Language Change and Functional Explanations: 98 (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM], 98) - Hardcover

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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.

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Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter, 1997
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