Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language
Author | : Joan Bybee |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2006-12-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198041290 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198041292 |
Rating | : 4/5 (292 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language by : Joan Bybee
Download or read book Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language written by Joan Bybee and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-12-07 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collects three decades of articles by the distinguished linguist Joan Bybee. Her articles essentially argue for the importance off 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.