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Chapter 6 - Compound Spelling Heuristics

from Part III - Modelling English Compound Spelling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2018

Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer
Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen
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Chapter 6 provides a theoretical treatment of the phenomenon of English compound spelling by considering how existing models of language can be applied to the spelling of English compounds in the light of the evidence from the empirical study. The chapter analyses the relation between open, hyphenated and solid spelling with regard to aspects such as markedness, it discusses the suitability of prototype-based, analogical and cognitive approaches for the modelling of the present state of English compound spelling and closes by considering how linguistic change can be integrated into such models. The most innovative contribution of this chapter is the suggestion of a multi-dimensional prototype model of English compound spelling.
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English Compounds and their Spelling , pp. 275 - 306
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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