Name: Lexical Priming: A new Theory of Words and Language
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Author: Michael Hoey
ISBN: 9780415328630

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Physical Book

Publisher

Routledge

Author

Michael Hoey

Year

2005

Language

English

Pages

220

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0415328632

ISBN13

9780415328630

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Synopsis "Lexical Priming: A new Theory of Words and Language"

Lexical Priming proposes a radical new theory of the lexicon, which amounts to a completely new theory of language based on how words are used in the real world. Here they are not confined to the definitions given to them in dictionaries but instead interact with other words in common patterns of use. Using concrete statistical evidence from a corpus of newspaper English, but also referring to travel writing and literary text, the author argues that words are 'primed' for use through our experience with them, so that everything we know about a word is a product of our encounters with it. This knowledge explains how speakers of a language succeed in being fluent, creative and natural.

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