12.2454, Qs: British Eng Survey/Cancel, Prefabricated Units

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-12-2454. Wed Oct 3 2001. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 12.2454, Qs: British Eng Survey/Cancel, Prefabricated Units

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1)
Date:  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 09:31:16 +0200 (MEST)
From:  Kerstin Heinig <k_heinig at gmx.de>
Subject:  British English Language change

2)
Date:  Wed, 03 Oct 2001 22:14:06 +0000
From:  Tommy Wasserman <wasserman at bredband.net>
Subject:  Prefabricated unit

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Date:  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 09:31:16 +0200 (MEST)
From:  Kerstin Heinig <k_heinig at gmx.de>
Subject:  British English Language change

Hello,

We published a questionnaire here on Monday (Linguist 12.2427), asking
people to answer it.  Unfortunately we didn't know that the program is
not working properly, therefore we have to withdraw the questionnaire
and ask people to not answer it any more.  Thank you very much and we
are sorry for any inconveniences.

Kerstin & Mandy

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Date:  Wed, 03 Oct 2001 22:14:06 +0000
From:  Tommy Wasserman <wasserman at bredband.net>
Subject:  Prefabricated unit

Dear listmembers

In an introduction to Semantics I - a Swedish student of linguistics,
and newcomer to this list - read about "prefabricated units" and the
claim that language users store not just individual words but also
longer idiomatic expressions and whole sentences in their vocabulary.
Then followed a reference to Bolinger's Aspects of Language, 1975: 30,
107-11 (2nd ed.). Are there any more studies on this matter? (e.g.
contra Bolinger). What methodology would one utilize in trying to prove
that there are differences between prefabricated word formations and
composite syntactic constructions, created according to the general
grammatical rules of a language?

With kindest regards

Tommy Wasserman

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