1. The problem of consciousness in Language building

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface ix
4. List of abbreviations used in glosses xi
5. Introduction 1
6. I: Levels of linguistic consciousness and human intervention in language
7. 1. The problem of consciousness in Language building 9
8. 2. Adaptation of linguistic systems to meet LBs’ needs 41
9. II: The place of humans in language morphogenesis
10. 3. Languages as anthropocentric systems 91
11. 4. The presence of LBs in creologenesis 121
12. 5. LBs and the linguistic cycle 147
13. III: Two aspects of language morphogenesis
14. 6. Lexicalization 173
15. 7. Grammaticalization 193
16. Conclusion 231
17. Notes 233
18. References 237
19. Index of subjects 264
20. Index of languages 269
21. Index of names 279