Entrenchment in Usage-Based Theories What Corpus Data Do and Do Not Revealabout the Mind |
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| Author:
| Blumenthal-Dramé, Alice |
| Series title: | Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-029401-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2013 |
| Publisher: | Mouton De Gruyter
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| Book Format: | Mixed media product |
| List Price: | USD $210.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.