23 декабря. Научный семинар Международной лаборатории языковой конвергенции
Leah Finkelberg, Polina Nasledskova, Johanna Nichols (HSE University)
Findings from complex typological features
We have been expanding and editing databases that use complex rather than isolated features: causal-noncausal pairings in a list of 18 verb pairs, and noun inflectional synthesis in a list of 32 inflectional categories. We report on our survey of 231 languages and show how these features can be used to measure language complexity, detect and describe large and ancient areas, and reveal long-standing trajectories of migration and feature spread.