Search Results for: Entrenchment In Usage Based Theories

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 corre

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 corre

In this groundbreaking book, Tomasello presents a comprehensive usage-based theory of language acquisition. Drawing together a vast body of empirical research i

Conceiving of language and cognition as biological phenomena, these lectures provide and illustrate a coherent, integrated theoretical framework for studying es

In recent years, linguists have increasingly turned to the cognitive sciences to broaden their investigation into the roots and development of language. With th