[Lingtyp] small language families and typological rarities

[Juergen Bohnemeyer]

Dear Peter – I think this is at least indirectly addressed in the Skirgård et al. (2023) release article of Grambank:

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg6175

One of the things explored in there is the correlation between endangerment and typological rarity/uniqueness.

Best – Juergen


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From: Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of Peter Arkadiev <peterarkadiev at yandex.ru>
Date: Monday, November 20, 2023 at 11:54
To: Linguistic Typology <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org>
Subject: [Lingtyp] small language families and typological rarities
Dear typologists,

I vaguely recall having read or heard that it has been claimed that small language families and language isolates have a greater probability of possessing typologically unusual and rare features, however, I cannot locate any references discussing this issue (the two volumes of Rara et Rarissima published in 2010 do not, as far as I can tell). I would be grateful for any references that either espouse such a claim or explicitly disconfirm it.

Thanks in advance!

Peter

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