Construction Learning as a Complex Adaptive System Psycholinguistic
This book presents the current state of the art on Construction Grammar models and usage-based language learning research. It reports on three psycholinguistic experiments conducted with the participation of university-level Italian learners of English, w
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Annalisa Baicchi
Construction Learning as a Complex Adaptive System Psycholinguistic Evidence from L2 Learners of English 123
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Annalisa Baicchi
Construction Learning as a Complex Adaptive System Psycholinguistic Evidence from L2 Learners of English
123
Annalisa Baicchi Department of Humanities, Section of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics University of Pavia Pavia Italy
ISSN 2211-1921 SpringerBriefs in Education ISBN 978-3-319-18268-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-18269-8
ISSN 2211-193X (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-18269-8
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To my grannie Albina, an inspired teacher, with unquenchable love.
Contents
Part I
Constructional Approaches to Language Complexity
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Introduction: Theoretical Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Complex Adaptive Systems: The Case of Language . . . . . . 2.1 Complex Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.1 Complex Adaptive Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Language as a Complex Adaptive System . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.1 Speaking Agents, Joint Actions, and Emergentism References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Complex Dynamics of Meaning Construction . . . . 3.1 The Nature of Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Embodiment in Cognition and Language . . . . . . . . . 3.3 Embodied Semantic Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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