Wolfgang U. Dressler

List of John Benjamins publications for which Wolfgang U. Dressler plays a role.

Journals

The Acquisition of Derivational Morphology: A cross-linguistic perspective

Edited by Veronika Mattes, Sabine Sommer-Lolei, Katharina Korecky-Kröll and Wolfgang U. Dressler

Subjects Language acquisition | Morphology | Theoretical linguistics

Nominal Compound Acquisition

Edited by Wolfgang U. Dressler, F. Nihan Ketrez and Marianne Kilani-Schoch

Subjects Language acquisition | Morphology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Morphology and Meaning: Selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2012

Edited by Franz Rainer, Francesco Gardani, Hans Christian Luschützky and Wolfgang U. Dressler

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 327] 2014. viii, 350 pp.
Subjects Morphology | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Variation and Change in Morphology: Selected papers from the 13th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2008

Edited by Franz Rainer, Wolfgang U. Dressler, Dieter Kastovsky and Hans Christian Luschützky

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 310] 2010. vii, 249 pp.
Subjects Morphology | Theoretical linguistics

The Acquisition of Diminutives: A cross-linguistic perspective

Edited by Ineta Savickienė and Wolfgang U. Dressler

Subjects Language acquisition | Morphology | Theoretical linguistics

Morphology and its demarcations: Selected papers from the 11th Morphology meeting, Vienna, February 2004

Edited by Wolfgang U. Dressler, Dieter Kastovsky, Oskar E. Pfeiffer and Franz Rainer

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 264] 2005. xiv, 320 pp.
Subjects Morphology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Morphology 2000: Selected papers from the 9th Morphology Meeting, Vienna, 24–28 February 2000

Edited by Sabrina Bendjaballah, Wolfgang U. Dressler, Oskar E. Pfeiffer and Maria D. Voeikova

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 218] 2002. vii, 317 pp.
Subjects Morphology | Theoretical linguistics

Morphological Analysis in Comparison

Edited by Wolfgang U. Dressler, Oskar E. Pfeiffer, Markus A. Pöchtrager and John R. Rennison

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 201] 2000. x, 261 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics | Morphology

Leitmotifs in Natural Morphology

Wolfgang U. Dressler, Willi Mayerthaler, Oswald Panagl and Wolfgang Ullrich Wurzel

