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SUMMARY:Empirical Results on Morphological Convergence in English - Dr. P
 éter Rácz (Central European University\, Budapest University of Technolo
 gy\, University of Canterbury).
DTSTART:20211021T153000Z
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CONTACT:Onkar Singh
DESCRIPTION:Convergence to the interlocutor is a fundamental aspect of hum
 an communication and the linchpin of linguistic coordination. Its mechanic
 s and long-term effects are well-understood in some domains\, like phoneti
 cs or syntactic variation\, and much less clearly in others\, like word-fo
 rmation. \n\nIn this talk\, I report on the results on the first large-sca
 le experiment on morphological convergence\, using everyone's favourite va
 riable word-formation pattern\, the English past tense. These results show
  that morphological convergence is not confined to the adaptation of speci
 fic word forms or the adjustment of the overall rate of use for a specific
  affix. Instead\, it reflects a richly-detailed mental lexicon that plays 
 an important role in how words are processed and represented in the human 
 brain. 
LOCATION:Online
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