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Polylogues on the mental lexicon : an exploration of fundamental issues and directions /

"From its beginnings, the study of the mental lexicon has been at the crossroads of research and scholarship. This volume presents a polylogue--a textual conversation of many voices. It is designed to capture the excitement within the field and generate a deeper understanding of key issues and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Libben, Gary (Editor ), Jarema, Gonia (Editor ), Kuperman, Victor, (Professor of linguistics) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"From its beginnings, the study of the mental lexicon has been at the crossroads of research and scholarship. This volume presents a polylogue--a textual conversation of many voices. It is designed to capture the excitement within the field and generate a deeper understanding of key issues and debates for established researchers, students, and readers interested in language and cognition. The first chapter examines how the mental lexicon itself can be seen as a polylogue. In the following six chapters, authors tackle the fundamental questions concerning future research on lexical representation and processing in an interactive structure that presents new perspectives and captures the excitement of the field. The themes include the value of cross-linguistic megastudies, the nature of meaning, how to capture truly natural language, what can be learned from lexical acquisition, the advantages of a functionalist perspective, and the role of schemas in understanding morphology and the lexicon"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource : color illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027259615
9027259615