Variation, Selection, Development

Probing the Evolutionary Model of Language Change

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Herausgegeben:Eckardt, RegineJäger, GerhardVeenstra, Tonjes

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De Gruytererschienen am27.02.2008

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KlappentextCan language change be modelled as an evolutionary process? Can notions like variation, selection and competition be fruitfully applied to facts of language development? This volume offers a spectrum of ways to elucidate these questions.

ZusammenfassungCan language change be modelled as an evolutionary process? Can notions like variation, selection and competition be fruitfully applied to facts of language development? This volume offers a rich spectrum of ways to elucidate these questions, confronting studies from the perspective of historical and creole linguistics with research in Artificial Intelligence and mathematical modelling of language change.

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ISBN/GTIN978-3-11-019869-0

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De Gruyter

Erscheinungsjahr2008

Erscheinungsdatum27.02.2008

ReiheTrends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

Reihen-Nr.197

Seiten408 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch