Lexical Priming: A New Theory of Words and Language

by Michael Hoey

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415328632

ISBN13:9780415328630

Release Date:April 2005

Publisher:Routledge

Length:204 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Foreign Language Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses Foreign Language Study & Reference Foreign Languages Grammar Humanities Instruction Language Arts Linguistics Words, Language & Grammar

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