Language Change, Variation, and Universals

Language Change, Variation, and Universals
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 335
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ISBN-10 : 9780198865391
ISBN-13 : 0198865392
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Book Synopsis Language Change, Variation, and Universals by : Peter W. Culicover

Download or read book Language Change, Variation, and Universals written by Peter W. Culicover and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores how human languages become what they are, why they differ from one another in certain ways but not in others, and why they change in the ways that they do. Peter Culicover proposes that language change and variation are responses to the pressure to find efficient grammatical solutions to the task of expressing human thought.


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