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Can language change be modelled as an evolutionary process? Can notions like variation, selection and competition be fruitfully applied to facts of language dev

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was based on the observation that there is variation between individuals within the same species. This fundame

Where is the locus of language variation? In the grammar, outside the grammar or somewhere in between? Taking up the debate between system- and usage-based appr

Bringing together conceptual obstacles and core concepts of evolutionary theory, this book presents evolution as straightforward and intuitive.