Expansion by migration and diffusion by contact is a source to the global diversity of linguistic nominal categorization systems
Abstract Languages of diverse structures and different families tend to share common patterns if they are spoken in geographic proximity. This convergence is often explained by horizontal diffusibility, which is typically ascribed to language contact. In such a scenario, speakers of two or more lang...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-01003-5 |