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 10] 1987. ix, 168 pp.
Subjects Morphology | Theoretical linguistics
Kolb, Waltraud, Wolfgang U. Dressler and Elisa Mattiello 2023 Human and machine translation of occasionalisms in literary texts: Johann Nestroy’s Der Talisman and its English translationsTarget 35:4, pp. 540–572 | Article
Literary occasionalisms, new words coined by writers with a particular poetic aim in view, often pose a great challenge for translators. Given recent advances in machine translation (MT), could literary translators benefit from MT when it comes to the translation of occasionalisms? We address… read more
Dressler, Wolfgang U. and Lavinia Merlini Barbaresi 2022 MorphopragmaticsHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 977–986 | Chapter
Dressler, Wolfgang U., Veronika Mattes and Laila Kjærbæk 2021 Chapter 1. IntroductionThe Acquisition of Derivational Morphology: A cross-linguistic perspective, Mattes, Veronika, Sabine Sommer-Lolei, Katharina Korecky-Kröll and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Chapter
Mattes, Veronika and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2021 Chapter 12. ConclusionsThe Acquisition of Derivational Morphology: A cross-linguistic perspective, Mattes, Veronika, Sabine Sommer-Lolei, Katharina Korecky-Kröll and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 289–304 | Chapter
Sommer-Lolei, Sabine, Veronika Mattes, Katharina Korecky-Kröll and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2021 Chapter 5. Early phases of development of German derivational morphologyThe Acquisition of Derivational Morphology: A cross-linguistic perspective, Mattes, Veronika, Sabine Sommer-Lolei, Katharina Korecky-Kröll and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 109–140 | Chapter
This chapter presents for the first time an overall description of the development of German derivational morphology. The longitudinal spontaneous speech corpora of three children acquiring Standard Austrian German and their mothers is analysed up to 3;0, with outlooks up to 6;0. The analysis… read more
Dressler, Wolfgang U., F. Nihan Ketrez and Marianne Kilani-Schoch 2017 Chapter 13. Discussion and outlookNominal Compound Acquisition, Dressler, Wolfgang U., F. Nihan Ketrez and Marianne Kilani-Schoch (eds.), pp. 287–305 | Chapter
Dressler, Wolfgang U., F. Nihan Ketrez, Marianne Kilani-Schoch and Ursula Stephany 2017 IntroductionNominal Compound Acquisition, Dressler, Wolfgang U., F. Nihan Ketrez and Marianne Kilani-Schoch (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Chapter
Korecky-Kröll, Katharina, Kumru Uzunkaya-Sharma and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2017 Chapter 4. Requests in Turkish and German child-directed and child speech: Evidence from different socio-economic backgroundsSocial Environment and Cognition in Language Development: Studies in honor of Ayhan Aksu-Koç, Ketrez, F. Nihan, Aylin C. Küntay, Şeyda Özçalışkan and Aslı Özyürek (eds.), pp. 53–68 | Chapter
On the basis of parent-child interaction data of families from different socio-economic status (SES), we discuss the usage of requests in input and output of three-year old monolingual German-speaking children and bilingual children speaking mainly Turkish at home. Whereas high SES parents are… read more
Korecky-Kröll, Katharina, Sabine Sommer-Lolei and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2017 Chapter 1. Emergence and early development of German compoundsNominal Compound Acquisition, Dressler, Wolfgang U., F. Nihan Ketrez and Marianne Kilani-Schoch (eds.), pp. 19–37 | Chapter
The West Germanic language German is particularly rich and productive in nominal compounding, especially of noun-noun compounds. This chapter presents and analyzes the longitudinal data of three Viennese children up to 3;0 and the transversal data of 28 children at 3;0 and 3;3 (14 low, 14 high… read more
Mörth, Karlheinz and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2014 German plural doublets with and without meaning differentiationMorphology and Meaning: Selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2012, Rainer, Franz, Francesco Gardani, Hans Christian Luschützky and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 249–258 | Article
This contribution studies the synchrony and diachrony of German plural variants. Plural doublets in the sense of overabundance must be restricted to variants with the same meaning used by one and the same speech community. But there is a preference for distinctiveness which assigns different… read more
Rainer, Franz, Wolfgang U. Dressler, Francesco Gardani and Hans Christian Luschützky 2014 Morphology and meaning: An overviewMorphology and Meaning: Selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2012, Rainer, Franz, Francesco Gardani, Hans Christian Luschützky and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 3–46 | Article
Tribushinina, Elena, Huub van den Bergh, Dorit Ravid, Ayhan Aksu-Koç, Marianne Kilani-Schoch, Katharina Korecky-Kröll, Iris Leibovitch-Cohen, Sabine Laaha, Bracha Nir, Wolfgang U. Dressler and Steven Gillis 2014 Development of adjective frequencies across semantic classes: A growth curve analysis of child speech and child-directed speechLanguage, Interaction and Acquisition 5:2, pp. 185–226 | Article
This paper is a longitudinal investigation of adjective use by children aged 1;8−2;8, speaking Dutch, German, French, Hebrew, and Turkish, and by their caregivers. Each adjective token in transcripts of spontaneous speech was coded for semantic class. The development of adjective use in each… read more
