A work that reveals the profound links between the evolution, acquisition, and processing of language, and proposes a new integrative framework for the language sciences
Language is a hallmark of the human species; the flexibility and unbounded expressivity of our linguistic abilities are unique in the biological world. In this book, Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater argue that to understand this astonishing phenomenon, we must consider how la…
This unique contribution to the ongoing discussion of language acquisition considers the argument from the poverty of the stimulus in language learning in the context of the wider debate over cognitive, computational, and linguistic issues.
Formulaic language research in a historical perspective: across decades and continents -- Identifying formulaic language: frequency, psychological representation, and judgement -- Categories of formulaic language; abels and characteristics -- Mental processing of formulaic langu…
