Frequency in language : memory, attention and learning /
Cognitive linguists are bound by the cognitive commitment, which is the commitment to providing a characterization of the general principles governing all aspects of human language, in a way that is informed by, and accords with, what is known about the brain and mind from other disciplines. But wha...
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Cambridge University Press,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction: 1. Frequency of Experience; 2. A Cognitive Perspective on Language; 3. What This Book Is Not About; 4. What This Book Is About; Part I: 1. Counting Occurrences: How Frequency Made Its Way Into The Study Of Language: 1.1. The Frequency Wars: The Role of Frequency in Nativist and Nurturist Frameworks; 1.2. Lexical Statistics and Word (Frequency) Lists; 1.3. Word Lists in Psycholinguistics: The Discovery of The (Word) Frequency Effect; 1.4. Word Frequency Distributions and The Beginning Of Quantitative Linguistics; 1.5. Summary and Outlook; 2. Measuring Exposure: Frequency As A Linguistic Game-Changer: 2.1 Frequency And Usage-Based Theories Of Language; 2.2. Frequency Measures That Have Played an Important Role in The Development Of Usage-Based Theories Of Language; 2.3. Summary and Outlook; 3. More Than Frequencies: Towards A Probabilistic View On Language: 3.1. Constructing a Grammar From The Ground Up; 3.2. Probabilistic Grammar; 3.3. Probabilities Link Linguistics to Information Theory; 3.4. Summary And Outlook; PART II: 4 Committing Experiences To Memory: 4.1 What Is Memory?; 4.2. The Physiology or Neurobiology of Memory; 4.3. Memory Systems, Memory Processes and Neural Mechanisms of Memory Storage; 4.4. Behavioural Diagnostics of Memory For Language; 4.5. Summary and Outlook; 5. Entrenching Linguistic Structures: 5.1. Entrenchment In The Mind, Or In Society?; 5.2. Three Types of Entrenchment; 5.3. How Are Repeated Experiences Recorded?; 5.4. Frequently Asked Questions; 5.5. Summary And Outlook; PART III: 6. The Brain's Attention-Orienting Mechanisms: 6.1. Grasping The Phenomenon: What Is Attention And What Does It Do?; 6.2. Ways of Deploying Attention; 6.3. Attention and Memory: Encoding and Retrieving Information; 6.4. Summary and Outlook; 7. Salience: Capturing Attention In and Through Language; 7.1. Capturing Attention in Language: Linguistics Versus Psychology; 7.2. Attention and Salience; 7.3. Conclusions And Outlook; PART IV. 8. Predicting: Using Past Experience to Guide Future Action; 8.1. Predicting From Stored Memories; 8.2. Memoryless Prediction: Bayesian Predictive Coding Frameworks; 8.3. What Does Predictive Processing Mean For Language Cognition? 8.4. Conclusions and Outlook; 9. Learning: Navigating Frequency, Recency, Context & Contingency; 9.1. Background: Learning Theory; 9.2 Applications to Linguistics; 9.3. Conclusions: The Place of Frequency In A Learning Theoretic Approach To Language; Conclusions. 10.1. Why Do Frequencies Of Occurrence Play An Important Role In Usage-Based Linguistics?; 10.2 How Can Frequency Be Used To Explain The Construction Of A Grammar From The Ground Up?; 10.3 Memory, Attention And Learning In The Emergence Of Grammar; 10.4. Looking Forward: What Lessons Can We Learn?; 10.5. By Way Of Conclusion.
