Language change and functional explanations
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Language change and functional explanations
(Trends in linguistics, Studies and monographs ; 98)
M. de Gruyter, 1997
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Selected papers of a conference on Functional Explanations of Language Change, Sept. 2 and 3, 1994, University of Amsterdam
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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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