Martin Schäfer
List of John Benjamins publications in which Martin Schäfer is involved.
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… 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
A comparison of the verbal vocabulary of Parkinson’s Disease patients and healthy speakers: Analyzing action-dominance via semantic vector analysis The Mental Lexicon: Online-First Articles | Article
In research on the motor grounding of action language, the study of language users suffering from an impairment of the motor system may provide important insights. One such group are Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients, who have been shown to exhibit effects of an impaired motor grounding.… read more