We review a number of recent studies that have identified either correlations between
different linguistic features (eg, implicational universals) or correlations between linguistic …

There is increasing interest in the way that the size, composition, and environment of
populations influence the way that their languages evolve. There are two reasons why an …

Understanding worldwide patterns of language diversity has long been a goal for
evolutionary scientists, linguists and philosophers. Research over the past decade has …

We summarize a number of findings in laryngology demonstrating that perturbations of
phonation, including increased jitter and shimmer, are associated with desiccated ambient …

A previous study by Chen demonstrates a correlation between languages that grammatically
mark future events and their speakers' propensity to save, even after controlling for …

What causes cultural groups to favour specific conventions over others? Recently, it has
been suggested that cross-linguistic variation can be motivated by factors of the wider non …

Abstract Language is not a purely cultural phenomenon somehow isolated from its wider
environment, and we may only understand its origins and evolution by seriously considering …

The syllable is a natural unit of organization in spoken language whose strongest cross-
linguistic patterns are often explained in terms of a universal preference for the CV structure …

We make the case that, contra standard assumption in linguistic theory, the sound systems
of human languages are adapted to their environment. While not conclusive, this plausible …

Using the Grammatical and Lexical Acceptability Questionnaire (GLAQ), the study aims to
contextualize the extent of acceptance of PhE grammatical and lexical items among 400 pre …