Linguistic Structure and Change: An Explanation from Language Processing

by Thomas Berg

In linguistic studies, the term "explanation" does not live up to what the philosophers of science intend it to mean. In these pages, "explanation" is put on firmer theoretical footing via a relation of language to the various contexts in which it is embedded. A detailed analysis of the psychological context in particular shows that language processing provides a fruitful approach to explaining linguistic structure and change.

352 pages, Hardcover

First published June 11, 1998

About the author

Professor of English language and linguistics (psycholinguistics, phonology, contrastive linguistics and morphology)