Societies of strangers do not speak less complex languages
Science Advances • Vol/Iss. 9(33) • American Association for the Advancement of Science • • Published In • Pages: eadf7704 •
By Shcherbakova, Olena, Michaelis, Susanne Maria, Haynie, Hannah J., Passmore, Sam, Gast, Volker, Gray, Russell D. , Greenhill, Simon J. , Blasi, Damian E., Skirgård, Hedvig
Hypothesis
Grammatical complexity of a language is predicted by the proportion of nonnative speakers.
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spatiophylogenetic modeling using a Bayesian phylogenetic framework | Not Supported | 95% CI | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Linguistic complexity - fusion | Dependent | Grammar, Linguistic Identification |
| Linguistic complexity - informativity | Dependent | Grammar, Linguistic Identification |
| Impact of the number of native speakers | Independent | Linguistic Identification |
| Proportion of nonnative speakers | Independent | Linguistic Identification |
| Number of linguistic neighbors | Independent | Maps, Linguistic Identification |