The processing and representation of multiword expressions (MWEs), rangingfrom noun compounds (such asnicknamein English andOhrwurmin German) tocomplex verbs (such asgive upin English andaufgebenin German) and idiomaticexpressions (such asbreak the icein English anddas Eis brechenin German) haveremained an unsettled issue over the past 20+ years.Our research question concerns semantically trans…
Each Friday my colleagues and I gather to discuss the week’s wins and losses. As we share ideas and experiences, we focus on the messages we are constructing and hearing. Sometimes, when topics are delicate, we are careful with phrasing and vocal tone, and when the space fills with people, we adjust our volume or move our bodies into closer proximity. The te…
This book explores some of the consequences of a specific hypothesis about aparticular systematic morphosyntactic pattern, with the aim of contributing to abroader understanding of the nature of constraints on morphosyntactic variation.Our argument is that variation is constrained by lexical semantics, in ways that arefamiliar from some corners of the linguistic literature, but that are not yet…
The present study focuses on folk stereotypes of interconnections between the phys-ical and the metaphysical worlds in Polish language and culture. It takes as its point of departure relations between three concepts: lud (the folk), kultura ludowa (folk culture) and religijno?? ludowa (folk religiosity/folk religious practices). The terms have long stirred heated debate and controversy …
Scientists are nowadays faced with a few important discontinuities with the past:(a) an exponentially growing rate of technological innovation, (b) the ever-increasing availability of multimodal data, (c) an increasing disciplinary specializa-tion, involving the danger of being blind to interdisciplinarity, and (d) a pressingdemand for problem-oriented interdisciplinarity. 19th century medical …