Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure.

Typological Studies in Language #45

by Joan L. Bybee (Editor), Paul J. Hopper (Editor)

A mainstay of functional linguistics has been the claim that linguistic elements and patterns that are frequently used in discourse become conventionalized as grammar. This book addresses the two issues that are basic to this claim: first, the question of

Genres: Linguistics

502 pages, ebook

First published May 1, 2001