List of figures ..... ix
List of tables.....xiii
Lecture 1 Introduction and Survey .....1
1.1 What these lectures are about .......1
1.2 Fundamental questions .......3
1.3 Conceptual and terminological foundations ......15
1.4 Methodological aspects: the role of corpora ......23
1.5 Summary and mission statement ....33
Lecture 2 Doing Language: Usage .....35
2.1 What do we do when we use language?.......36
2.2 Interpersonal activity ......37
2.3 Sensory activity ......48
2.4.Motor activity ....51
2.5 Cognitive activity ......52
2.6 Summary and outlook .......68
Lecture 3 Knowing Language I: How Entrenchment Works .....71
3.1 The basic idca behind cntrenchment .......71
3.2 Psychological aspects of entrenchment ......75
3.3 Routinization and schematization .....84
3.4 Input to and effect of entrenchment .....86
3.5 Summary and outlook ......87
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