Martin Schäfer
List of John Benjamins publications for which Martin Schäfer plays a role.
Articles
2020 Constituent polysemy and interpretational diversity in attested English novel compounds Semantics and Psychology of Complex Words, Gagné, Christina L. and Thomas L. Spalding (eds.), pp. 42–61 | Article
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… read more
2015 Adverbs in unusual places Adverbs: Functional and diachronic aspects, Pittner, Karin, Daniela Elsner and Fabian Barteld (eds.), pp. 239–272 | Article
This article discusses adverbs in the post-head position of English and German noun phrases. It gives an overview of the relevant data and discusses possible category revisions for the items under discussion. While both languages show considerable overlap in the semantic functions served by the… read more