Book contents
- Morphological Diversity and Linguistic Cognition
- Morphological Diversity and Linguistic Cognition
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 At the Intersection of Cognitive Processes and Linguistic Diversity
- Part I In What Ways Is Language Processing Tuned to the Morphological Structure of a Language?
- Part II What Role Does Cue Informativity Play in Learning and How the Lexicon Evolves Over Time?
- Part III How Do System-Level Principles of Morphological Organization Emerge?
- References
- Language Index
- General Index
1 - At the Intersection of Cognitive Processes and Linguistic Diversity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2022
- Morphological Diversity and Linguistic Cognition
- Morphological Diversity and Linguistic Cognition
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 At the Intersection of Cognitive Processes and Linguistic Diversity
- Part I In What Ways Is Language Processing Tuned to the Morphological Structure of a Language?
- Part II What Role Does Cue Informativity Play in Learning and How the Lexicon Evolves Over Time?
- Part III How Do System-Level Principles of Morphological Organization Emerge?
- References
- Language Index
- General Index
Summary
Are the dimensions of morphological diversity dependent on the cognitive pathways for processing, storage, and learning of word structure, and if so, how? Conversely, are languages that differ in their morphological structure processed and learned in different ways? This volume examines the relationship between linguistic cognition and the morphological diversity found in the world’s languages. As the idea that domain-general cognitive processes and morphological typology are inextricably linked has moved into the mainstream of linguistics, the field has diversified conceptually and methodologically. This introduction to the volume offers an overview of conceptual issues that underpin the volume’s papers and some of the methodological trends they reflect. It thus serves as a roadmap for the papers that follow.
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- Morphological Diversity and Linguistic Cognition , pp. 1 - 28Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022