Separable Words are Words or Phrases:An Investigation Based on the Perception of Native Chinese Speakers
Whether separable words are words or phrases has aroused many scholarly debates.This study explored how native speakers psychologically perceive the nature of separable words through two experiments.The findings reveal that in semantic perception,separable words significantly differ from phrases and close to non-separable words;concerning structural perception,separable words show overall consistency with non-separable words,while exhibit delayed responses after phrase priming.The findings indicate semantic distinctions between separable words and phrases,refuting the claim that separable words are phrases.Meanwhile,separable words exhibit semantic and structural proximity to words,while their disassociated forms and synthetic structures might be stored separately.The conclusion provides additional evidence that separable words are a type of construction that"combines as words and separates as phrases".
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