The book suggests a new perspective on the essence of human language. This enormous
achievement of our species is best characterized as a communication technology-not unlike …

As linguists theorize about language endangerment and loss (LEL), we must understand the
big picture: the coexistence of languages in particular polities and how the competition that …

A concise overview of key findings and ideas in sign language phonology and its
contributions to related fields, including historical linguistics, morphology, prosody, language …

This book offers an exciting new perspective on the origins of language. Language is
conceptualized as a collective invention, on the model of writing or the wheel, and the book …

The literature on language evolution treats the fact that language allows for lying as a major
obstacle to the emergence and development of language, and thus looks for theoretical …

The following contribution was presented during the event,“Ethics of Artificial Intelligence:
the Engagement of Abrahamic Religions in the Rome Call.” The event was sponsored by the …

In this paper, I present a new general hypothesis concerning the origin and evolutionary
development of human language and its speakers. The hypothesis is based on the theory of …

This chapter is about language evolution as applying to changes that a language has
undergone in its life regarding its structures, its pragmatics and its vitality (viz. whether it is …

Angesichts der Fülle von existierenden Sprachwandeltheorien entwickelt Lars Bülow in
diesem E-Book ein allgemeines und integratives Sprachwandelmodell auf der Grundlage …

All living languages change over time. The causes for this are many, one being the
emergence and borrowing of new linguistic elements. Competition between the new …