Arbeitspapier
A simultaneous-equation regression model of language complexity trade-offs
In this paper we develop a statistical model of language complexity trade-offs using four typological measures (related to phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon). The data come from the 100-language sample that appears in the World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS), and the trade-offs are calculated using different types of correlation coefficients. All those coefficients are statistically insignificant when they are computed using a standard (product-moment) methodology, but they become significant when we use simultaneous-equation regression methods, especially the ones based on seemingly unrelated regressions (SUR) and three-stage least squares (3SLS). These results are related to ideas suggested in the theoretical literature, especially in the one about language as a complex adaptive system.
- ISBN
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978-987-3940-08-8
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Serie Documentos de Trabajo ; No. 597
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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Linguistik
Mehrgleichungsmodell
Korrelation
Theorie
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Coloma, Germán
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Universidad del Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina (UCEMA)
- (where)
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Buenos Aires
- (when)
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2016
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Coloma, Germán
- Universidad del Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina (UCEMA)
Time of origin
- 2016
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