The Changing English Language

Klappentext Experts from psycholinguistics and English historical linguistics address core factors in language change. Zusammenfassung This volume is a systematic, interdisciplinary approach to processes underlying language change. Clearly defined core concepts are introduced against new psycholinguistic research, taking into account synchronic structures and evidence from language history. It is ideal reading for scholars of historical linguistics and psycholinguistics alike.

Zusammenfassung
This volume is a systematic, interdisciplinary approach to processes underlying language change. Clearly defined core concepts are introduced against new psycholinguistic research, taking into account synchronic structures and evidence from language history. It is ideal reading for scholars of historical linguistics and psycholinguistics alike.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: language history meets psychology Marianne Hundt, Sandra Mollin and Simone E. Pfenninger; Part I. Frequency: 2. The Ecclesiastes principle in language change Harald Baayen, Fabian Tomaschek, Susanne Gahl and Michael Ramscar; 3. Frequencies in diachronic corpora and knowledge of language Martin Hilpert; Part II. Salience: 4. Salience in language usage, learning, and change Nick C. Ellis; 5. Low salience as an enabling factor in morphosyntactic change Elizabeth C. Traugott; Part III. Chunking: 6. Chunking in language usage, learning, and change: I don't know Nick C. Ellis; 7. Chunking and changes in compositionality in context Joan L. Bybee and Carol Lynn Moder; Part IV. Priming: 8. Priming and language change Martin J. Pickering and Simon Garrod; 9. From priming and processing to frequency effects and grammaticalisation? Contracted semi-modals in present-day English Christian Mair; Part V. Analogy: 10. The role of analogy in language processing and acquisition Heike Behrens; 11. The role of analogy in language change: supporting constructions Hendrik de Smet and Olga Fischer; Part VI. Ambiguity: 12. Syntactic ambiguity in real-time language processing and diachronic change Claudia Felser; 13. Ambiguity and vagueness in historical change David Denison; Part VII. Acquisition and Transmission: 14. Developing language from usage: explaining errors Elena V. M. Lieven; 15. Transferring insights from child language acquisition to diachronic change (and vice versa) María José López-Cous.