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Linguistic correlates of societal variation: A quantitative analysis.

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العنوان: Linguistic correlates of societal variation: A quantitative analysis.
المؤلفون: Sihan Chen, David Gil, Sergey Gaponov, Jana Reifegerste, Tessa Yuditha, Tatiana Tatarinova, Ljiljana Progovac, Antonio Benítez-Burraco
المصدر: PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 4, p e0300838 (2024)
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: Traditionally, many researchers have supported a uniformitarian view whereby all languages are of roughly equal complexity, facilitated by internal trade-offs between complexity at different levels, such as morphology and syntax. The extent to which the speakers' societies influence the trade-offs has not been well studied. In this paper, we focus on morphology and syntax, and report significant correlations between specific linguistic and societal features, in particular those relating to exoteric (open) vs. esoteric (close-knit) society types, characterizable in terms of population size, mobility, communication across distances, etc. We conduct an exhaustive quantitative analysis drawing upon WALS, D-Place, Ethnologue and Glottolog, finding some support for our hypothesis that languages spoken by exoteric societies tend towards more complex syntaxes, while languages spoken by esoteric societies tend towards more complex morphologies.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
Relation: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0300838&type=printable; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300838&type=printable
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300838
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/6e0aca825d8a432e912073d3d403ea8e
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.6e0aca825d8a432e912073d3d403ea8e
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0300838&type=printable