Competing models of linguistic change evolution and beyond

The articles of this volume are centered around two competing views on language change originally presented at the 2003 International Conference on Historical Linguistics in the two important plenary papers by Henning Andersen and William Croft. The latter proposes an evolutionary model of language...

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Otros Autores: Nedergaard Thomsen, Ole (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub 2006.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 279.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:The articles of this volume are centered around two competing views on language change originally presented at the 2003 International Conference on Historical Linguistics in the two important plenary papers by Henning Andersen and William Croft. The latter proposes an evolutionary model of language change within a domain-neutral model of a 'generalized analysis of selection', whereas Henning Andersen takes it that cultural phenomena could not possibly be handled, i.e. observed, described, understood, in the same way as natural phenomena. These papers are models of succinct presentation of impo.
Descripción Física:vi, 344 p. : il
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9789027293190