How Long to Read The Locative Alternation in German

How Long Does it Take to Read The Locative Alternation in German?

It takes the average reader 5 hours to read The Locative Alternation in German by Ursula Brinkmann

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This monograph deals with the locative alternation in German, a change in the argument structure of verbs like spray and load. Like most argument structure changes, the alternation is both productive and constrained: new forms may be derived, but not from all candidate verbs. This raises a learnability problem: how can children determine, in the absence of negative evidence, which verbs participate in the alternation? The Locative Alternation in German tries to answer this question by providing an in-depth analysis of the conditions that verbs must meet in order to participate in the alternation. Most importantly, transitive verbs must allow speakers to presuppose the existence of their theme argument. This condition requires the theme to be incremental so that it can be conceived of as nonindividuated (or unbounded) when the verb is used in the alternative syntactic frame. The Nonindividuation Hypothesis splits locative verbs into two types, mass verbs (like spray) and count verbs (like load), and it predicts that children acquire the alternation first for mass verbs, whose theme must be a substance and so is nonindividuated by default. Support for this hypothesis is provided in the empirical part of the book, which also provides evidence against claims in the literature that children acquire the alternation by drawing on an innate Affectness Linking Rule.

How long is The Locative Alternation in German?

The Locative Alternation in German by Ursula Brinkmann is 300 pages long, and a total of 75,000 words.

This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 92% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Locative Alternation in German Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 49 minutes to read The Locative Alternation in German aloud.

What Reading Level is The Locative Alternation in German?

The Locative Alternation in German is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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