Language sampling

Rijkhoff, Jan; Bakker, Dik

doi:10.1515/lity.1998.2.3.263

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“…Bybee 1985;Nichols 1992;Bybee et al 1994;Whaley 1997;Rijkhoff & Bakker 1998). Rijkhoff & Bakker (1998: 264-268) summarize the types of samples that are generally implemented in typological studies, the kinds of questions they propose to answer, and the weaknesses they harbor.…”

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“…Finally, a variety sample, like the one detailed by Rijkhoff & Bakker (1998) is designed to display the greatest possible linguistic variety. Rijkhoff & Bakker state that the purpose of variety samples is to conduct exploratory research, when little is known about the linguistic parameter under investigation and the sample must therefore include a wide variety of languages to ensure that its presence or absence is reliably captured.…”

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Correlating complexity: A typological approach

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2006

Linguistic Typology

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Correlating complexity: A typological approach

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“…Depending on one's theory of genealogical relationships and historical stability of typological variables, instead of the branch, the genus (in DRYER's 1989 sense), family, or stock level may just as well be used as the sampling unit, or one might want to vary the sampling level depending on the age and taxonomic diversity of each stock (see RIJKHOFF & BAKKER 1998 for some suggestions on this). In any event, the value of a datapoint is sought to be representative of the relevant sampling unit (the genus, the stock, etc.).…”

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A refined sampling procedure for genealogical control

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2008

Language Typology and Universals

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A refined sampling procedure for genealogical controlTypological distributions are the combined result of universal structural principles, areal diffusion, and shared descent. The core concern of quantitative typology is to disentangle and to identify these various factors. While areal and structural factors can be tested against each other in standard multivariate designs based on sample stratification, genealogical factors cannot be handled by sample stratification since about one third of all proven families (the strata needed) are isolates, i.e. count only one member. In response, typologists have since long sought to control for genealogical relations during sampling rather than during statistical testing. But available methods suffer from a number of drawbacks. Most importantly, they are not sensitive to the fact that different typological variable have different degrees of stability (genealogical dependence) within families, and that this again varies from family to family. This article proposes a refined method for genealogical control during sampling, which is based on DRYER's (1989) proposals but is sensitive to actual distributions within genealogical units at each taxonomic level.

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“…We collected data for a convenience sample of 488 languages of the world, which we will call S488, and which will be used as the default sample below. From this sample, using the sampling method presented in Rijkhoff & Bakker (1998) and the language classification of the Ethnologue version 15 (Ethn15; Gordon 2005) we extrapolated a subsample of 350 languages (S350) that will be employed to check the typological nature of some of our claims and observations. The languages of both samples are listed together with their genealogical affiliation in the Appendix.…”

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