Boulder
Lise Menn | University of Colorado at Boulder
Linguistic complexity is usually approached in terms of markedness and branching structure, and psycholinguistic complexity in terms of frequency, sequential probability, and working memory load. However, predictions made on these bases appear to be inadequate to explain many patterns seen in aphasic speech.
Psycholinguistic analyses of aphasic errors provide an empirical basis for describing lexical, morphological, and syntactic contributions to language complexity. We compare the predictions made by existing descriptions of complexity to aphasic error data as reported in cross‐linguistic studies. A construction‐based approach may be able to unify the patterns seen across lexicon, morphology and syntax.
Keywords: language production, psycholinguistics, frequency, lexicon, syntax, morphology, constructions, complexity, aphasia
Published online: 21 November 2014
https://doi.org/10.1075/ml.9.2.04duf
https://doi.org/10.1075/ml.9.2.04duf
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