Abstract
Natural language are characterized by their unplanned purposefulness. They come into existence and change by an interaction of variation and selection. Their genuine mode of explanation is the invisible-hand explanation. It mirrors the three essential features of language: (1) Language is a dynamic process, (2) it consists of a micro and macro level, and (3) it shares certain characteristics as well as with natural phenomena. An invisible-hand theory explains the explanandum as the casual cumulative consequence of intentional actions. It is functional, reductional and individualistic. Every theory of linguistic change that claims to have explanatory force will be an invisible-hand theory.
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