Headedness and the Lexicon: The Case of Verb-to-Noun Ratios

This paper takes a well-known observation as its starting point, that is, languages vary with respect to headedness, with the standard head-initial and head-final types well attested. Is there a connection between headedness and the size of a lexical class? Although this question seems quite straigh...

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Main Authors: Maria Polinsky, Lilla Magyar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/5/1/9