Language Family

Associated Documents (7)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Botero, Carlos A. The ecology of religious beliefs
Everett, CalebLanguages in Drier Climates Use Fewer Vowels
Driver, Harold E.Geographical-historical versus psycho-functional explanations of kin avoidances
Romanoff, StevenCassava production and processing in a cross-cultural sample of african societies
Jackson, Joshua ConradEmotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure
Daikoku, HideoMusical Diversity in India: A Preliminary Computational Study Using Cantometrics
Hay, JenniferPhoneme inventory size and population size

Associated Hypotheses (7)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Driver, Harold E.Kin avoidance behavior will be associated with culture area, language family, descent, residence, and kinship terminology.
Hay, JenniferLanguage family and population size both predict phoneme inventory size.
Botero, Carlos A. Moralizing high gods are most likely to be found in ecologically inhospitable and unpredictable environments, in politically complex societies, in societies near (or linguistically related to) other societies with high gods, and in societies with animal husbandry and/or agriculture.
Everett, CalebAmbient humidity will be positively associated with vowel utilization.
Romanoff, Steven"Bantu language and cassava are positively associated" (p.104).
Jackson, Joshua ConradEmotion semantics vary widely and significantly across language families (1519).
Daikoku, HideoThere will be significant musical variation between language families in India.

Associated OCMs

  1. language
  2. linguistic identification