Chapter 1
The determinants of diachronic stability
Article outline
- 1.Setting the scene
- 2.Overview of the volume
- 2.1Stable phenomena and their determinants
- 2.2Apparently unstable stable phenomena
- 2.3Language contact, stability, and change
- 2.4Variational learning and diachronic stability
- 3.Summary
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