Explaining language change : an evolutionary approach
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書誌事項
Explaining language change : an evolutionary approach
（Longman linguistics library）
Longman, 2000
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-261) and indexes
内容説明・目次
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: pbk ISBN 9780582356771
内容説明
Ever since the origins of both linguistics and evolutionary biology in the 19th century, scholars have noted the similarity between biological evolution and language change. Yet until recently neither linguists nor biologists have developed a model of evolution to apply across the two fields. Explaining Language Change presents the first integrated theory of all aspects of language change which builds on the pioneering ideas of Richard Dawkins and David Hull in biology and philosophy of science. It provides a framework for assessing current theories and advances new ideas about grammatical reanalysis, conventional and non-conventional use of language, the structure of speech communities, language mixing, and the notion of 'progress' in language change. This is an important new study which reintegrates sociolinguistics and historical linguistics and weaves together research on grammatical change, pragmatics, social variation, language contact and genetic linguistics.
目次
1. Introduction2. An evolutionary model of language change3. Some theories of language change in an evolutionary framework4. A theory of language and meaning in use5. Form-function reanalysis6. Interference, intraference and grammaticalization7. Selection (propagation) of innovations in language change8. The descent of languages9. Towards an evolutionary linguistics
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: hard ISBN 9780582356788
内容説明
William Croft's text weaves together recent research findings from sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, grammatical change, pragmatics, social variation, language contact and genetic linguistics.
目次
- An evolutionary model of language change
- some theories of language change in an evolutionary framework
- a theory of language meaning in use
- form-function re-analysis
- interference, intraference and grammaticalization
- selection (propagation) of innovations in language change
- the descent of languages
- towards an evolutionary linguistics.
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