What social factors make languages more complex?

PublicacionesDidacticas Nº100  |  Noviembre 2018  |  PublicacionesDidacticas.com
Páginas: 630 a 635  |  Código PD: 100179  |  DOI: N/A
Recibido 2018-09-28; Aceptado 2018-10-03; Publicado 2018-10-25

Público: Psicolingüística
Materia: Inglés
Idioma: Español

Título: What social factors make languages more complex?
Resumen:
The present article is aimed at challenging the statement that all languages are equally complex by considering morphology and syntax. To support this claim, the following article will examine the impact of social factors, a possible implication of time and history, the effects of language contact, and the important influence that language learning and literacy exercises in language change. Finally, it will also address the influence of social and cultural sophistication on language complexity.
Palabras clave: language complexity, language, origins, social factors

Title: What social factors make languages more complex?
Abstract:
The present article is aimed at challenging the statement that all languages are equally complex by considering morphology and syntax. To support this claim, the following article will examine the impact of social factors, a possible implication of time and history, the effects of language contact, and the important influence that language learning and literacy exercises in language change. Finally, it will also address the influence of social and cultural sophistication on language complexity.
Keywords: language complexity, language, origins, social factors


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