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Grambank reveals the importance of genealogical constraints on linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss.
Skirgård, Hedvig; Haynie, Hannah J; Blasi, Damián E; Hammarström, Harald; Collins, Jeremy; Latarche, Jay J; Lesage, Jakob; Weber, Tobias; Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena; Passmore, Sam; Chira, Angela; Maurits, Luke; Dinnage, Russell; Dunn, Michael; Reesink, Ger; Singer, Ruth; Bowern, Claire; Epps, Patience; Hill, Jane; Vesakoski, Outi; Robbeets, Martine; Abbas, Noor Karolin; Auer, Daniel; Bakker, Nancy A; Barbos, Giulia; Borges, Robert D; Danielsen, Swintha; Dorenbusch, Luise; Dorn, Ella; Elliott, John; Falcone, Giada; Fischer, Jana; Ghanggo Ate, Yustinus; Gibson, Hannah; Göbel, Hans-Philipp; Goodall, Jemima A; Gruner, Victoria; Harvey, Andrew; Hayes, Rebekah; Heer, Leonard; Herrera Miranda, Roberto E; Hübler, Nataliia; Huntington-Rainey, Biu; Ivani, Jessica K; Johns, Marilen; Just, Erika; Kashima, Eri; Kipf, Carolina; Klingenberg, Janina V; König, Nikita.
Afiliação
  • Skirgård H; Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Haynie HJ; ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
  • Blasi DE; Department of Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
  • Hammarström H; Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  • Collins J; Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
  • Latarche JJ; Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Lesage J; Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Weber T; Human Relation Area Files, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Witzlack-Makarevich A; Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  • Passmore S; Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Chira A; Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  • Maurits L; Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  • Dinnage R; Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK.
  • Dunn M; Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Reesink G; Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  • Singer R; Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique (LLACAN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Villejuif, France.
  • Bowern C; Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris, France.
  • Epps P; Department of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
  • Hill J; Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Vesakoski O; Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
  • Robbeets M; Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Abbas NK; Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
  • Auer D; Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University SFC (Shonan Fujisawa Campus), Tokyo, Japan.
  • Bakker NA; Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
  • Barbos G; Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Borges RD; Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Danielsen S; Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Dorenbusch L; Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  • Dorn E; Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Elliott J; Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  • Falcone G; ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
  • Fischer J; Research Unit for Indigenous Language, School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Ghanggo Ate Y; Department of Linguistics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Gibson H; Department of Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
  • Göbel HP; School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  • Goodall JA; Department of Biology, Turku University, Turku, Finland.
  • Gruner V; Department of Finnish and Finno-Ugric languages, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
  • Harvey A; Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
  • Hayes R; Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK.
  • Heer L; Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Herrera Miranda RE; Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Hübler N; Frisian and General Linguistics, Department of General Linguistics, Institute for Scandinavian Studies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
  • Huntington-Rainey B; Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK.
  • Ivani JK; Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
  • Johns M; Zentrum für Kleine und Regionale Sprachen, Friesisches Seminar, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Flensburg, Germany.
  • Just E; Centro de Investigaciones Históricas y Antropológicas (CIHA), Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
  • Kashima E; Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF), Flensburg, Germany.
  • Kipf C; Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Klingenberg JV; Institute of Linguistics, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
  • König N; Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK.
Sci Adv ; 9(16): eadg6175, 2023 04 21.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37075104
ABSTRACT
While global patterns of human genetic diversity are increasingly well characterized, the diversity of human languages remains less systematically described. Here, we outline the Grambank database. With over 400,000 data points and 2400 languages, Grambank is the largest comparative grammatical database available. The comprehensiveness of Grambank allows us to quantify the relative effects of genealogical inheritance and geographic proximity on the structural diversity of the world's languages, evaluate constraints on linguistic diversity, and identify the world's most unusual languages. An analysis of the consequences of language loss reveals that the reduction in diversity will be strikingly uneven across the major linguistic regions of the world. Without sustained efforts to document and revitalize endangered languages, our linguistic window into human history, cognition, and culture will be seriously fragmented.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Idioma / Linguística Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Idioma / Linguística Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article