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Usage frequency and lexical class determine the evolution of kinship terms in Indo-European

Languages do not replace their vocabularies at an even rate: words endure longer if they are used more frequently. This effect, which has parallels in evolutionary biology, has been demonstrated for the core vocabulary, a set of common, unrelated meanings. The extent to which it replicates in closed...

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Autores principales: Rácz, Péter, Passmore, Sam, Sheard, Catherine, Jordan, Fiona M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6837234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31824734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191385