Published version of an article in the journal: Language Documentation & Conservation. Also available from the publisher at: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/4521 Open access.The nature of the human language faculty is the same the world over, and has been so ever since humans became human. This paper, however, considers the possibility that, because of the influence which social structure can have on language structure, this common faculty may produce structurally different types of language under different sociolinguistic conditions. Changing sociolinguistic conditions in the modern world are likely to have the consequence that, in time, the only languages remaining in the world will be severely atypical of how languages have been throughout m...
In this article we evaluate claims that language structure adapts to sociolinguistic environment. We...
This material contains the dataset from the gitlab repository of the following article. Please cite ...
What would your ideas about language evolution be if there was only one language left on earth? Fort...
The nature of the human language faculty is the same the world over, and has been so ever since huma...
The present article is aimed at challenging the statement that all languages are equally complex by ...
The article focuses on the hypothesis that the structural complexity of languages is variable and hi...
Languages evolve, adapting to pressures arising from their learning and use. As these pressures may...
Recent work has cast doubt on the idea that all languages are equally complex; however, the notion o...
In this article we evaluate claims that language structure adapts to sociolinguistic environment. We...
It is a widespread and politically correct view among linguists that all languages are equally compl...
In this article we evaluate claims that language structure adapts to sociolinguistic environment. We...
Abstract. Language is a social phenomenon that arises as a result of the need for people to interact...
Languages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the social environ...
BACKGROUND: Languages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the so...
Although a growing number of second language acquisition (SLA) studies take linguistic complexity as...
In this article we evaluate claims that language structure adapts to sociolinguistic environment. We...
This material contains the dataset from the gitlab repository of the following article. Please cite ...
What would your ideas about language evolution be if there was only one language left on earth? Fort...
The nature of the human language faculty is the same the world over, and has been so ever since huma...
The present article is aimed at challenging the statement that all languages are equally complex by ...
The article focuses on the hypothesis that the structural complexity of languages is variable and hi...
Languages evolve, adapting to pressures arising from their learning and use. As these pressures may...
Recent work has cast doubt on the idea that all languages are equally complex; however, the notion o...
In this article we evaluate claims that language structure adapts to sociolinguistic environment. We...
It is a widespread and politically correct view among linguists that all languages are equally compl...
In this article we evaluate claims that language structure adapts to sociolinguistic environment. We...
Abstract. Language is a social phenomenon that arises as a result of the need for people to interact...
Languages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the social environ...
BACKGROUND: Languages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the so...
Although a growing number of second language acquisition (SLA) studies take linguistic complexity as...
In this article we evaluate claims that language structure adapts to sociolinguistic environment. We...
This material contains the dataset from the gitlab repository of the following article. Please cite ...
What would your ideas about language evolution be if there was only one language left on earth? Fort...