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doi:10.22028/D291-37487
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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