| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 408 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs,
1861-4302 ;
197
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 197.
1861-4302
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter; Contents; Introduction; Language change as cultural evolution: Evolutionary approaches to language change; Language change as a source of word order correlations; Evolutionary motivations for semantic universals; Back to nature or nurture: Using computer models in creole genesis; Economy of Merge and grammaticalization: Two steps in the evolution of language; Prehistoric and posthistoric language in oblivion; Grammaticalization, constructions and the incremental development of language: Suggestions from the development of Degree Modifiers in English. |
| Summary |
Can language change be modelled as an evolutionary process? Can notions like variation, selection and competition be fruitfully applied to facts of language development? The present volume ties together various strands of linguistic research which can bring us towards an answer to these questions. In one of the youngest and rapidly growing areas of linguistic research, mathematical models and simulations of competition based developments have been applied to instances of language change. By matching the predicted and observed developmental trends, researchers gauge existing models to the needs. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Linguistic change.
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Linguistic change. |
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Creole dialects.
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Creole dialects. |
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Language and languages -- Variation.
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Language and languages -- Variation. |
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Language and languages -- Origin.
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Language and languages -- Origin. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Eckardt, Regine.
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Jäger, Gerhard.
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Veenstra, Tonjes, 1962-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Variation, selection, development. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2008 (DLC) 2007050434 |
| ISBN |
9783110205398 (electronic book) |
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3110205394 (electronic book) |
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1282196502 |
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9781282196506 |
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311019869X |
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9783110198690 |
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