The evolution of culture and grammar

State University of New York at Buffalo Published In Pages: 230
By Perkins, Revere Dale

Hypothesis

Languages relying upon deictic grammatical distinctions (portions of an utterance which are dependent on the spatio-temporal coordinates of the utterance for the determination of the intended referents) will be negatively associated with cultural complexity

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
No Formal TestSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Cultural ComplexityIndependentNONE
Deictic Grammatical DistinctionsDependentGrammar