Exaptation and language change

by Norde, Muriel Velde, Freek van de

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Title Statements

Full title :Exaptation and language change / edited by Muriel Norde, Humboldt ; Freek Van De Velde.

Summary

"This volume is the first collection of papers that is exclusively dedicated to the concept of exaptation, a notion from evolutionary biology that was famously introduced into linguistics by Roger Lass in 1990. The past quarter-century has seen a heated debate on the properties of linguistic exaptation, its demarcation from other processes of linguistic change, and indeed the question of whether it is a useful concept in historical linguistics at all. The contributions in the present volume reflect these diverging points of view. Along with a comprehensive introduction, covering the history of the notion of exaptation from its conception in the field of biology to its adoption in linguistics, the book offers extensive discussion of the concept from various theoretical perspectives, detailed case studies as well as critical reviews of some stock examples. The book will be of interest to scholars working in the fields of evolutionary linguistics, historical linguistics, and the history of linguistics."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Benjamins Publishing Company
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789027267474, 9027267472
oclc:ocn933587769
LC Classification:P367
Dewey Decimal:417/.7

Subjects

Anglais (Langue) -- Variation Dialectologie Dialectology Electronic books English language -- Grammar, Historical English language -- Variation LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist…