Lexical Priming in Spoken English Usage

Author:   Michael Pace-Sigge
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9781137331892


Pages:   222
Publication Date:   01 November 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Lexical Priming in Spoken English Usage


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This book shows that over forty years of psychological laboratory-based research support the claims of the Lexical Priming Theory. It examines how Lexical Priming applies to the use of spoken English as the book provides evidence that Lexical Priming is found in everyday spoken conversations.

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Author:   Michael Pace-Sigge
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.091kg
ISBN:  

9781137331892


ISBN 10:   1137331895
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   01 November 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Lexical Priming: The Theoretical Backbone 3. Testing the Theory through Spoken-Corpus Evidence 4. Spoken Differs from Written – The Case of Yes and Yeah 5. Referring to Oneself and Others in Sco and Bnc/C 6. Intensifiers and Discourse Particles in their Use in Casual Speech 7. The Uses of Just and Like 8. The Most Frequent Clusters Found in Casually Spoken English Corpora 9. Conclusions Bibliography

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Michael Pace-Sigge is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities at the University of Eastern Finland. He was previously a Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, UK. Michael's research interests include Corpus Linguistics, Lexical Priming, the Merseyside/Liverpool English (Scouse) accent, Phonetics, Sociolinguistics and Spoken English use.

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