In the twentieth century paradigms of linguistics have largely left language change to one side. Rudi Keller's book is an exciting contribution to linguistic philosophy becuase it puts language change back on the linguistics agenda and demonstrates that, far from being a remote mystery, it can and should be explained.
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Language change is back on the agenda in Rudi Keller's exciting book. He demonstrates that, far from being a remote mystery, it can and should be explained.
Part One 1. The problem of language change 2. Conjectural history 3. In the prison of dichotomies Part Two 4. The working of the invisible hand 5. Discussion 6. Summing up

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ISBN
9780415076722
Published
1994-11-24
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
249 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Language
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Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
194

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