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Treffer: Is there a typological profile of isolates?

Title:
Is there a typological profile of isolates?
Authors:
Vuillermet, Marine, Inman, David, Chousou-Polydouri, Natalia, Parker van Dam, Kellen, Easterday, Shelece, Rose, Françoise
Contributors:
Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich (UZH), University of Hawai‘i [Mānoa] (UHM), Dynamique Du Langage (DDL), Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Iker Salaberri, Dorota Krajewska, Ekaitz Santazilia, Eneko Zuloaga
Source:
Iker Salaberri ; Dorota Krajewska; Ekaitz Santazilia; Eneko Zuloaga. Investigating Language Isolates: Typological and diachronic perspectives. :22-47
Publisher Information:
CCSD; John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2025.
Publication Year:
2025
Collection:
collection:SHS
collection:CNRS
collection:UNIV-LYON2
collection:AO-LINGUISTIQUE
collection:LYON2
collection:DDL
collection:UDL
collection:HAL-LYON-2-NOUVELLE-VERSION
Subject Terms:
isolate, language family, typology, macroarea, statistical test, [SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences, Linguistics
Original Identifier:
HAL:
Document Type:
Buch bookPart<br />Book sections
Language:
English
ISBN:
978-90-272-1899-5
Relation:
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1075/tsl.135.01vui
DOI:
10.1075/tsl.135.01vui
Access URL:
https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04906672
https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04906672v1/document
https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04906672v1/file/Vuillermet%20et%20al._2025_isolates_preprint.pdf
Rights:
info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess
Accession Number:
edshal.halshs.04906672v1
Database:
HAL

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Across the linguistic literature, one occasionally encounters claims of typological differences between isolates and non-isolates, but these are often vague, and tend to use isolates as proxies for small community size, huntergatherer societies, and/or socially/geographically isolated languages. We compared the distribution of 89 phonological and morphosyntactic typological features between isolates and non-isolates using a worldwide sample of 215 languages (68 isolates vs. 147 non-isolates), in which we were unable to find a statistically significant distinction. We discuss the relevance of our results for these claims, for the suggested proxy relationships between isolates and other factors, and suggest possible avenues for future research.