Experience Counts: Frequency Effects in Language

While not arguing that frequency is the most decisive factor in language learning or that all processes are driven by the most frequent items, linguists explore the role of the frequency effect in language learning. Among their topics are explaining variation in plural marking of German noun insertions in Russian sentences, hesitation placement as evidence for chunking, frequency effects in lexical sociolectometry are insubstantial, modeling frequency effects in language change, and frequency in language learning and language change. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)