The Logical Problem of Language Change

This paper considers the problem of language change. Linguists must explain not only how languages are learned but also how and why they have evolved along certain trajectories and not others. While the language learning problem has focused on the behavior of individuals and how they acquire...

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Main Authors: Niyogi, Partha, Berwick, Robert
Language:en_US
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7196