Frequency in language : memory, attention and learning
"Cognitive linguists are bound by the Cognitive Commitment, which is the commitment to providing a characterization of the general principles governing all aspects of human language, in a way that is informed by, and accords with, what is known about the brain and mind from other disciplines. B...
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Livre papier |
| Kieli: | Anglais |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press
2019.
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Autre tirage : 2022 |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Frequency in language, memory, attention and learning, Dagmar Divjak, 2019, [Cambridge], Cambridge University Press, 978-1-31608441-0 |
Sisällysluettelo:
- Introduction
- 1. Counting occurrences : how frequency made its way into the study of language
- 2. Measuring exposure : frequency as a linguistic game changer
- 3. More than frequencies : towards a probabilistic view on language
- 4. Committing experiences to memory
- 5. Entrenching linguistic structures
- 6. The brain's attention-orienting mechanisms
- 7. Salience : capturing attention in and through language
- 8. Predicting : using past experience to guide future action
- 9. Learning : navigating frequency, recency, context and contingency
- 10. By way of conclusion