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Adaptive languages : an information-theoretic account of linguistic diversity
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ISBN: 9783110557589 9783110560107 9783110557770 3110557770 3110560100 3110557584 Year: 2018 Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton,

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Languages carry information. To fulfil this purpose, they employ a multitude of coding strategies. This book explores a core property of linguistic coding - called lexical diversity. Parallel text corpora of overall more than 1800 texts written in more than 1200 languages are the basis for computational analyses. Different measures of lexical diversity are discussed and tested, and Shannon's measure of uncertainty - the entropy - is chosen to assess differences in the distributions of words. To further explain this variation, a range of descriptive, explanatory, and grouping factors are considered in a series of statistical models. The first category includes writing systems, word-formation patterns, registers and styles. The second category includes population size, non-native speaker proportions and language status. Grouping factors further elicit whether the results extrapolate across - or are limited to - specific language families and areas. This account marries information-theoretic methods with a complex systems framework, illustrating how languages adapt to the varying needs of their users. It sheds light on the puzzling diversity of human languages in a quantitative, data driven and reproducible manner.


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Language variation and change.
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ISSN: 09543945 14698021 Year: 1989 Publisher: [Cambridge, England] : Cambridge University Press

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Historical linguistics --- Dialectology --- Language and languages --- Linguistic change --- Variation (Linguistique) --- Changement linguistique --- Variation --- Periodicals --- Périodiques --- Psycholinguistics --- Linguistic change. --- Psycholinguistics. --- Variation de langage. --- Méthode quantitative. --- Psycholinguistique. --- Sociolinguistique. --- Variation. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Society and Culture --- Sprachvariante --- Zeitschrift --- Online-Ressource --- Sprachwandel --- Arts and Humanities. --- Society and Culture. --- Périodiques --- CAMUNIPRE-E EJLANGU EPUB-ALPHA-L EPUB-PER-FT --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Sprachvariation --- Sprachveränderung --- Netzpublikation --- Online-Publikation --- Computerdatei im Fernzugriff --- Online-Dokument --- On-line-Dokument --- On-line-Publikation --- Periodikum --- Zeitschriften --- Sprache --- Varianz --- Varietät --- Sprachvarietät --- Sprachvarianten --- Language, Psychology of --- Psychology of language --- Speech --- Characterology of speech --- Language diversity --- Language subsystems --- Language variation --- Linguistic diversity --- Variation in language --- Linguistik --- Variante --- Psychological aspects --- Psychology --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Sprachentwicklung --- Presse --- Fortlaufendes Sammelwerk --- Diversifikation --- Thought and thinking --- Elektronische Publikation --- Sprachveränderung --- Varietät --- Sprachvarietät --- Periodicals. --- Sprachvariante. --- Zeitschrift. --- Online-Ressource. --- Sprachwandel. --- Méthode quantitative.


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World Englishes : journal of English as an international and intranational language.
ISSN: 08832919 1467971X Publisher: Oxford : Pergamon press,

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Didactics of English --- Literature --- English language --- Intercultural communication --- Anglais (Langue) à l'étranger --- Anglais (Langue) --- Communication interculturelle --- Periodicals --- Study and teaching --- Foreign speakers --- Variation --- Périodiques --- Etude et enseignement --- Allophones --- Intercultural communication. --- Engels. --- Taalvergelijking. --- Taalvariatie. --- Communication interculturelle. --- Enseignement. --- Langue seconde. --- Variation de langage. --- Foreign countries. --- Foreign speakers. --- Variation. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Society and Culture --- Arts and Humanities. --- Society and Culture. --- Sprachvariante --- Englisches Sprachgebiet --- English Language. --- Sprache --- Sprachvariation --- Varianz --- Varietät --- Sprachvarietät --- Sprachvarianten --- Cross-cultural communication --- EFL (Language study) --- English as a foreign language --- English as a second language --- English to speakers of other languages --- ESL (Language study) --- ESOL (Language study) --- Teaching English as a second language --- TEFL (Language study) --- TESL (Language study) --- English language in foreign countries --- World Englishes --- Variante --- Linguistik --- Foreign students --- Englischsprachige Welt --- Anglophonie --- Anglofonie --- Anglofone Welt --- Anglophone Welt --- Englischer Sprachraum --- Englischsprachiger Raum --- Englischsprachiges Gebiet --- Diversifikation --- Communication --- Culture --- Cross-cultural orientation --- Cultural competence --- Multilingual communication --- Technical assistance --- Germanic languages --- Dialects --- Anthropological aspects --- English language - Foreign countries - Periodicals. --- English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers - Periodicals. --- English language - Variation - Periodicals. --- Intercultural communication - Periodicals. --- Varietät --- Sprachvarietät

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