Lexical Priming: A New Theory of Words and Language

by Michael Hoey

Book Overview

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"