194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
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
Biography
Rudi Keller