Papers by Barbara Schlücker
Phänomen Hörbuch, 2016
1. Einleitung Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, ob die Präsentation eines literarischen Textes a... more 1. Einleitung Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, ob die Präsentation eines literarischen Textes als Hörbuch gegenüber der zu lesenden Textfassung die Motivation steigert, über den vorliegenden Auszug hinaus weiterzulesen/zu hören. Im Folgenden werden wir, nach einer kurzen Begriffsbestimmung, den Forschungsstand zum Hörbuch darstellen und dabei unser Hauptaugenmerk auf Arbeiten zur Rezeption von Hörbüchern legen. Daran anschließend stellen wir erste Ergebnisse einer Studie vor, die wir mit Schüler_innen im Deutschunterricht durchgeführt haben. Wir haben Schüler_innen der achten Klasse einen sprachlich schwierigen Text (Heinrich von Kleist, Das Erdbeben in Chili) und einen sprachlich weniger schwierigen Text (Gottfried Keller, Kleider machen Leute) hören respektive lesen lassen. Im Anschluss beantworteten sie einen Fragebogen, der ihre Rezeptionsmotivation sowie ihr lokales und globales Textverständnis abfragte. Für diesen Aufsatz konzentrieren wir uns auf die Ergebnisse zur Motivation. Die Studie zeigt, dass das Hören eines literarischen Textes die Bereitschaft erhöht, den Text weiter zu rezipieren und die zuhörenden Schüler_innen häufiger als die lesenden Schüler_innen wissen wollten, wie die Geschichte weiter geht.
Zeitschrift für Rezensionen zur germanistischen Sprachwissenschaft, 2016
An International Handbook of the Languages of Europe, 2015
The Semantics of Word Formation and Lexicalization
Folia Linguistica
It is widely acknowledged in the literature that the common function of the modifier in nominal c... more It is widely acknowledged in the literature that the common function of the modifier in nominal compounds is the classifying function. Classifying modifiers specify what kind of entity is being denoted by the head noun, that is, they specify subkinds; e.g. apple juice 'a kind of juice made from apples'. While the classifying function can certainly be regarded as the default function of lexical modification, lexical modifiers in nominal compounds may also have functions other than classification. Drawing on functional types of noun phrase modification from the typological literature, the paper discusses lexical modifiers in German nominal compounds with an attitudinal or an identifying function, and the conditions under which they arise.
Internationale Neerlandistiek, 2012
Die Komposition ist ein hochproduktiver Wortbildungsprozess des Deutschen, zumindest im Bereich d... more Die Komposition ist ein hochproduktiver Wortbildungsprozess des Deutschen, zumindest im Bereich der nominalen Komposition. Weit weniger deutlich ist jedoch, wo die Grenzen zu anderen Wortbildungsmustern zu ziehen sind. Unklar ist außerdem, welche Auswirkungen diese Kompositionsfreudigkeit für das gesamte (etwa prosodisch-phonologische, morphologische, syntaktische, informationsstrukturelle) Sprachsystem hat. Dabei ist beispielsweise an die Entstehung von Affixoiden oder an die Konkurrenz zwischen Nominalkomposita und formal korrespondierenden, bedeutungsgleichen Nominalphrasen (Grüntee / grüner Tee) zu denken. Thema der Arbeitsgruppe sind daher sowohl Probleme der strukturellen Analyse und Abgrenzung von Komposita als auch die Komposition als typologisches Merkmal des Deutschen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen daher u.a. Fragen zu den folgenden Aspekten:
Die Komposition ist ein hochproduktiver Wortbildungsprozess des Deutschen, zumindest im Bereich d... more Die Komposition ist ein hochproduktiver Wortbildungsprozess des Deutschen, zumindest im Bereich der nominalen Komposition. Weit weniger deutlich ist jedoch, wo die Grenzen zu anderen Wortbildungsmustern zu ziehen sind. Unklar ist außerdem, welche Auswirkungen diese Kompositionsfreudigkeit für das gesamte (etwa prosodisch-phonologische, morphologische, syntaktische, informationsstrukturelle) Sprachsystem hat. Dabei ist beispielsweise an die Entstehung von Affixoiden oder an die Konkurrenz zwischen Nominalkomposita und formal korrespondierenden, bedeutungsgleichen Nominalphrasen (Grüntee / grüner Tee) zu denken. Thema der Arbeitsgruppe sind daher sowohl Probleme der strukturellen Analyse und Abgrenzung von Komposita als auch die Komposition als typologisches Merkmal des Deutschen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen daher u.a. Fragen zu den folgenden Aspekten:
Zeitschrift für Germanistische Linguistik, 2020
Despite their high frequency in present-day language, German proper
name compounds have received ... more Despite their high frequency in present-day language, German proper
name compounds have received little attention in the linguistic literature. It has been assumed that this pattern is rather recent, and possibly a loan from English. Focusing on the period between 1600 and 1900, the paper provides evidence against this claim. More specifically, I argue that the development of proper name compounds can only be properly described if proper name compounds that are names themselves (e. g., Martin-Luther-Universität ‘Martin Luther University’) are strictly distinguished from those that are common nouns (e. g., Nilfahrt ‘Nile ride’). It is shown that both types develop differently, and in particular that common noun compounds undergo a functional extension in this period. In this connection the paper also discusses the idea of proper name compounds as competitors of the genitive and it compares proper name compounds and alternative constructions with respect to the concept of the “Nominalklammer” (nominal frame).
