For better and/or for worse: Complexity and person hierarchies
Implementation of person hierarchies in verb inflection can produce indexationparadigms that are very complex by the usual standards for measuring complexityin paradigms. Criteria are proposed here for measuring hierarchical patterns intheir own terms and more generally for describing relational, linear, andblueprint-driven properties of grammar.
Authors
- Johanna Nichols
Institutions
- National Research University Higher School of Economics (RU)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13347671
- Primary Topic
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00