Areal and phylogenetic dimensions of word order variation in Indo-European languages

Both areal and phylogenetic affiliation have been discussed as driving factors of the distribution of word order in the languages of the world. However, disentangling the interaction of these two factors is challenging. Here we take Indo-European as a test case. Word order in this family is largely...

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Main Authors: Ebert Christian, Bickel Balthasar, Widmer Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2024-09-01
Series:Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2022-0146