Book contents
- Third Factors in Language Variation and Change
- Third Factors in Language Variation and Change
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Shift towards a Minimal UG
- 2 Labeling in Language Change
- 3 Determinacy in Language Variation
- 4 Determinacy in Language Change
- 5 Labeling and Determinacy: Verb-Second and Expletives
- 6 Adjunct Incorporation and Avoiding Pair-Merge
- 7 Conclusion
- References
- Index
7 - Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2021
Book contents
- Third Factors in Language Variation and Change
- Third Factors in Language Variation and Change
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Shift towards a Minimal UG
- 2 Labeling in Language Change
- 3 Determinacy in Language Variation
- 4 Determinacy in Language Change
- 5 Labeling and Determinacy: Verb-Second and Expletives
- 6 Adjunct Incorporation and Avoiding Pair-Merge
- 7 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
In this book, I have argued that efficient computation is key to language change. Third factor principles such as Minimal Search and Determinacy are implicated in the way languages change and in how paradoxes are resolved. For instance, the change from phrase to head, chronicled in Chapter 2, is a move towards using Minimal Search.
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- Third Factors in Language Variation and Change , pp. 198 - 199Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021