Merle Weicker
Biographic Data
| ID | 10072599 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Merle Weicker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Merle |
| FAMILY NAME | Weicker |
| SIGNATURE | WEICKER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6977-8695 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Children and adults privilege linguistic over visual information when creating comparison classes for prenominal gradable adjectives
Mastering the semantics of gradable adjectives is a complex acquisition task, since their interpretation requires the calculation of a threshold relative to a comparison class. Context plays a role in determining the comparison class in multiple ways; empirical research has focused on non-linguistic cues, such as world knowledge and visual context, and less on linguistic cues, such as the modified head noun. The present study is the first to exam…
Wipe the table clean – German speakers construe telicity differently in adjectival resultatives and transitives
Change of state expressions involving weak-endstate verbs such as wipe and drink exhibit variation in telicity. The present study is the first to experimentally investigate change of state expressions referred to as adjectival control resultatives (e.g., wipe the table clean) and the corresponding simple transitives (e.g., wipe the table) regarding their telicity readings. Based on their semantic properties, we ask whether German speakers interpr…
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Children and adults privilege linguistic over visual information when creating comparison classes for prenominal gradable adjectives
Mastering the semantics of gradable adjectives is a complex acquisition task, since their interpretation requires the calculation of a threshold relative to a comparison class. Context plays a role in determining the comparison class in multiple ways; empirical research has focused on non-linguistic cues, such as world knowledge and visual context, and less on linguistic cues, such as the modified head noun. The present study is the first to exam…
Wipe the table clean – German speakers construe telicity differently in adjectival resultatives and transitives
Change of state expressions involving weak-endstate verbs such as wipe and drink exhibit variation in telicity. The present study is the first to experimentally investigate change of state expressions referred to as adjectival control resultatives (e.g., wipe the table clean) and the corresponding simple transitives (e.g., wipe the table) regarding their telicity readings. Based on their semantic properties, we ask whether German speakers interpr…
Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (1 work) · Child and Animal Learning Development (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Library Science and Information Systems (1 work) · Reading and Literacy Development (1 work)