Sound–meaning association biases evidenced across thousands of languages
It is widely assumed that one of the fundamental properties of spoken language is the
arbitrary relation between sound and meaning. Some exceptions in the form of nonarbitrary …
arbitrary relation between sound and meaning. Some exceptions in the form of nonarbitrary …
Language extinction triggers the loss of unique medicinal knowledge
R Cámara-Leret, J Bascompte - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Over 30% of the 7,400 languages in the world will no longer be spoken by the end of the
century. So far, however, our understanding of whether language extinction may result in the …
century. So far, however, our understanding of whether language extinction may result in the …
The typology of sound symbolism: Defining macro-concepts via their semantic and phonetic features
Sound symbolism emerged as a prevalent component in the origin and development of
language. However, as previous studies have either been lacking in scope or in phonetic …
language. However, as previous studies have either been lacking in scope or in phonetic …
Multilingual neural machine translation with language clustering
Multilingual neural machine translation (NMT), which translates multiple languages using a
single model, is of great practical importance due to its advantages in simplifying the training …
single model, is of great practical importance due to its advantages in simplifying the training …
Creoles are typologically distinct from non-creoles
In creolist circles, there has been aa long-standing debate whether creoles differ structurally
from non-creole languages and thus would form a special class of languages with specific …
from non-creole languages and thus would form a special class of languages with specific …
Effects of linguistic distance on second language brain activations in bilinguals: An exploratory coordinate-based meta-analysis
E Cargnelutti, B Tomasino, F Fabbro - Frontiers in Human …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In this quantitative meta-analysis, we used the activation likelihood estimation (ALE)
approach to address the effects of linguistic distance between first (L1) and second (L2) …
approach to address the effects of linguistic distance between first (L1) and second (L2) …
[PDF][PDF] The areal factor in lexical typology
Our study aims to explore how much information about areal patterns of colexification we
can gain from lexical databases such as CLICS and ASJP. We adopt a bottom-up (rather …
can gain from lexical databases such as CLICS and ASJP. We adopt a bottom-up (rather …
Automated dating of the world's language families based on lexical similarity
This paper describes a computerized alternative to glottochronology for estimating elapsed
time since parent languages diverged into daughter languages. The method, developed by …
time since parent languages diverged into daughter languages. The method, developed by …
Borrowability and the notion of basic vocabulary
This paper reports on a collaborative quantitative study of loanwords in 41 languages,
aimed at identifying meanings and groups of meanings that are borrowing-resistant. We find …
aimed at identifying meanings and groups of meanings that are borrowing-resistant. We find …
A Bayesian phylogenetic study of the Dravidian language family
The Dravidian language family consists of about 80 varieties (Hammarström H. 2016
Glottolog 2.7) spoken by 220 million people across southern and central India and …
Glottolog 2.7) spoken by 220 million people across southern and central India and …