On the Cognitive Characteristics of Language Chunks
- DOI
- 10.2991/ssemse-15.2015.48How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- language chunks; open-choice principle; retrieval; idiomaticity; generating capacity
- Abstract
Language chunks refer to the fixed or half fixed structure of vocabulary words and sentences, which is stored in the brain as a whole, and exert an influence on language output. In First Language Acquisition, children experienced a stage at which unanalyzed language chunks were heavily used in a particular context; Second Language Acquisition also follows the same natural path. This path shows that language chunks acquisition is the center of language acquisition. This article has discovered that language chunks have strong language generating capacity: the use of them can accelerate the rate of language processing, improve the quality of the language output and promote learners language fluency and idiomaticity.
- Copyright
- © 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - L.H. Ma AU - Y. Li PY - 2015/11 DA - 2015/11 TI - On the Cognitive Characteristics of Language Chunks BT - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Social Science, Education Management and Sports Education PB - Atlantis Press SP - 198 EP - 200 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ssemse-15.2015.48 DO - 10.2991/ssemse-15.2015.48 ID - Ma2015/11 ER -