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Titel: The Evolutionary Dynamics of Negative Existentials in Indo-European
VerfasserIn: Shirtz, Shahar
Talamo, Luigi
Verkerk, Annemarie
Sprache: Englisch
Titel: Frontiers in Communication
Bandnummer: 6
Verlag/Plattform: Frontiers
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Freie Schlagwörter: linguistic typology
negation
existential predication
diachronic typology
phylogenetic comparative methods
DDC-Sachgruppe: 400 Sprache, Linguistik
Dokumenttyp: Journalartikel / Zeitschriftenartikel
Abstract: Where in earlier work diachronic change is used to explain away exceptions to typologies, linguistic typologists have started to make use of explicit diachronic models as explanations for typological distributions. A topic that lends itself for this approach especially well is that of negation. In this article, we assess the explanatory value of a specific hypothesis, the Negative Existential Cycle (NEC), on the distribution of negative existential strategies (“types”) in 106 Indo-European languages. We use Bayesian phylogenetic comparative methods to infer posterior distributions of transition rates and parameters, thus applying rational methods to construct and evaluate a set of different models under which the attested typological distribution could have evolved. We find that the frequency of diachronic processes that affect negative existentials outside of the NEC cannot be ignored—the unidirectional NEC alone cannot explain the evolution of negative existential strategies in our sample. We show that non-unidirectional evolutionary models, especially those that allow for different and multiple transitions between strategies, provide better fit. In addition, the phylogenetic modeling is impacted by the expected skewed distribution of negative existential strategies in our sample, pointing out the need for densely sampled and family-based typological research.
DOI der Erstveröffentlichung: 10.3389/fcomm.2021.661862
URL der Erstveröffentlichung: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2021.661862/full
Link zu diesem Datensatz: urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-374871
hdl:20.500.11880/33910
http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-37487
ISSN: 2297-900X
Datum des Eintrags: 4-Okt-2022
Bezeichnung des in Beziehung stehenden Objekts: Supplementary Material
In Beziehung stehendes Objekt: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/file/downloadfile/661862_supplementary-materials_datasheets_1_pdf/octet-stream/Data%20Sheet%201.pdf/2/661862
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/file/downloadfile/661862_supplementary-materials_datasheets_2_pdf/octet-stream/Data%20Sheet%202.pdf/3/661862
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/file/downloadfile/661862_supplementary-materials_datasheets_3_pdf/octet-stream/Data%20Sheet%203.pdf/2/661862
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/file/downloadfile/661862_supplementary-materials_datasheets_4_pdf/octet-stream/Data%20Sheet%204.pdf/3/661862
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/file/downloadfile/661862_supplementary-materials_datasheets_5_zip/octet-stream/Data%20Sheet%205.zip/1/661862
Fakultät: P - Philosophische Fakultät
Fachrichtung: P - Sprachwissenschaft und Sprachtechnologie
Professur: P - Jun.-Prof. Dr. Annemarie Verkerk
Sammlung:SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes

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