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The focus of this seminar is on the effects of frequency of use (occurrence) on the structure of language. Frequency has been recognised as one of the most important determinants in language change, language acquisition and language processing (e.g. Bybee 2001, 2010; Diessel 2007). This seminar will examine especially the effects of frequency on the patterns and dynamics of language change, taking into consideration the cognitive mechanisms underlying these effects. The discussion will address topics such as: the reducing effect of (token) frequency in phonology and its conserving effect in morphology, the role of (type) frequency in regularising morphological patterns, its significance in the process of grammaticalization, and, on the cognitive plane, the relation between frequency and the entrenchment of forms in the mental lexicon as an index of the representation of linguistic elements in memory. Attention will be given also to the opposite effects of token and type frequencies in language change, as well as the different roles that absolute and relative frequencies may play in linguistic structure.
Registration: Via WUSEL during the registration period for the "Anglistik/Amerikanistik" department.
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| Literatur |
Bybee, J. & P. Hopper (eds.). 2001. Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Bybee, J. 2010. Language, Usage and Cognition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Diessel, H. 2007. Frequency Effects in Language Acquisition, Language Use, and Diachronic Change. New Ideas in Psychology 25(2). 104–123.
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| Leistungsnachweis |
Presentation and term paper |
| Zielgruppe |
LPO 2003: B 2a
MEd GymGe, BK: EN Ia
MEd Bilingualer Unterricht: M-ENG-S1
MA LING 1a |
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