Linguistic distance

Associated Documents (4)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Hewlett, Barry S.Semes and genes in africa
Mathew, SarahBehavioural variation in 172 small-scale societies indicates that social learning is the main mo...
Orlando Fernández, Javier, Bonilla, Johnatan, Ángela Rocha, LuzThe Influence of Geographic Variables in Linguistic Variation
Passmore, SamGlobal musical diversity is largely independent of linguistic and genetic histories

Associated Hypotheses (7)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Hewlett, Barry S.Cultures that share similar natural ecologies should be more culturally similar than those in different ecologies (317).
Mathew, SarahCultural phylogeny will be a stronger predictor than ecology for a majority of traits, except for technology and material culture traits (5).
Mathew, SarahBoth cultural phylogeny and ecology will be stronger predictors than spatial distance for a majority of traits in all categories (5).
Mathew, SarahThe effects of cultural phylogeny will tend to decline over time (5).
Orlando Fernández, Javier, Bonilla, Johnatan, Ángela Rocha, LuzCertain environmental variables (including agroclimatic suitability, annual precipitation, water availability, economic activity and access to roads) exhibit significant spatial autocorrelation within Colombian dialect regions, and are therefore correlated with linguistic distance.
Passmore, SamPopulations that speak more closely related languages will strongly predict similar musical traditions
Passmore, SamMusical traditions will strongly correlate with either genetic or linguistic similarities.

Associated OCMs

  1. linguistic identification