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Selfish sounds and linguistic evolution : a Darwinian approach to language change

Title
Selfish sounds and linguistic evolution : a Darwinian approach to language change / Nikolaus Ritt.
Author
Ritt, Nikolaus, 1960-
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

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Description
xi, 329 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Linguistic change
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • English language > Phonology, Historical
  • 17.15 historical linguistics
  • English language > Phonology, Historical
  • Linguistic change
  • Darwinismus
  • Evolutionstheorie
  • Sprachwandel
  • Lautwandel
  • Diachronische fonologie
  • Taalverandering
  • Darwinisme
  • Englisch
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. historical perspective -- 3. Approaching 'language change' -- 4. Darwinian approach -- 5. Generalising Darwinism -- 6. Towards an evolutionary theory of language -- 7. What does all this imply for the study of language change? -- 8. How to live with feet, if one happens to be a morph-meme -- 9. prosodic evolution of English word forms or the Great Trochaic Conspiracy -- 10. Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0521826713
  • 9780521826716
LCCN
2003055900
OCLC
  • ocm53013306
  • 53013306
  • SCSB-8811602
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library