Entrenchment in Usage-Based Theories

Entrenchment in Usage-Based Theories
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 9783110294002
ISBN-13 : 3110294001
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Book Synopsis Entrenchment in Usage-Based Theories by : Alice Blumenthal-Dramé

Download or read book Entrenchment in Usage-Based Theories written by Alice Blumenthal-Dramé and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the usage-based claim that high usage frequency leads to the entrenchment of complex words in the minds of language users. To probe the correlation between corpus-extracted usage data and mental entrenchment, the author operationalises entrenchment in Gestalt psychological terms and conducts a series of behavioural and neuroimaging experiments.


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