Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language

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2007
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Abstract
Abstract This book essentially argues for the importance of word frequency as a factor in the analysis and explanation of language structure. In other words, the roles of words and other linguistic phenomena such as morphology, phonology, and syntax are highly influenced by low, medium, or high frequency with which they occur. The book includes three decades of influential research in one thematic source. It provides an introductory overview that traces the development of thinking on this important subject. The discussion covers word frequency in lexical diffusion, morphophonemics, lexical and morphological conditioning of alternations using Spanish verbs as example, rules and schemas in the development and use of the English past tense, morphological classes as natural categories, regular morphology and lexicon, sequentiality as the basis of constituent structure, and mechanisms of change in grammaticization.
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Authors Joan Bybee
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2007
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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195301571.001.0001
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https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195301571.001.0001
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