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The aim of this article is to present a new method for testing hypotheses in the area of diachron... more The aim of this article is to present a new method for testing hypotheses in the area of diachronic linguistics and language change. We show how the construction of hypothetical language stages can be used for corroborating hypotheses about linguistic changes that have been triggered by other changes and how it might also explain why other options have been ruled out for the sake of functionality of a language. By simulating the process of schwa loss on Middle English data we show that the hypothetical language stage brought about by this would have been problematic with regards to the signalling function of complex items and that this might have motivated repair changes among word-final clusters in lexical items.
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A Lotka-Volterra model of the evolutionary dynamics of compositionality markers Linguistic Mimicr... more A Lotka-Volterra model of the evolutionary dynamics of compositionality markers Linguistic Mimicry Simple. The cluster [nd] occurs within the morphologically simple form find and thus does not function as a compositionality marker. Complex. The cluster [nd] spans a morpheme boundary between the base sign and the suffixed , and consequently functions as a compositionality marker signalling morphological complexity. Can formal modelling shed light on how compositionality marker ambiguity evolves? [saɪn-d] [faɪnd] 1a. The model: The colour pattern of wasps signals that they are venomous. 1b. The mimic: Hoverflies, among other species, imitate the colour pattern of wasps in order to appear poisonous as well. 2. The two types of Heliconius butterflies mimic each other to confuse predators.
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