The Grammar Network: How Linguistic Structure Is Shaped by Language Use

by Holger Diessel

Book Overview

Cognitive linguists and psychologists have often argued that language is best understood as an association network; however while the network view of language has had a significant impact on the study of morphology and lexical semantics, it is only recently that researchers have taken an explicit network approach to the study of syntax. This innovative study presents a dynamic network model of grammar in which all aspects of linguistic structure,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108498817
• ISBN13: 9781108498814
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"