Explaining Language Change¶
Croft, W. (2000). Explaining Language Change: An Evolutionary Approach. Longman. Evolutionary and usage-based framework for semantic change; distinguishes innovation, diffusion, and fixation; integrates social and cognitive factors in semantic-drift trajectories.
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Primes¶
- Emergent Formalization (Language)
- But the linguistic case is the archetype: grammaticalization is emergence without design, without intention, playing out over centuries.
This sourceEvolutionary/usage-based model distinguishing innovation, propagation, and fixation of changes through speech communities — supports the computational-modeling / propagation claim about how innovations spread.
- But the linguistic case is the archetype: grammaticalization is emergence without design, without intention, playing out over centuries.
Domain-specific¶
- Semantic Narrowing and Widening
- Semantic Shift
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