On Language Change

Language change is back on the agenda in Rudi Keller's exciting book. He demonstrates that, far from being a remote mystery, it can and should be explained.

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In the twentieth century paradigms of linguistics have largely left language change to one side. Rudi Keller's book is an exciting contribution to linguistic philosophy becuase it puts language change back on the linguistics agenda and demonstrates that, far from being a remote mystery, it can and should be explained.