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Understanding relative clauses : a usage-based view on the processing of complex constructions /

The book offers a usage-based account of how humans comprehend complex linguistic structures. The author proposes a theory of constructional access, which treats syntactic patterns as complex and abstract signs. In this view, syntactic processing is subject to the very same dynamics as lexical proce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wiechmann, Daniel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter Mouton, 2015.
Colección:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; Volume 268.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The book offers a usage-based account of how humans comprehend complex linguistic structures. The author proposes a theory of constructional access, which treats syntactic patterns as complex and abstract signs. In this view, syntactic processing is subject to the very same dynamics as lexical processing and should yield the same type of frequency effects.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations, tables
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110339581
3110339587
ISSN:1861-4302 ;
1861-4302