Bassano-Bonhommo, Dominique, Katharina Korecky-Kröll, Isabelle Maillochon and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2013 The acquisition of nominal determiners in French and German: A cross-linguistic perspective on the grammaticalization of nounsGrammaticalization and First Language Acquisition: Crosslinguistic perspectives, Bassano-Bonhommo, Dominique and Maya Hickmann † (eds.), pp. 37–59 | Article
In many languages, the acquisition of nominal determiners is a central aspect of the emergence of grammar in children. This study compares the development of determiners — between the ages 1–3 — in the spontaneous productions of two children who acquire French and Austrian German respectively.… read more
Dressler, Wolfgang U., Laura E. Lettner and Katharina Korecky-Kröll 2012 Acquisition of German diminutive formation and compounding in a comparative perspective: Evidence for typology and the role of frequencyCurrent Issues in Morphological Theory: (Ir)regularity, analogy and frequency, Kiefer, Ferenc †, Mária Ladányi and Péter Siptár (eds.), pp. 237–264 | Article
Early phases of first language acquisition can shed light on general preferences in diminutive formation and compounding, as is demonstrated in this typological characterization of German diminutives and compounds and their acquisition. The role of typology is shown to be similar to that in… read more
Laaha, Sabine and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2012 Suffix predictability and stem transparency in the acquisition of German noun pluralsCurrent Issues in Morphological Theory: (Ir)regularity, analogy and frequency, Kiefer, Ferenc †, Mária Ladányi and Péter Siptár (eds.), pp. 217–236 | Article
This study examines the impact of suffix and stem properties on children’s acquisition of German noun plural morphology. As to suffix selection, we distinguish three levels of predictability: highly predictable, partially predictable and exceptional, based on sonority/gender distributions in actual… read more
In many languages, noun determiner acquisition is a central aspect of the emergence of grammar in children. The study compares the development of determiners — between one and three years of age — in the spontaneous productions of two children who acquire French and Austrian German, respectively.… read more
Spina, Rosella and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2011 How far can diachronic change be predicted: The Italo-Romance first person plural present indicativeDiachronica 28:4, pp. 499–544 | Article
This paper attempts to predict diachronic change in the restricted domain of Italo-Romance first person plural present indicative allomorphs, starting from the reconstructed Proto-Italo-Romance forms -amo, -emo, -imo, preserved in several dialects to this day (with corresponding subjunctives -emo,… read more
Dressler, Wolfgang U. 2010 Chapter 6. A typological approach to first language acquisitionLanguage Acquisition across Linguistic and Cognitive Systems, Kail, Michèle and Maya Hickmann † (eds.), pp. 109–123 | Article
This paper will not simply be cross-linguistic, but typological, insofar as it refers to language types as constellations of typologically relevant linguistic properties. The general hypothesis is that children are sensitive to typological properties of the language they acquire, i.e. they are… read more
Dressler, Wolfgang U., Laura E. Lettner and Katharina Korecky-Kröll 2010 First language acquisition of compoundsCross-Disciplinary Issues in Compounding, Scalise, Sergio and Irene Vogel (eds.), pp. 323–344 | Article
This chapter discusses early phases of first language acquisition of compounds in German based on longitudinal data of two Austrian children and compares these data to results on compound acquisition in other languages. The first compounds to emerge in German (simultaneously with the emergence of… read more
Ravid, Dorit, Wolfgang U. Dressler, Bracha Nir, Katharina Korecky-Kröll, Agnita Souman, Katja Rehfeldt, Sabine Laaha, Johannes Bertl, Hans Basbøll and Steven Gillis 2008 Core morphology in child directed speech: Crosslinguistic corpus analyses of noun pluralsCorpora in Language Acquisition Research: History, methods, perspectives, Behrens, Heike (ed.), pp. 25–60 | Article
Korecky-Kröll, Katharina and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2007 8. Diminutives and hypocoristics in Austrian German (AG)The Acquisition of Diminutives: A cross-linguistic perspective, Savickienė, Ineta and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 207–230 | Chapter
This paper intends to show how diminutives emerge in the corpus of two children who acquire a language which has productive diminutive formation, but where diminutives play a minor role due to low frequency; they do not serve as triggers or facilitators in the acquisition of German noun morphology.… read more
Noccetti, Sabrina, Anna De Marco, Livia Tonelli and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2007 5. The role of diminutives in the acquisition of Italian morphologyThe Acquisition of Diminutives: A cross-linguistic perspective, Savickienė, Ineta and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 125–153 | Chapter
The paper deals with the acquisition of diminutives by four Italian children with three objectives: to highlight parallelisms and differences in input and output data; to contrast the mechanism of item-based learning (cf. Tomasello 2003) to the dual-route model (Clahsen et al. 2003) as regards the… read more
