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02498aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 DBB7B5B8E19111E89124B82197128E48 003 SILO 005 20181106010116 008 180209t20182018gw a b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 3110557584 020 $a 9783110557589 035 $a (OCoLC)1023390439 040 $a ERASA $b eng $e rda $c ERASA $d YDX $d QGE $d OHX $d GSU $d OCLCF $d VA@ $d SILO 050 4 $a P120 V37 B46 2018 100 1 $a Bentz, Christian, $e author. 245 10 $a Adaptive languages : $b an information-theoretic account of linguistic diversity / $c Christian Bentz. 264 1 $a Berlin ; $b De Gruyter Mouton, $c [2018] 300 $a xv, 218 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; $v volume 316 500 $a Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 2015. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index. 520 $a "Languages transmit information. They are vessels carrying meaning across metres, kilometres, and around the globe. This book harnesses information theory to measure word-level differences in more than 1200 languages. It further models geographic, demographic and social factors to explain the diversity of encoding strategies. The results support the framework of languages as complex adaptive systems which are shaped by the varying needs of their users." -- Page 4 of cover. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Languages as adaptive systems -- Language change and population structure -- Lexical diversity across languages of the world -- Descriptive factors : language "internal" effects -- Explanatory factors : language "external" effects -- Grouping factors : language families and areas -- Predicting lexical diversity : statistical models -- Explaining diversity : multiple factors interacting -- Further problems and caveats -- Conclusions: Universality and diversity -- Appendix A: Advanced entropy estimators -- Appendix B: Multiple regression assumptions -- Appendix C: Mixed-effects regression assumptions. 650 0 $a Language and languages $x Variation. 650 0 $a Linguistic change. 650 0 $a Word (Linguistics) 776 0 $z 9783110557770 776 0 $w (GyWOH)har185011387 830 0 $a Trends in linguistics. $p Studies and monographs ; $v 316. $x 1861-4302 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190103015548.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DBB7B5B8E19111E89124B82197128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search