Experience counts : frequency effects in language /

Frequency has been identified as one of the most influential factors in language processing, and plays a major role in usage-based models of language learning and language change. The research presented in this volume challenges established models of linguistic representation. Instead of learning an...

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Other Authors: Behrens, Heike (Editor), Pfänder, Stefan (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2016
Series:Linguae & litterae ; 54.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Frequency has been identified as one of the most influential factors in language processing, and plays a major role in usage-based models of language learning and language change. The research presented in this volume challenges established models of linguistic representation. Instead of learning and processing language compositionally, larger units and co-occurence relations are at work. The main point taken by the authors is that by studying the effect of distributional patterns and changes in such patterns we can establish a unified framework that explains the dynamics of language systems with a limited set of processing factors.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 256 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783110384598
3110384590
9783110346916
3110346915
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.