Language emergence is characterized by a high degree of lexical variation. It has been suggested that the speed at which lexical conventionalization occurs depends partially on social structure. In large communities, individuals receive input from many sources, creating a pressure for lexical convergence. In small, insular communities, individuals can remember idiolects and share common ground with interlocuters, allowing these communities to retain a high degree of lexical variation. We look at lexical variation in Kata Kolok, a sign language which emerged six generations ago in a Balinese village, where women tend to have more tightly-knit social networks than men. We test if there are differing degrees of lexical uniformity between women...
BACKGROUND: Languages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the so...
People learn language from their environment. At the lexical level, the environment provides informa...
People learn language from their environment. At the lexical level, the environment provides informa...
Language emergence is characterized by a high degree of lexical variation. It has been suggested tha...
Language emergence is characterized by a high degree of lex- ical variation. It has been suggested t...
There is a longstanding contention in linguistics as to whether the social structure of communities ...
Sign languages can be categorized as shared sign languages or deaf community sign languages, dependi...
It has been suggested that social structure affects the degree of lexical variation in sign language...
Languages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the social environ...
Languages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the social environ...
BackgroundLanguages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the soci...
Understanding world-wide patterns of language diversity has long been a goal for philosophers, lingu...
Sign language lexicons incorporate phonological specifications. Evidence from emerging sign language...
Understanding world-wide patterns of language diversity has long been a goal for philosophers, lingu...
BackgroundLanguages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the soci...
BACKGROUND: Languages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the so...
People learn language from their environment. At the lexical level, the environment provides informa...
People learn language from their environment. At the lexical level, the environment provides informa...
Language emergence is characterized by a high degree of lexical variation. It has been suggested tha...
Language emergence is characterized by a high degree of lex- ical variation. It has been suggested t...
There is a longstanding contention in linguistics as to whether the social structure of communities ...
Sign languages can be categorized as shared sign languages or deaf community sign languages, dependi...
It has been suggested that social structure affects the degree of lexical variation in sign language...
Languages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the social environ...
Languages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the social environ...
BackgroundLanguages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the soci...
Understanding world-wide patterns of language diversity has long been a goal for philosophers, lingu...
Sign language lexicons incorporate phonological specifications. Evidence from emerging sign language...
Understanding world-wide patterns of language diversity has long been a goal for philosophers, lingu...
BackgroundLanguages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the soci...
BACKGROUND: Languages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and in the so...
People learn language from their environment. At the lexical level, the environment provides informa...
People learn language from their environment. At the lexical level, the environment provides informa...