Zeitschrift für Wortbildung / Journal of Word Formation, Apr 2020
The relation between word-formation and syntax and whether they form distinct domains of grammar ... more The relation between word-formation and syntax and whether they form distinct domains of grammar or not has been discussed controversially in different theoretical frameworks. The answer to this question is closely connected to the languages under discussion, among other things, because languages seem to differ considerably in this regard. The discussion in this paper focuses on nominal compounds and phrases. On the basis of a great variety of data from a total of 14 European languages, it is argued that the relation between compounds and phrases, and, more generally, between word formation and syntax, should be characterized not in terms of a categorical but instead in terms of a gradient distinction.
Complex lexical units: compounds and multi-word expression, edited by Barbara Schlücker. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2019
This volume deals with compounds (e. g., boat house, softball) and multi-word expressions (piece ... more This volume deals with compounds (e. g., boat house, softball) and multi-word expressions (piece of cake, dry cough) in European languages. Compounds and multi-word expressions (henceforth MWEs) are similar as they are both lexical units and complex, made up of at least two constituents. The most basic difference between compounds and MWEs seems to be that the former are the product of a morphological operation and the latter result from syntactic processes. This is, admittedly, a very vague distinction. However, as soon as one takes into account more than one specific language (or language family), it seems that this is the closest one may come to a definition that is more or less applicable to the European languages. In fact, in light of Romance examples such as French glace au chocolat, Spanish helado de chocolate ‘chocolate ice cream’ which have often been analyzed as compounds although they contain syntactic relational markers, even the morphological criterion for compoundhood seems to be questionable. Further complicating matters, whereas in many languages compounds are regarded as being opposed to MWEs, in other languages, and particularly in English, compounds are often regarded as a kind of MWE. In addition, for languages that are assumed to have an opposition between compounds and MWEs, the question arises of whether compounds and MWEs act in competition or complementation with regard to the formation of new lexical units. Given this background, the aim of the volume is to present an overview of compounds and MWEs in a sample of European languages. Central questions that are discussed for each language concern the formal distinction between compounds and MWEs (in particular prosodic, morphological, and syntactic properties), the relation between compounding and MWE formation as well as the conclusions concerning the theory of grammar and the lexicon that follow from these observations. Although several comprehensive volumes on compounding and phraseology have appeared in recent (and not so recent) years (cf. Scalise (ed.) 1992; Burger et al. (eds.) 2007; Lieber/Štekauer (eds.) 2009a; Gaeta/Grossmann (eds.) 2009; Scalise/Vogel (eds.) 2010; Gaeta/Schlücker (eds.) 2012), the relationship between compounds and MWEs with respect to their status in lexicon and grammar has received comparatively little attention (cf. Hüning/Schlücker 2015 for an overview). For this reason, this relationship constitutes the central focus of this volume. The aim of the present chapter is to review the language-specific properties, bring them together and compare them against German. German is well-known for its propensity for (nominal) compounding, as compared to, e. g., French. Also, there is a rather clear demarcation line between compounds and MWEs in German, in contrast to English, for instance. Taking German as a reference point may help to shed more light on some of the crucial questions with respect to the compound-MWE relationship in the various European languages such as, for instance, the potential competition between the two processes, or their demarcation line. By way of language comparison, the differences and commonalities between languages – both within language families and across these borders – become clearer, ultimately revealing that a cross-linguistically valid definition of compounds and the demarcation from MWEs may be impossible, given that languages vary greatly in their defining properties and in the number and productivity of compound and MWE subpatterns. The volume contains chapters on English, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Finnish, and Hungarian. Although this sample is neither complete nor representative of “the” languages of Europe, it nevertheless provides thorough analyses of a large set of central European languages. Importantly, it should be noted that the selection here is mostly due to various practical reasons, rather than an assessment of the relevance of languages. In addition to the languages mentioned, the present chapter also comprises an overview of the North Germanic languages. The structure of this chapter is as follows: Section 2 starts with general considerations about the lexicon and the lexicon-syntax interface and discusses basic notions such as morphological vs. syntactic lexical unit, lexicalization, and the problem of correspondence. Section 3 discusses compounds and MWEs against the background of German, sorted by language families. The chapter ends with a brief conclusion in Section 4.
