Re: Negation

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 61875
Date: 2008-12-04

On 2008-12-04 20:06, Arnaud Fournet wrote:

> What is "Darwinian approach to language variation and change" ?

Using the generalised Darwinian model (linguistic evolution as an
emergent effect of imperfect replication + selection and other
mechanisms of fixation). If you look at such a process synchronically,
you see language variation; diachronically, you see change.

Piotr