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Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Harmonic word order is a known linguistic tendency.
  • Previous explanations posit a universal head-dependent ordering rule.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a more parsimonious explanation for harmonic word order.
  • To demonstrate that word-class frequencies can explain harmonic ordering.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a computational model of phrasal replication.
  • Analyzing the spontaneous emergence of word order based on word-class frequencies.

Main Results:

  • The most frequent word classes gravitate to edge positions in phrasal schemas.
  • Harmonic ordering can emerge without innate head-dependent rules.
  • The model accounts for fuzzy word classes and competition with locality.

Conclusions:

  • Word-class frequency is a simpler explanation for harmonic word order.
  • This frequency-based principle offers a robust model for syntactic structures.
  • Future research should explore non-discrete word classes in syntax.