Frequency of word-use predicts rates of lexical evolution throughout Indo-European history
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The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 successful.
Replications
- The deep history of the number words, Pagel & Meade (2018). Outcome recorded: successful.
We have previously shown that the 'low limit' number words (from one to five) have exceptionally slow rates of lexical replacement when measured across the Indo-European (IE) languages. Here, we replicate this finding within the Bantu and Austronesian language families, and with new data for the IE
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