On language change : the invisible hand in language / Rudi Keller ; translated by Brigitte Nerlich.

By:

Keller, Rudi

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 182 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0203993284
9780203993286
0415076714
9780415076715
9780415076722
0415076722
9786610143030
661014303X
9780203977507
0203977505
9780415085632
0415085632
1280143037
9781280143038
1134901992
9781134901999

Uniform titles:

Sprachwandel. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: On language change.DDC classification:

417/.7 22

LOC classification:

P142 .K4513 1994eb

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Exposition of the problem -- 1. problem of language change -- 2. Historical reconstruction -- 3. In the prison of dichotomies -- pt. II Solution and discussion -- 4. working of the invisible hand.

Summary: "In the twentieth century, linguistics has been dominated by two paradigms - those of Saussure and Chomsky. In both these philosophies of linguistics, language change was left aside as an unsolvable mystery which challenged theoretical entirety." "In On Language Change Rudi Keller reassesses language change and places it firmly back on the linguistics agenda. Based on the ideas of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century thinkers such as Mandeville, Smith and Menger, he demonstrates that language change can indeed be explained through the workings of an 'invisible hand'." "Refreshingly jargon-free, Keller's account of language change is comprehensive and clear. Not only does he provide a new epistemology for the science of language change, he also brings new insights to bear on the history of linguistics."--Jacket

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"In the twentieth century, linguistics has been dominated by two paradigms - those of Saussure and Chomsky. In both these philosophies of linguistics, language change was left aside as an unsolvable mystery which challenged theoretical entirety." "In On Language Change Rudi Keller reassesses language change and places it firmly back on the linguistics agenda. Based on the ideas of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century thinkers such as Mandeville, Smith and Menger, he demonstrates that language change can indeed be explained through the workings of an 'invisible hand'." "Refreshingly jargon-free, Keller's account of language change is comprehensive and clear. Not only does he provide a new epistemology for the science of language change, he also brings new insights to bear on the history of linguistics."--Jacket

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