Answers three questions in particular: is language change predictable, what is the role of variation, and what is the relation between a theory of grammar and a theory of change? Lass defends a teleological view of change, Bossuyt, Plank and Samuels argue for functional motivation.
Answers three questions in particular: is language change predictable, what is the role of variation, and what is the relation between a theory of gra...
