The dynamics of the linguistic system : usage, conventionalization, and entrenchment

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Contents Detailed Contents Preface and Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction PART I - USAGE AND ITS POTENTIAL TO FEED INTO CONVENTIONALIZATION AND ENTRENCHMENT 2 Usage events and utterance types 3 Co-semiosis and other interpersonal activities 4 Association and cognitive processing 5 Forces affecting usage 6 Summary of Part I PART II CONVENTIONALIZATION 7 Understanding the process of conventionalization 8 Usualization 9 Diffusion 10 Summary of Part II PART III ENTRENCHMENT 11 Understanding the process of entrenchment 12 The routinization of syntagmatic associations 13 The routinization of symbolic associations 14 The routinization of pragmatic associations 15 Summary of Part III How the four types of associations cooperate and compete for routinization PART IV SYNOPSIS The EC-Model as a Dynamic Complex-Adaptive System 16 Summary of the EC-Model 17 Persistence 18 Variation 19 Change 20 Conclusion References Author Index Subject Index