Complex lexical units: compounds and multi-word expressions. Edited by Barbara Schlücker. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter., 2019
This chapter reviews multi-word expressions, compounds, and their mutual relation regarding their... more This chapter reviews multi-word expressions, compounds, and their mutual relation regarding their status in grammar and lexicon in contemporary German. Both multi-word expressions and compounds are lexical units and morphosyntactically complex. That is, they are made up of a minimum of two words or stems, which sets them apart both from simplex lexemes and from morphologically complex words derived by other word-formation processes, in particular derivation and conversion.3 As lexical units, they have the common function of providing labels for all kinds of concepts. This apparent similarity – which becomes immediately obvious from the existence of parallel units such as Frischluft / frische Luft ‘fresh air’ – raises various questions concerning the status, the function, and the division of labor between multi-word expressions (henceforth: MWEs) and compounds, but also regarding the identification and demarcation of these forms. These questions will be discussed in this chapter. To start with, it has been noted time and again that the dividing line between MWEs and compounds cannot always be clearly drawn. While many of the problems that are discussed in the following – such as the theoretical considerations concerning MWE formation and the status of MWEs and compounds in the mental lexicon – have cross-linguistic implications, the question of identification and demarcation of the forms is language-specific. Therefore, we will start our overview with a brief survey of the relevant properties in German. The chapter is organized as follows: Section 2 defines the central terms in the context of the object of investigation of the study, in particular the scope of the units known as MWEs. This section covers general aspects such as the relation between morphology and the lexicon, as well as MWE formation, the proportion of compounds and MWEs in the German lexicon, and the relation between both processes with respect to their function as providing lexical units. Section 3 gives a more detailed overview of German MWEs and compounds classified according to lexical category. Section 4 discusses the theoretical implications of the findings. The chapter ends with a brief conclusion in Section 5.
Folia linguistica (special issue), 2017
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the topics and recent developments in the rese... more The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the topics and recent developments in the research on the morphosyntax of proper names. The article reflects on the ways in which and the reasons why proper names may be morphosyntactically different from common nouns. It argues that the distinction between proper names and proper nouns is essential for the discussion of the topic, and it shows that there are considerable differences regarding morphological and syntactic properties both among the various name classes as well as cross-linguistically. In the second part of the paper, selected aspects dealt with in the recent literature are discussed in more detail, including those on the morphological and syntactic properties of proper names and proper nouns, and the specific morphosyntactic constructions proper names and proper nouns can occur in.
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Papers by Barbara Schlücker
name compounds have received little attention in the linguistic literature. It has been assumed that this pattern is rather recent, and possibly a loan from English. Focusing on the period between 1600 and 1900, the paper provides evidence against this claim. More specifically, I argue that the development of proper name compounds can only be properly described if proper name compounds that are names themselves (e. g., Martin-Luther-Universität ‘Martin Luther University’) are strictly distinguished from those that are common nouns (e. g., Nilfahrt ‘Nile ride’). It is shown that both types develop differently, and in particular that common noun compounds undergo a functional extension in this period. In this connection the paper also discusses the idea of proper name compounds as competitors of the genitive and it compares proper name compounds and alternative constructions with respect to the concept of the “Nominalklammer” (nominal frame).
name compounds have received little attention in the linguistic literature. It has been assumed that this pattern is rather recent, and possibly a loan from English. Focusing on the period between 1600 and 1900, the paper provides evidence against this claim. More specifically, I argue that the development of proper name compounds can only be properly described if proper name compounds that are names themselves (e. g., Martin-Luther-Universität ‘Martin Luther University’) are strictly distinguished from those that are common nouns (e. g., Nilfahrt ‘Nile ride’). It is shown that both types develop differently, and in particular that common noun compounds undergo a functional extension in this period. In this connection the paper also discusses the idea of proper name compounds as competitors of the genitive and it compares proper name compounds and alternative constructions with respect to the concept of the “Nominalklammer” (nominal frame).
The volume presents an overview of compounds and multi-word expressions in a variety of European languages. Central questions that are discussed for each language concern the formal distinction between compounds and multi-word expressions, their formation and their status in lexicon and grammar.
The volume contains chapters on German, English, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Finnish, and Hungarian as well as a contrastive overview with a focus on German. It brings together insights from word-formation theory, phraseology and theory of grammar and aims to contribute to the understanding of the lexicon, both from a language-specific and cross-linguistic perspective.