1 “... and the effectiveness of different models of language change. They illustrate their arguments with a very wide range...”

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3 “... account of change is impossible without ignoring the bulk of natural language changes...”

4 “... language changes. Changes occur in successive formal grammars...”

5 “...This title develops an approach to language change based on construction grammar in order...”

6 “...This book addresses a specific form of language change: deliberate manipulations of a language...”

7 “... but also insights into aspects of Indo-European accentuation and the effects of word frequency on language...”

8 “...Discussing the nature and causes of language change, the authors of this text consider how far...”

9 “... the insights parametric theory offers to understanding the dynamics of language change and test new hypotheses...”

10 “... and the factors proposed to explain them. It challenges orthodoxy, presents perspectives on language change...”