LIN 1340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Wave Model, Grammaticalization, Relexification
22 Mar 2016
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It is usually the speakers that change the language. Some changes may be halted for social reasons. For any change to take place, we need variaion: variaion is a precondiion or prerequisite for change. Variaion does not always mean there will be change though. Raifying change: raiicaion or validaion of change minimally requires a comparison of one stage of a language with an earlier stage, there can be either qualitaive or quanitaive diferences between 2 stages. Current change in progress or stable: g-dropping = stable (varies. Some people do it and some do not: quotaives = change in progress (lead variant is be like , negaive concord = stable, intensiiers = change in progress ( really or so is taking over very ) How do we know this: age grading. There are stable young and old ways of speaking. When today"s young people get old, they will adopt old ways of speaking.
