Explaining Language Change : An Evolutionary Approach - Couverture rigide

Croft, William

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0582356784 ISBN 13 : 9780582356788

Editeur : Pearson Education Limited, 2000

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

 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.

Revue de presse

'...the book is to be recommended to historical linguists, who will will find much to agree with.'

Linguistics, May 2005

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education Limited
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0582356784
• ISBN 13: 9780582356788
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible