The articles in this special issue explore how the acquisition of linguistic constructions as form-function mappings is affected by the distribution and saliency of forms in oral input, by their ...

Linguistic structures and syntax form the cornerstone of our understanding of human language, delineating the formal rules that govern sentence formation and meaning. This area of research ...

In professional and social settings, the way we speak can significantly influence how others perceive us. While true intelligence and wisdom are multifaceted and certainly not confined to formal ...

New York University researchers have isolated neural activity that reflects basic mechanisms used by the brain to combine elementary pieces of language in order to construct complex ideas. The study, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A recent popular analysis of English indefinites is that they involve a choice function mechanism in their semantic interpretation. However, ...