Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Information and redundancy 5
6. Complexity, order, and structure 19
7. Languages as non-genetically inherited systems 57
8. Aspects of linguistic knowledge 75
9. Maturation processes 103
10. Grammatical maturation 119
11. Pattern adaptation 157
12. Featurization 181
13. Incorporating patterns 209
14. Stability and change 261
15. Final discussion 289
16. Appendix A 297
17. References 303
18. List of abbrevations used in glosses 315
19. Language index 317
20. Author index 323
21. Subject index 327