Language structure reflect social structure -- a 'Linguistic niche hypothesis' https://t.co/6qOhBQxaFu
@greg_jenner @DrFrancisYoung There's an interesting paper that addresses a related point! https://t.co/pGtSr3GXTd
One interesting finding is that bigger communities tend to have "simpler" morphology https://t.co/LpTQV8TaC4
Olavo Bilac já dizia que a língua é viva. Isso se deve à estrutura social e cultural de quem fala. https://t.co/TpeJsgDAyP
RT @wzuidema: @j2bryson @fiona_jordan @JJTehrani @TomCurrieEvo @tavitonst There is quite a literature on the relation between social struct…
RT @wzuidema: @j2bryson @fiona_jordan @JJTehrani @TomCurrieEvo @tavitonst There is quite a literature on the relation between social struct…
@j2bryson @fiona_jordan @JJTehrani @TomCurrieEvo @tavitonst There is quite a literature on the relation between social structure (including population size and isolation that may be special for islands). E.g. this paper by @glupyan and Dale: https://t.co/
@IBJIYONGI An interesting article that may explain a bit of why that is (for languages in general) : https://t.co/2e9CvuGmUI I’d love to learn ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i at some point!
RT @benjamingeer: @thbaketal @marekkohn @anghyflawn @lingosteve @haspelmath This is one widely discussed theory: https://t.co/gwXuasdhWi
Lupyan's starting point is his 2010 article with Rick Dale, where they report a relation like this for the universal declaration of human rights https://t.co/XZCHrOSES7 Back then they believed it was morphology; however complex morphology does not predic
I basically take it as a given that language structure is the thing that most heavily influences deep cultural differences (say within IE and between groups) but maybe it's the other way around in some instances https://t.co/81JQjxybz9
@M_Methuselah Lupyan & Dale’s paper is related to this. They look at how languages adapt to different social structures, and put forward the linguistic niche hypothesis: https://t.co/UJgx5tVFD9
RT @rikunert: @GretchenAMcC Yeah but linguistic complexity can be quantified and it follows patterns. Some languages are inherently easier…
RT @rikunert: @GretchenAMcC Yeah but linguistic complexity can be quantified and it follows patterns. Some languages are inherently easier…
@GretchenAMcC Yeah but linguistic complexity can be quantified and it follows patterns. Some languages are inherently easier to learn for adults. It's the ones with many second language learners. See for example: https://t.co/F7VsOySqKI
@Meaningness @alicemazzy The general trend moving from Homeric (mix of older dialects in a literary mash) to classical Attic to Hellenistic Koine is that of loss of inflectional morphology, the same as continued over the next millennia. Here's one theory a
@johnnyalpha9 @vero_greenwood @TheAtlantic Lupyan & Dale (2010) further provides an illustration of the general relationship between population size and morphological simplification based on an analysis of more than 2000 languages: https://t.co/DIVMylf
@AdamCSchembri @jmhenner @dapiridoobman yeah, it's not uncontroversial but people have thought about this contact+complexity thing before. 😄 here's another: https://t.co/Ql8W8wcLt4
Lenguas muy habladas y por tanto con más hablantes que aprenden la lengua de adultos, tienen gramáticas más simples https://t.co/GjYUjgGKWB
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/d05ZS96vfo
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/AhQIOvDpMR
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/AhQIOvDpMR
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/AhQIOvDpMR
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/AhQIOvDpMR
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/AhQIOvDpMR
Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/GGgTj9jxPE
@Telelanguage #Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/8KMUjP7NoI …imparted the thought of repeated emotions
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/AhQIOvDpMR
دراسة طريفة واسعة النطاق تبين علاقة البنية اللغوية بالبنية الاجتماعية http://t.co/hsdInQlOHC
دراسة طريفة واسعة النطاق تبين علاقة البنية اللغوية بالبنية الاجتماعية http://t.co/hsdInQlOHC
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/AhQIOvDpMR
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/AhQIOvDpMR
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/AhQIOvDpMR
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/AhQIOvDpMR
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
@symbolicstorage really weird she didn't cite Lupyan and Dale (2010) http://t.co/7j7nA3r2Hz
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
Interesting. RT“@Telelanguage: #Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/r7uXetGnRV”
Weighty read, but fascinating! RT @Telelanguage 6h #Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/4YlUj6Bd3Z
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
Language Structure may be partly determined by social structure http://t.co/kIX7Ka9PWX
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7
#Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure http://t.co/uPTY6ghwT7