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Conceptual Relations Predict Colexification across Languages

2020-03-31

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<p>In natural language, multiple meanings often share a single word form, a phenomenon known as colexification. Some sets of meanings are more frequently colexified across languages than others, but the source of this variation is not well understood. We propose that cross-linguistic variation in colexification frequency is non-arbitrary and reflects a general principle of cognitive economy: More commonly colexifi...

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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/gvfsn

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