Language Change and Functional Explanations

ISBN-13: 9783110149135 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 317 str.

Opis

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.