Quantitative Typology
Quantitative typology deals with the distribution and co-occurrence of structural patterns in the languages of the world. Major types of non-chance distribution include:
- preferences (for instance, absolute and implicational universals, semantic maps, and hierarchies)
- correlations (for instance, areal patterns, such as with a Sprachbund)
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