Why markedness is always local: the case of Russian aspect

Markedness is the observation of an encoding asymmetry in which higher complexity (both in terms of form and meaning) tends to pattern with lower frequency. Given that markedness focuses on the relationships between form-meaning patterns and usage patterns, markedness is of inherent theoretical inte...

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Main Authors: Daria Kosheleva, Laura Alexis Janda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française de Linguistique Cognitive 2023-11-01
Series:CogniTextes
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cognitextes/2158