On Language Change: The Invisible Hand in Language
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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On Language Change: The Invisible Hand in Language
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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On Language Change: The Invisible Hand in Language

On Language Change: The Invisible Hand in Language

On Language Change: The Invisible Hand in Language

On Language Change: The Invisible Hand in Language

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415076722
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/24/1994
Pages: 194
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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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