From iyanovic at andrew.cmu.edu Tue Oct 6 19:07:20 2015 From: iyanovic at andrew.cmu.edu (Igor Yanovich) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 19:07:20 -0400 Subject: [Puzzles in language change] REMINDER for tomorrow's meeting Message-ID: <1db4a2722ea45405312e3ec7e8ea2b8e.squirrel@webmail.andrew.cmu.edu> Dear everyone, This is just a reminder that we are meeting tomorrow at the usual time and place. We will be discussing population genetics models and how they can be applied in linguistics, to provide more background for Reali & Griffiths article. We may also discuss briefly the data in Devitt's book on several grammatical changes in Scots English in the period when it was being Anglicized. See you tomorrow, Igor From iyanovic at andrew.cmu.edu Sat Oct 10 22:28:36 2015 From: iyanovic at andrew.cmu.edu (Igor Yanovich) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:28:36 -0400 Subject: [Puzzles in language change] next meeting: Devitt, Meurman-Solin (attached) Message-ID: Dear everyone, Next Wednesday, we will discuss several examples of actual language change as represented in written texts, focusing on a few cases from Early Modern Scots. The readings are Devitt's book, and also an article by Meurman-Solin attached to this letter. Please take a look at the plots with trajectories, and if you like, consider also the descriptions of the linguistic variables plotted in those. All the best, Igor -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Meurman-Solin.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 1650220 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/puzzles-in-language-change/attachments/20151010/4768f5c3/attachment-0001.pdf