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Mechanisms of Change in Grammaticization: The Role of Frequency

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The article was published on 2008-01-30. It has received 536 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Grammaticalization & Morphophonology.

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Frequency Effects in Language Processing: A Review with Implications for Theories of Implicit and Explicit Language Acquisition.

TL;DR: For instance, the authors shows how language processing is intimately tuned to input frequency and the implications of these effects for the representations and developmental sequence of SLA, and concludes by considering the history of frequency as an explanatory concept in theoretical and applied linguistics, its 40 years of exile, and its necessary reinstatement as a bridging variable that binds the different schools of language acquisition research.
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From Usage to Grammar: The Mind's Response to Repetition

Joan L. Bybee
- 01 Jan 2006 - 
TL;DR: It is argued that high-frequency instances of constructions undergo grammaticization processes (which produce further change), function as the central members of categories formed by constructions, and retain their old forms longer than lower- frequencies instances under the pressure of newer formations.

Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

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World Lexicon of grammaticalization

TL;DR: This work aims to provide an index of grammatical concepts figuring in the work Source-target lexicon and a list of languages using that lexicon as a source for grammar concepts.
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Language Is a Complex Adaptive System: Position Paper

TL;DR: The Language as a Complex Adaptive System (LAS) approach as discussed by the authors is a model for language acquisition that is based on a complex adaptive system consisting of multiple agents (the speakers in the speech community) interacting with one another.