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For better and/or for worse: Complexity and person hierarchies

Year: 2024

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: Implementation of person hierarchies in verb inflection can produce indexationparadigms that are very complex by the usual standards for measuring complexityin paradigms. Criteria are proposed here for measuring hierarchical patterns intheir own terms and more generally for describing relational, linear, andblueprint-driven properties of grammar.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13347671

Author: Nichols, Johanna

Institutions: National Research University Higher School of Economics, University of Helsinki, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3124375707

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