A usage-based alternative to “lexicalization” in sign language linguistics

The usage-based framework considers linguistic structure to be emergent from how human languages are used, and shaped by domain-general cognitive processes. This paper appeals to the cognitive processes of chunking, entrenchment, and routinization to explore a usage-based alternative to the structur...

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Main Author: Ryan Lepic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2019-02-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/840