Many recent models of language comprehension have stressed the role of distributional
frequencies in determining the relative accessibility or ease of processing associated with a …

Until recently, theoretical linguists have paid little attention to the frequency of linguistic
elements in grammar and grammatical development. It is a standard assumption of (most) …

I will discuss ways of using corpora to study the extent and strength of phraseology in
English, and will then argue that evidence from these empirical studies can be used to tackle …

The linguistic input to language learning is usually thought to consist of simple strings of
words. We argue that input must also include information about how words group into …

Although it is generally accepted that hierarchical phrase structures are instrumental in
describing human language, their role in cognitive processing is still debated. We …

Since Saussure, the relationship between the sound and the meaning of words has been
regarded as largely arbitrary. Here, however, we show that a probabilistic relationship exists …

There is mounting evidence that language users are sensitive to distributional information at
many grain-sizes. Much of this research has focused on the distributional properties of …

In this chapter, we address the debate between single-system and dualsystem models of
language by looking at the processing of multi-word phrases. We present findings that …

▪ Abstract Cross-linguistic studies are essential to the identification of universal processes in
language development, language use, and language breakdown. Comparative studies in all …

To what extent is linguistic structure learnable from statistical information in the input? This
research investigated the role played by statistical learning in the acquisition of rudimentary …