Bilingual Comprehension and Headedness in Novel English Compounds. Replicating Onysko's Study E-Book

Tina Catharina Mbaye

• Herausgeber: GRIN Verlag
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

Master's Thesis from the year 2023 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), language: English, abstract: The goal of this master's thesis is to explore the influence of bilingualism on the interpretation of novel English noun compounds by replicating Alexander Onysko's 2016 study "Crosslinguistic influence on headedness of novel English compounds." This research delves into how speakers of te reo Māori, a language with postmodification, comprehend newly formed English compounds compared to monolingual English speakers. The replication study, albeit with a smaller participant pool of 35 compared to Onysko's 116, substantiates the original findings.