Chapter 8 Conclusions

Chapters in this book

1. I-IV I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Contents VII
4. List of figures. List of tables XIII
5. Abbreviations XIV
6. Introduction 1
7. PART I
8. Chapter 1 Diachrony: Positions and challenges 15
9. Chapter 2 Domains in historical linguistics 27
10. Chapter 3 Reintegrating diachrony: A critique of some theoretical constructs 62
11. Chapter 4 Critical issues: Grammatically, representation, redundancy, and regularity 85
12. PART II
13. Chapter 5 Analogy, categorization, and learning 111
14. Chapter 6 Soft Syntax 152
15. Chapter 7 Pathways for diachronic shifts 199
16. Chapter 8 Conclusions 267
17. Notes 276
18. References 298
19. Index of names 322
20. Subject index 325