| ROA: | 793 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Probability in language change |
| Authors: | Kie Zuraw |
| Comment: | In Rens Bod, Jennifer Hay, Stefanie Jannedy, editors, Probabilistic Linguistics. 2003. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Pp. 139-176. (pre-print version) |
| Length: | 71+references |
| Abstract: | This paper has a small amount of OT content. Overview of the role of probability in the study of language change: probability as a tool for determining language relatedness; changes in probabilities over time; the role of item frequency in change; the effect of language agents' behavior in a probabilistic environment on change. |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
| Area/Keywords: | Historical Linguistics |
| Article: | Version 1 |