Add to ORKGthis paper is how can we go about explaining the observed constraints on variation across languages --- in other words, language universals
Inquiry into the evolution of syntactic universals is hampered by severe limitations on the availabl...
In contrast with animal communication systems, diversity is characteristic of almost every aspect of...
<div><p>In contrast with animal communication systems, diversity is characteristic of almost every a...
This paper addresses a recent trend in the study of language variation and universals, namely to att...
The functional approach to typology often appeals to processing pressures in order to explain univer...
We examined the role of fitness, commonly assumed without proof to be conferred by the mastery of la...
This paper deals with the evolution of the lexicon in a changing environment. We adopt Mufwene's (20...
Understanding why languages are what they are and how they change requires an understanding of the m...
The issue of whether languages adapt to their environment depends on our understanding of language, ...
This paper argues against the viability of a traditional genetically-specified universal grammar(UG)...
The goal of this eBook is to shed light on the non-linguistic causes of language diversity, and in p...
Let me just ask a question which everyone else who has been faithfully attending these sessions is s...
It is a basic assumption of functional linguistics that the language system is the result of adaptat...
In contrast with animal communication systems, diversity is characteristic of almost every aspect of...
A key challenge for theories of language evolution is to explain why language is the way it is and h...
Inquiry into the evolution of syntactic universals is hampered by severe limitations on the availabl...
In contrast with animal communication systems, diversity is characteristic of almost every aspect of...
<div><p>In contrast with animal communication systems, diversity is characteristic of almost every a...
This paper addresses a recent trend in the study of language variation and universals, namely to att...
The functional approach to typology often appeals to processing pressures in order to explain univer...
We examined the role of fitness, commonly assumed without proof to be conferred by the mastery of la...
This paper deals with the evolution of the lexicon in a changing environment. We adopt Mufwene's (20...
Understanding why languages are what they are and how they change requires an understanding of the m...
The issue of whether languages adapt to their environment depends on our understanding of language, ...
This paper argues against the viability of a traditional genetically-specified universal grammar(UG)...
The goal of this eBook is to shed light on the non-linguistic causes of language diversity, and in p...
Let me just ask a question which everyone else who has been faithfully attending these sessions is s...
It is a basic assumption of functional linguistics that the language system is the result of adaptat...
In contrast with animal communication systems, diversity is characteristic of almost every aspect of...
A key challenge for theories of language evolution is to explain why language is the way it is and h...
Inquiry into the evolution of syntactic universals is hampered by severe limitations on the availabl...
In contrast with animal communication systems, diversity is characteristic of almost every aspect of...
<div><p>In contrast with animal communication systems, diversity is characteristic of almost every a...