The cognitive calculus and its function in language

Chapters in this book

1. I-X I
2. Introduction 1
3. Functional and cognitive aspects of change
4. In what sense can explanations of language change be functional? 9
5. Grasping the invisible hand 21
6. The cognitive calculus and its function in language 53
7. Tracing the origin of a change 71
8. The rise of switch-reference in the Awyu languages of Irian Jaya 89
9. Linguistic activity and change
10. “Scenario” as a concept for the functional explanation of language change 109
11. Changes in diminutive formation in the eastern Dutch dialect of Twente 143
12. Reformed versus Catholic: the origins of the [hu:s]/[hy:s] isogloss in eastern Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century 179
13. Indirectness in speech acts from a diachronic perspective: some evolutionary aspects of rhetorical questions in Spanish dialogue 219
14. Typology and language change
15. On the use of subjunctive and indicative verb-forms in adverbial clauses 249
16. Nominal syntax in Italic: a diachronic perspective 273
17. Index of subjects 303