3.5 Homework

Reading response:

• While skimming through this week’s reading, gather 3 pieces of terminology that you weren’t familiar with, that confused you, or that you are unsure about.
• Try to summarize the two most important conclusions in one sentence each.

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Optional follow-up reading: Berg (2000)
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This is a very interesting study for those of you who are interested in Phonology. It illustrates nicely how word classes are continuous categories and how to investigate this idea empirically. It is a bit of an advanced read but worth skimming through.

References

Berg, Thomas. 2000. The position of adjectives on the noun–verb continuum. English Language & Linguistics. Cambridge University Press 4(2). 269–293.