02778nam 2200601 450 991082457940332120230808211413.03-11-038645-33-11-034896-910.1515/9783110348965(CKB)3360000000515185(EBL)4595481(MiAaPQ)EBC4595481(DE-B1597)246784(OCoLC)957504407(DE-B1597)9783110348965(Au-PeEL)EBL4595481(CaPaEBR)ebr11236985(CaONFJC)MIL941003(OCoLC)954046728(EXLCZ)99336000000051518520160812h20162016 uy 0engur|nu---|u||urdacontentrdamediardacarrierComplexity, isolation, and variation /edited by Raffaela Baechler and Guido SeilerBerlin, [Germany] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter,2016.©20161 online resource (176 p.)linguae & litterae,1869-7054 ;Volume 57Description based upon print version of record.3-11-034738-5 Includes bibliographical references.Front matter --Contents --Introduction --Inflectional complexity of nouns, adjectives and articles in closely related (non-)isolated varieties --On the origins of complexity: evidence from Germanic --An information-theoretic approach to assess linguistic complexity --On complexity of interrogative syntax in Northern Italian dialects --Complex edges, transparent frontiers: grammatical complexity and language spreads --A true split? Typological and sociolinguistic considerations on contact intensity effects --The sociolinguistics of non-equicomplexityComplexity of grammatical structure has become a center of interest in recent typological and dialectological research. The contributions of the present volume discuss structural complexity from the perspective of language variation and change. Particular attention is paid to the hypothesis that languages and varieties spoken by small, isolated communities tend to display greater complexity than others.Linguae & litterae ;Volume 57.Language and languagesVariationGrammatical Structure.Language Change.Language typology.Language and languagesVariation.417.7Baechler RaffaelaSeiler GuidoMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824579403321Complexity, isolation, and variation3990665UNINA