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001 2010003266
003 DLC
005 20100910134759.0
008 100125s2010 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010003266
020 $a9780521851404
020 $a9780521616836 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aP301$b.B84 2010
082 00 $a415$222
100 1 $aBybee, Joan L.
245 10 $aLanguage, usage, and cognition /$cJoan Bybee.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2010.
263 $a1004
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"Language demonstrates structure while also showing considerable variation at all levels: languages differ from one another while still being shaped by the same principles; utterances within a language differ from one another while exhibiting the same structural patterns; languages change over time, but in fairly regular ways. This book focuses on the dynamic processes that create languages and give them their structure and variance. It outlines a theory of language that addresses the nature of grammar, taking into account its variance and gradience, and seeks explanation in terms of the recurrent processes that operate in language use. The evidence is based on the study of large corpora of spoken and written language, what we know about how languages change, as well as the results of experiments with language users. The result is an integrated theory of language use and language change which has implications for cognitive processing and language evolution"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. A usage-based perspective on language; 2. Rich memory for language: exemplar representation; 3. Chunking and degrees of autonomy; 4. Analogy and similarity; 5. Categorization and the distribution of constructions in corpora; 6. Where do constructions come from? Synchrony and diachrony in a usage-based theory; 7. Grammatical change: reanalysis or the gradual creation of new constructions?; 8. Gradient constituency and gradual reanalysis; 9. Conventionalization and the local vs. the general: modern English can; 10. Exemplars and grammatical meaning: the specific and the general; 11. Language as a complex adaptive system: the interaction of cognition, culture and use.
650 0 $aLanguage and languages$xUsage.
650 0 $aCognitive grammar.
650 0 $aLinguistc change.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/51404/cover/9780521851404.jpg
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2010003266-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2010003266-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2010003266-t.html