How we learn languages - Frequency

Video contents: Introduction: frequency and Linguistic theory 0:00 How can we study frequency? 3:42 How do linguists collect frequency data? 9:07 A mathematical perspective on language: computer science and AI 17:51 Looking to the future: what does the interest in frequency mean for linguistic theory? 23:46 Conclusion: frequency is more than a counter in the head 27:03 Dr Dagmar Divjak, School of Languages and Cultures, explores the role that frequency of occurrence has played in linguistics. By combining insights from cognitive scientific research on memory and attention with a deeper understanding of the measures used to track and model frequency in linguistics, this project aims to facilitate the development of cognitively realistic theories of language and of more effective language teaching materials. You can read more about the project here http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/russian/staff/profiles/divjak_research. Dr Dagmar Divjak's work was funded by a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship. Thanks to Yekaterina Baskakova and Nina Szymor for their work as external engagement assistants on the Frequency in Language project. Special thanks to Professor Harald Baayen (University of Tuebingen, Germany), Professor Neil Bermel (University of Sheffield, UK), Dr Jim Blevins (Cambridge University), Dr Kris Heylen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) and Dr Petar Milin (University of Sheffield, UK). Source: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cogs.12335/abstract;jsessionid=F57252D2CABABA1E6A0DCC0716AF23A0.f04t03