When we explore the greatest factors influencing biodiversity, we often see factors like ecological niches, geographical barriers to migration, and various ecological and environmental factors come to mind. As researchers prescribe ecological means to explain linguistic diversity, drawing the parallels biodiversity shares with linguistic diversity, similar theories to linguistic diversification also arise. Mountains and large … Continue reading What is the Ecological Risk Hypothesis?
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Language and Ecology — Distribution of Tonal Languages
Previously, we looked at the ecological drivers behind global patterns and distribution of language diversity. On a global scale, language diversity increases towards the equator, and the tropics are found to be more language dense. To explain these patterns from an ecological perspective, it was proposed that ecological risk played a more significant role than … Continue reading Language and Ecology — Distribution of Tonal Languages
The Language Closet 