Tytuł:

Frequency, selection and random chance in the (ir)regularization of English verbs

Tytuł publikacji grupowej:

Token

Twórca:

Łukaszewicz, Beata

Słowa kluczowe:

regularization ; irregularization ; analogical levelling ; English preterite ; ablaut ; linguistic change ; linguistic innovation

Abstrakt:

This paper offers a few remarks on the role of frequency, selection and random chance in the development of (ir)regular preterite forms in English verbs. It considers the possibility of quantifying the evolutionary dynamics of the process, as proposed in recent large-scale studies. Such studies view language as a dynamical system or a mutating living organism, affected by competing random and natural selective forces. They shed light on stochasticity- and selection-driven aspects of the evolution of the linguistic system, and are thus complementary with respect to frequency-oriented linguistic approaches (such as usage-based/exemplar models).

Miejsce wydania:

Kielce

Opis fizyczny:

S. 129-144

ISSN:

2299-5900

Wydawca:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach

Data wydania:

2022

Identyfikator:

doi:10.25951/4892

Język:

angielski

Jest częścią:

Token : A Journal of English Linguistics

Ma część:

Vol. 14/2022

Typ:

tekst

Format:

application/pdf