Endangered Languages Data Summary

Yamamoto, Akira Y.

doi:10.17161/kwpl.1808.461

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“…The tendency to conform to community norms led one linguist to assert that the size of the language group is one ‘of the most obvious influences on the vitality of a language’(Grenoble and Whaley 1998: ix). Other researchers disagree and assert that the influence of size of the language group on language maintenance is inconclusive, shedding light only when evaluated within the context of the larger community (Yamamoto 1997).…”

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“…The tendency to conform to community norms led one linguist to assert that the size of the language group is one 'of the most obvious in£uences on the vitality of a language' (Grenoble and Whaley 1998: ix). Other researchers disagree and assert that the in£uence of size of the language group on language maintenance is inconclusive, shedding light only when evaluated within the context of the larger community (Yamamoto 1997). The latter idea, which asserts that it is not the size of the language group but the size of the language group in relation to the larger community, was included in the regression to test the sociolinguists' assertions quantitatively.…”

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Language loss in Guatemala: A statistical analysis of the 1994 population census

Hawkins

2005

Journal of Sociolinguistics

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This study examines several approaches linguists have taken to explain native language attrition. Five attitudinal factors linked to ethnolinguistic vitality are examined: minority status, access to, and participation in, institutions and markets, cultural strength, education, and migration. Each factor was quantified into proxy variables using information compiled from the 1994 Guatemalan national population census. After constructing the data set, the author used regression analysis of the proxy variables to determine the significance of each attitudinal factor. Minority status, participation in institutions and markets, education, and migration all showed statistically significant correlations with language attrition among Maya speakers in Guatemala. Cultural strength, however, did not show a statistically significant correlation to language loss in the country.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Minority Status (Minorstat)mentioning

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Language loss in Guatemala: A statistical analysis of the 1994 population census

Hawkins

2005

Journal of Sociolinguistics

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“…However, if this is the only text in a recommendation letter, it will typically receive a different (negative) interpretation. Several contextual factors can affect the interpretation of a sentence, such as the question under discussion (Groenendijk & Stokhof, 1984 ; Roberts, 1996 ); the comparison class (Kamp & Partee, 1995 ; Kennedy & McNally, 2005 ); the speaker's previous usage (Schuster & Degen, 2020 ); and speaker knowledgeability (Bergen & Grodner, 2012 ; Goodman & Stuhlmüller, 2013 ; Hochstein, Bale, Fox, & Barner, 2016 ; Dieuleveut, Chemla, & Spector, 2019 ; Spychalska, Reimer, Schumacher, & Werning, 2021 ).…”

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Scalar Implicature is Sensitive to Contextual Alternatives

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The quantifier "some" often elicits a scalar implicature during comprehension: "Some of today's letters have checks inside" is often interpreted to mean that not all of today's letters have checks inside. In previous work, Goodman and Stuhlmüller (G&S) proposed a model that predicts that this implicature should depend on the speaker's knowledgeability: If the speaker has only examined some of the available letters (e.g., two of three letters), people are less likely to infer that "some" implies "not all" than if the speaker has examined all of the available letters. G&S also provided behavioral evidence in support of their model. In this paper, we first show that a simple extension of G&S's model (1) predicts G&S's knowledgeability effects, and in addition, (2) predicts that the knowledgeability effect will be reduced when the speaker's usage indicates numeral alternatives are available. We tested the new model's predictions in four preregistered experiments. All experiments supported the first model prediction, replicating G&S's finding of a main effect of the speaker's knowledge. Further, Experiments 2 and 4 supported the second model prediction showing that the words that a speaker tends to use affect the strength of scalar implicature that comprehenders make. In particular, when the speaker has partial knowledge (e.g., has only examined two of three letters), comprehenders think that "some" is more likely to mean "not all" when the speaker also tends to produce number words in similar sentences

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Endangered Languages Data Summary

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Language loss in Guatemala: A statistical analysis of the 1994 population census

Language loss in Guatemala: A statistical analysis of the 1994 population census

Scalar Implicature is Sensitive to Contextual Alternatives

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