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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466069403321

Titolo

Experience counts : frequency effects in language / / edited by Heike Behrens and Stefan Pfänder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

3-11-034691-5

3-11-038459-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Linguae & litterae. Publications of the school of language & literature. Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies ; ; 54

Classificazione

ES 260

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Frequency (Linguistics)

Linguistic change

Language and languages - Variation

Psycholinguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Experience counts: An introduction to frequency effects in language -- Explaining variation in plural marking of German noun insertions in Russian sentences -- Hesitation placement as evidence for chunking -- Recency as a factor of phonological variation -- Frequency effects in lexical sociolectometry are insubstantial -- Input optimization -- Modeling frequency effects in language change -- Frequency and lexical specificity in grammar: A critical review -- Frequency in language learning and language change

Sommario/riassunto

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.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797264303321

Autore

Humble Ferreira Susannah

Titolo

The crown, the court and the Casa da Índia : political centralization in Portugal, 1479-1521 / / by Susannah Humble Ferreira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-29819-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World, , 1569-1934 ; ; Volume 60

Disciplina

946.902

Soggetti

Royal houses - Political activity - Portugal - History

Finance - Political aspects - Portugal - History

Historiography - Political aspects - Portugal - History

Patronage, Political - Portugal - History

Social change - Portugal - History

Portugal Politics and government To 1580

Portugal Territorial expansion History

Portugal History John II, 1481-1495

Portugal History Manuel I, 1495-1521

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Susannah Humble Ferreira -- Introduction / Susannah Humble Ferreira -- Spin Doctors of the Crown: The Chroniclers and Their Contexts / Susannah Humble Ferreira -- From Royal Household to Royal Court: Patronage as a Political Strategy / Susannah Humble Ferreira -- Inquiry and Reform / Susannah Humble Ferreira -- Alms for the King / Susannah Humble Ferreira -- The Crown and Its Castles / Susannah Humble Ferreira -- Conclusion / Susannah Humble Ferreira -- Bibliography / Susannah Humble Ferreira -- Index / Susannah Humble Ferreira.



Sommario/riassunto

In The Crown, the Court and the Casa da Índia , Susannah Humble Ferreira examines the social and political context that gave rise to the Portuguese Overseas Empire during the reigns of João II (1481-95) and Manuel I (1495-1521). In particular the book elucidates the role of the Portuguese royal household in the political consolidation of Portugal in this period. By looking at the relationship of the Manueline Reforms, the expulsion of the Jews and the creation of the Santa Casa da Misericordia to the political threat brought on by the expansion of Ferdinand of Aragon into the Mediterranean, the author re-evaluates the place of the overseas expansion in the policies of the Portuguese crown.