Lass, Roger Lass

On Explaining Language Change

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dr Lass argues that theoretical constructs of language change should be based more on philosophy than the physical sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 339g
• ISBN-13: 9780521117166
• ISBN-10: 052111716X
• Artikelnr.: 26204397

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. What does it mean to explain something?
2. Why 'naturalness' does not explain anything
Appendix to chapter 2. Naturalness, 'uniformitarianism' and reconstruction
3. The teleology problem: can language change be 'functional'?
Appendix to chapter 3. Four problems related to the question of function
4. Causality and 'the nature of language'
5. Conclusion and prospects: the limits of deductivism and some alternatives
References
Index.