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Variation, Selection, Development : Probing the Evolutionary Model of Language Change.
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. I...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Walter de Gruyter,
2008.
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| Colección: | Trends in Linguistics: Studies & Monographs, v. 197.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (416 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783110205398 3110205394 |