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It follows that what demands a linguistic explanation is not why the object is unmarked in certain cases but just opposite: it is its markedness that must be historically explained" (Havas 2008 : 31).
Brone and Feyaerts (2004) also analyze some humorous stories and cartoons in the same metonymical spirit and conclude that many humorous items can be explained through prototypicality, salience and markedness that is they do not require a substantial departure from the linguistic level of analysis.
Bertacca, Antonio 2001 "Naturalness, markedness and the productivity of the Old English a-declension", Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 36: 73-93.
 
 
 
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