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Direct linkBeckner, Clay; Bybee, Joan – Language Learning, 2009
Constituent structure is considered to be the very foundation of linguistic competence and often considered to be innate, yet we show here that it is derivable from the domain-general processes of chunking and categorization. Using modern and diachronic corpus data, we show that the facts support a view of constituent structure as gradient (as…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Language Variation, Semantics, Form Classes (Languages)
Beckner, Clay; Blythe, Richard; Bybee, Joan; Christiansen, Morten H.; Croft, William; Ellis, Nick C.; Holland, John; Ke, Jinyun; Larsen-Freeman, Diane; Schoenemann, Tom – Language Learning, 2009
Language has a fundamentally social function. Processes of human interaction along with domain-general cognitive processes shape the structure and knowledge of language. Recent research in the cognitive sciences has demonstrated that patterns of use strongly affect how language is acquired, is used, and changes. These processes are not independent…
Descriptors: Language Research, Psycholinguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Interpersonal Relationship
