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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779727403321

Autore

Blumenthal-Dramé Alice

Titolo

Entrenchment in usage-based theories [[electronic resource] ] : what corpus data do and do not reveal about the mind / / by Alice Blumenthal-Dramé

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012

ISBN

3-11-029400-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; ; 83

Topics in English linguistics, , 1434-3452 ; ; 83

Classificazione

ER 940

Disciplina

410.1

Soggetti

English language - Discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Conventions. List of Predictor Variables and their Abbreviations -- Tables -- Figures -- Chapter 1. Introduction and overview -- Chapter 2. Entrenchment in usage-based theories -- Chapter 3. The cognitive realism of usage-based generalizations, with a special focus on the relationship between token frequencies and entrenchment -- Chapter 4. Operationalizing entrenchment -- Chapter 5. Experimental design -- Chapter 6. Behavioural data analysis -- Chapter 7. Neuroimaging Data Analysis -- Chapter 8. Summary and conclusion -- References -- Appendixes. Auxiliary Figures on Neuroanatomy, Concluding questionnaire, and Stimuli -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.