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Autor/in | Yang, Charles D. |
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Titel | Internal and External Forces in Language Change. |
Quelle | In: Language Variation and Change, 12 (2000) 3, S.231-50Infoseite zur Zeitschrift |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0954-3945 |
Schlagwörter | Computational Linguistics; Diachronic Linguistics; French; Grammar; Language Acquisition; Language Universals; Old English |
Abstract | Develops a model of language change characterizing the dynamic interaction between internal universal grammar and external linguistic evidence, as mediated by language acquisition. Borrows insights from the study of biological evolution, where internal and external forces interact in similar fashion. Applies the model to explore the loss of the verb-second phenomenon in Old French and old English based on corpus studies of historical texts. (Author/VWL) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |