The mental corpus: how language is represented in the mind

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John Taylor argues that an individual's knowledge of a language is a repository of memories. Similarities between items lead to generalisations then used to generate new expressions. He makes a compelling contribution to understanding language and the operations of the mind.

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Full title :The mental corpus : how language is represented in the mind / John R. Taylor.

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Publication Date:2012.

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

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Description:1 online resource (viii, 321 pages)

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ISBN:1280770252, 9781280770258, 0199290814, 9780199290819, 9786613681027, 6613681024
oclc:ocn802045486
LC Classification:QP399
Dewey Decimal:612.82336

Conceptualizing language -- The dictionary and the grammar book : the generative model of linguistic knowledge -- Words and their behaviour -- Idioms -- Speaking idiomatically -- Constructions -- Frequency -- Skewed frequencies as a design feature of language -- Learning from input -- Polysemy -- Creativity and inovation -- Blending -- The mental corpus.

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Conscience linguistique Kognitive Linguistik Langage -- Acquisition Langage et langues -- Aspect physiologi… Language acquisition -- Physiological a… Language and languages -- Physiological… Language awareness Neurolinguistics Neurolinguistique psycholinguistics Psycholinguistique