Description
Book SynopsisMerging insights from cognitive linguistic theories of language and learning theories originating within psychology, Divjak and Milin present a new paradigm that has computational modelling at its core. They showcase the power of this interdisciplinary approach for linguistic theory, methodology and description. Through a series of detailed case studies that model usage of the English article system, the Polish aspectual system, English tense/aspect contrasts and the Serbian case system they show how computational models anchored in learning can provide a simple and comprehensive account of how intricate phenomena that have long defied a unified treatment could be learned from exposure to usage alone. As such, their models form the basis for a first rigorous test of a core assumption of usage-based linguistics: that of the emergence of structure from use.
Table of ContentsContents Preface by the Series Editor Preface by the Authors About the Authors Note on Supplementary Material 1 Usage-Based Linguistics 2 Memory and Attention 3 Construal 4 Learning 5 Allomorphy 6 How to Teach Machines to Learn 7 Inflectional Paradigms and Classes 8 The Unbearable Lightness of English Articles 9 Modelling Aspect: Do We Really Have a Choice? 10 Is the Past Perfect and the Present Continuous: Questioning the Cognitive Reality of Tense Label References About the Series Editor Websites for Cognitive Linguistics and CIFCL Speakers
