Lexical Priming: A New Theory of Words and Language

Hoey, Michael

ISBN 10: 0415328632 / ISBN 13: 9780415328630

Editore: Routledge, 2005

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Riassunto:

Lexical Priming proposes a radical new theory of the lexicon, which amounts to a completely new theory of language based on how words are used in the real world. Here they are not confined to the definitions given to them in dictionaries but instead interact with other words in common patterns of use.

Using concrete statistical evidence from a corpus of newspaper English, but also referring to travel writing and literary text, the author argues that words are 'primed' for use through our experience with them, so that everything we know about a word is a product of our encounters with it. This knowledge explains how speakers of a language succeed in being fluent, creative and natural.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Michael Hoey is a leading figure in English Language and Applied linguistics and a highly respected researcher and author. His Patterns of Lexis of Text (OUP) won the Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union prize in 1991. He is currently Baines Professor of English Language at the University of Liverpool.

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Titolo: Lexical Priming: A New Theory of Words and ...
Casa editrice: Routledge
Data di pubblicazione: 2005
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