Savickienė, Ineta and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2007 ConclusionsThe Acquisition of Diminutives: A cross-linguistic perspective, Savickienė, Ineta and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 343–349 | Miscellaneous
Savickienė, Ineta and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2007 IntroductionThe Acquisition of Diminutives: A cross-linguistic perspective, Savickienė, Ineta and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Miscellaneous
Bendjaballah, Sabrina, Wolfgang U. Dressler, Oskar E. Pfeiffer and Maria D. Voeikova 2002 IntroductionMorphology 2000: Selected papers from the 9th Morphology Meeting, Vienna, 24–28 February 2000, Bendjaballah, Sabrina, Wolfgang U. Dressler, Oskar E. Pfeiffer and Maria D. Voeikova (eds.), pp. 1–3 | Miscellaneous
Dressler, Wolfgang U. 2002 Book notice: “Language Death” by David CrystalStudies in Language 26:3, pp. 733–735 | Miscellaneous
Dressler, Wolfgang U. and Mária Ladányi 2002 8. On contrastive word-formation semantics: Degrees of transparency/opacity of German and Hungarian denominal adjective formationMorphology 2000: Selected papers from the 9th Morphology Meeting, Vienna, 24–28 February 2000, Bendjaballah, Sabrina, Wolfgang U. Dressler, Oskar E. Pfeiffer and Maria D. Voeikova (eds.), pp. 105–115 | Chapter
Dressler, Wolfgang U. and Lavinia Merlini Barbaresi 2001 Morphopragmatics of diminutives and augmentatives: On the priority of pragmatics over semanticsPerspectives on Semantics, Pragmatics, and Discourse: A Festschrift for Ferenc Kiefer, Kenesei, István and Robert M. Harnish (eds.), pp. 43–58 | Article
Dressler, Wolfgang U., Oskar E. Pfeiffer, Markus A. Pöchtrager and John R. Rennison 2000 IntroductionMorphological Analysis in Comparison, Dressler, Wolfgang U., Oskar E. Pfeiffer, Markus A. Pöchtrager and John R. Rennison (eds.), pp. vii–x | Miscellaneous
Kilani-Schoch, Marianne and Wolfgang U. Dressler 2000 Are fillers as precursors of morphemes relevant for morphological theory? A case story from the acquisition of FrenchMorphological Analysis in Comparison, Dressler, Wolfgang U., Oskar E. Pfeiffer, Markus A. Pöchtrager and John R. Rennison (eds.), pp. 89–112 | Article
Dressler, Wolfgang U. 1999 What is Natural in Natural Morphology (NM)?Prague Linguistic Circle Papers: Travaux du cercle linguistique de Prague nouvelle série, Hajičová, Eva, Tomáš Hoskovec, Oldřich Leška †, Petr Sgall and Zdena Skoumalová (eds.), pp. 135–144 | Article
Dressler, Wolfgang U. and Lavinia Merlini Barbaresi 1999 MorphopragmaticsHandbook of Pragmatics: 1997 Installment, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Article
Dressler, Wolfgang U. 1996 8. Language deathTowards a Critical Sociolinguistics, Singh, Rajendra (ed.), pp. 195–210 | Article
Dressler, Wolfgang U. 1996 A note on rhematic disagreements in early child languageDiscourse and Meaning: Papers in honor of Eva Hajičová, Partee, Barbara H. and Petr Sgall (eds.), pp. 205–220 | Article
Dressler, Wolfgang U. 1995 Interactions between Iconicity and Other Semiotic Parameters in LanguageIconicity in Language, Simone, Raffaele (ed.), pp. 21–38 | Article
Dressler, Wolfgang U. and Jasna Makovec-Černe 1995 Die ersten stufen des Erwerbs der slowenischen Flexion: Eine FallstudiePrague Linguistic Circle Papers: Travaux du cercle linguistique de Prague nouvelle série, Hajičová, Eva, Miroslav Červenka, Oldřich Leška † and Petr Sgall (eds.), pp. 249–260 | Article
Dressler, Wolfgang U. 1994 Functional Sentence Perspective within a Model of Natural TextlinguisticsThe Syntax of Sentence and Text: A Festschrift for František Daneš, Čmejrková, Svĕtla and František Štícha (eds.), pp. 89–104 | Article
Dressler, Wolfgang U. and Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk 1994 Functional analysis in the study of second language acquisitionFunctions of Language 1:2, pp. 201–228 | Article
Studies of second language acquisition (SLA) are often devoid of sufficient theoretical background. With this contribution we want to demonstrate the suitability of a theoretical functional approach to this area and especially to the analysis of the learner's perspective. The theoretical background… read more
Dressler, Wolfgang U. and Lavinia Merlini Barbaresi 1991 Elements of morphopragmaticsLevels of Linguistic Adaptation: Selected papers from the International Pragmatics Conference, Antwerp, August 1987, Verschueren, Jef (ed.), pp. 33–52 | Article
Stark, Jacqueline Ann and Wolfgang U. Dressler 1989 Supplement to Chapter 6. German-language materialsAgrammatic Aphasia: A cross-language narrative sourcebook, Menn, Lise and Loraine K. Obler (eds.), pp. 1457–1547 | Miscellaneous
Stark, Jacqueline Ann and Wolfgang U. Dressler 1989 Chapter 6. Agrammatism in German: Two case studiesAgrammatic Aphasia: A cross-language narrative sourcebook, Menn, Lise and Loraine K. Obler (eds.), pp. 281–441 | Chapter
Dressler, Wolfgang U. 1987 I. Word formation as part of natural morphologyLeitmotifs in Natural Morphology, Dressler, Wolfgang U., Willi Mayerthaler, Oswald Panagl and Wolfgang Ullrich Wurzel, pp. 99–126 | Chapter
Dressler, Wolfgang U. 1987 Morphological islands: constraint or preference?Language Topics: Essays in honour of Michael Halliday, Steele, Ross and Terry Threadgold (eds.), pp. 71–80 | Article
Dressler, Wolfgang U. 1987 Morphological islands: constraint or preference?Language Topics: Essays in honour of Michael Halliday, Steele, Ross and Terry Threadgold (eds.), pp. 71–80 | Article
Dressler, Wolfgang U. 1981 External evidence for an abstract analysis of the German velar nasalPhonology in the 1980’s, Goyvaerts, Didier L. (ed.), pp. 445–468 | Article