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Why do languages change?: A Report of the International Workshop on Language and Human Complexity
- Journal of Chinese Linguistics
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
- Volume 43, Number 1A, January 2015
- pp. 249-255
- 10.1353/jcl.2015.0007
- Article
- Additional Information
The International Workshop on Language and Human Complexity took place on October 25-28, 2014 at Peking University, with language change as the theme. This four-day workshop covered eight important topics of language change, i.e. the emergence of syllabic languages, special changes in Tibeto-Burman languages, Literal/Colloquial competition, formation of the Huihui language, bilingual development, phonemic load, dynamic studies of Chinese, and the Sino-Tai hypothesis.