ERC Advanced Grant · 2022
Phylogenies probing Grammar. Exploring morphosyntax at different scales of language change
Morphosyntactic properties have long been considered a great challenge for the reconstruction of language history. On the one hand, they can establish deep genealogical relationships because they remain stable for millennia and evolve slowly in time, serving as markers for families. On the other hand, they may emerge abruptly as a result of borrowing from one language to the other or language restructuring under contact. At the same time, grammars develop common properties independently of history and geography, reflecting universal trends. Recent findings have shown that morphosyntactic variability significantly correlates with genetic variability, supporting the potential of morphosyntax…
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