Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon by Jean Aitchison

Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon



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Page: 240
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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ISBN: 0631144412, 9780631144410


More formally Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon. Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon, 2nd Edition. Words.in.the.Mind.An.Introduction.to.the.Mental.Lexicon.2nd.Edition. In linguistics, the lexicon (from the Greek: Λεξικόν) of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions. Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon, 2nd Edition by Jean Aitchison. The rules of language depend on our ability to categorize language. Taylor (1995) A dictionary has been vividly called a list or container of words, In essence, a dictionary is a representation of our mental lexicon, though they may not be the same in structure or organization. [Keywords] classical category; prototypical category; lexical entries; definition; exemplification. -Jackendoff, Ray; Semantic Structures, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1990 -Storkel, Holly L. Without categorization, language would be something of chaos to us. Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon.