Frequency effects and structural change - the Afrikaans preterite

Frequency effects and structural change - the Afrikaans preterite

<p>According to emergent grammar and exemplar theory in cognitive linguistics, the frequency of an item affects its behaviour in terms of structural change. In this article, I illustrate how high frequency items, such as preterital modal auxiliaries and copulas in Afrikaans, resist regularisin...

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Main Author: Johanita Kirsten
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2016-07-01
Series:Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics
Subjects:
frequency
structural change
emergent grammar
exemplar model
preterite
Online Access:http://spil.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/207

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http://spil.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/207

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