submitted by antonim to linguistics 5 points | 0 comments https://grammaticon.clld.org/ grammaticon.clld.org/concepts > The Grammaticon is a collection of grammatical comparative concept terms with definitions and links to other resources and comparative data collections such as WALS (The World Atlas of Language Structures) and Grambank. > Version 1.1 is an early-release version that is still in some ways incomplete. The plan is to update and expand it regularly. > The Grammaticon contains several hundred English grammatical concept terms, with (retro-)definitions by Martin Haspelmath, and links to corresponding terms in the English Wikipedia, the SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms, and Croft’s Comparative Concepts Database ( …github.io/…/cc-database.html; originally in the online appendix of Croft (2022). > In the definitions, a superscript circle (°) marks terms which are defined elsewhere in the Grammaticon (“defining concepts”). Each concept page also shows the “derived concepts” (which are defined with reference to it), as well as “related features”. [[Some concepts have preliminary definitions, enclosed in double square brackets.]]

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Grambank reveals global patterns in linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss.

In the following interview, Annemarie Verkerk and Russell Gray answer Martin Haspelmath's questions about their paper "Enduring constraints on grammar revealed by Bayesian spatiophylogenetic analyses"...

In this tutorial, we learn how to create a typological map with R, in R studio. This is the first part, in which we plot data from Grambank to a map of Cameroon

Despite their great diversity, human languages are shaped by recurring grammatical universals. Verkerk et al. show that about one-third of the proposed universals hold cross-linguistically through analyses of the Grambank database.

Despite their great diversity, human languages are shaped by recurring grammatical universals. Verkerk et al. show that about one-third of the proposed universals hold cross-linguistically through analyses of the Grambank database.

ولطالما كان اللغويون منقسمين حول فكرة وجود قواعد نحوية "عالمية" مشتركة بين لغات البشر، لكن دراسة جديدة حسمت الجدال جزئيا بعد تحليل أكثر من 1700 لغة من مختلف أنحاء العالم، لتؤكد أن اللغات تتطور بطرق يمكن توقعها وليست عشوائية كما كان يعتقد سابقا. إقرأ المزيد واعتمد الباحثون في دراستهم المنشورة بمجلة Nature Human Behaviour على قاعدة بيانات ضخمة تسمى Grambank، وهي مجموعة شاملة للسمات النحوية للغات العالم، وتمكنوا من إيجاد دعم إحصائي لنحو ثلث القواعد النحوية "العالمية" التي طالما ناقشها العلماء. وهذا يعني أن هناك أنماطا متكررة بين لغات قد تبدو مختلفة تماما للوهلة الأولى، ما يشير إلى وجود قيود مشتركة توجه كيفية نشوء وتطور اللغات الجديدة.

A large-scale study conducted by an international research team from the Max Planck Society and Saarland University has revealed that languages, despite their apparent diversity, evolve in predictable and structured ways. By examining over 1,700 languages and 191 proposed grammatical universals using Grambank—the world’s most extensive database of grammatical features—the researchers found that roughly one-third of these universals hold up under modern statistical scrutiny. The study employed Bayesian spatio-phylogenetic analyses, a rigorous method that accounts for both historical linguistic relationships and geographic factors, to uncover these consistent structural patterns. Lead researcher Annemarie Verkerk explained that the results demonstrate that language change is not random; rather, deep underlying cognitive and communicative pressures shape the way humans organize grammar across cultures. The findings provide strong evidence for recurring tendencies in features like word order and sentence hierarchy that appear repeatedly across unrelated languages worldwide. Senior author Russell D. Gray noted that instead of viewing the results pessimistically—as many proposed universals being invalid—the team chose to highlight the powerful confirmation that shared human cognition influences linguistic design. This research narrows the search for universal linguistic principles and strengthens the idea that human communication operates within a set of enduring, biologically and socially driven constraints.

POS-tagged verses, partly sourced from the Parallel Bible Corpus, with code for extracting various metrics and making cross-linguistic comparisons. - lingdoc/taggedPBC