基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2006. Over the years, historical linguists have postulated several accounts of documented language change. Additionally, biologists have postulated accounts of the evolution of communication systems in the animal world. This book creates a mathematical and computational framework within which to embed those accounts, offering a research tool to aid analysis in an area in which data is often sparse and speculation often plentiful. "A thoughtful and original analysis of important problems in the history, evolution, and acquisition of language." - Steven Pinker.
