Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language
Author | : Joan Bybee |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195301564 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195301560 |
Rating | : 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Download or read book Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language written by Joan Bybee and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2007 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collects three decades of articles by distinguish linguist Joan Bybee. Her articles essentially argue for the importance of frequency of use as a factor in the analysis and explanation of language structure. Her work has been very influential for a broad range of researchers in linguistics, particularly in discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, phonology, phonetics, and historical linguistics.