Language change and functional explanations

Author(s)

• Gvozdanović, Jadranka

Bibliographic Information

Language change and functional explanations

edited by Jadranka Gvozdanović

（Trends in linguistics, Studies and monographs ; 98）

M. de Gruyter, 1997

Note

Selected papers of a conference on Functional Explanations of Language Change, Sept. 2 and 3, 1994, University of Amsterdam

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This collection of articles offers insights into language change as a function of communicative use. The multiple factors underlying change are described and possible explanations are adduced. It is shown that change is a function of communicative choices and their mapping onto the rule system, a mapping that is cognitively monitored.

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Details

• NCID: BA30409811
• ISBN:
  • 3110149133
• LCCN: 96046266
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berlin
• Pages/Volumes: x, 307 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 417
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Linguistic change -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Functionalism (Linguistics) -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00133857