社会变化的语言相关性:定量分析
Sihan Chen1, David Gil2, Sergey Gaponov3
1Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States of America.
PloS one
|April 16, 2024
概括
社会结构影响语言的复杂性. 开放的社会与复杂的语法相关,而紧密结合的社会与复杂的形态学相关,挑战统一主义观点.
科学领域:
- 语言类型学语言类型学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 计算语言学 计算语言学
背景情况:
- 统一主义观点认为,由于内部权衡,语言复杂性等同.
- 对语言权衡的社会影响仍未得到充分研究.
- 关注与社会结构相关的形态学和语法复杂性.
研究的目的:
- 研究社会特征与语言复杂性之间的相关性.
- 为了测试外在与隐秘社会不同地塑造语言结构的假设.
- 分析人口规模,流动性和沟通对形态学和语法的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用WALS,D-Place,Ethnologue和Glottolog.数据进行定量分析.
- 与社会特征交叉引用语言特征 (形态学,语法).
- 统计分析以确定显著的相关性.
主要成果:
- 在特定的语言和社会特征之间发现了显著的相关性.
- 外在 (开放) 社会的语言倾向于更复杂的语法.
- 隐秘 (紧密结合) 社会的语言表现出一种趋向于更复杂的形态学.
结论:
- 社会类型是塑造语言复杂性的重要因素.
- 语言复杂性不仅仅是由内部权衡驱动的.
- 这些发现挑战了对语言演变的传统统一主义观点.
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