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DESCRIPTION:It has long been claimed that subordination is more common in
  writing (Chafe 1982: 35–52\; Ong 1982: 36–38\; inter alia). Furthermore
 \, in languages with a long written tradition this frequency is increase
 d in spoken language. A more recent claim is that such languages also em
 ploy a larger number of subordination markers in spoken language (Dąbrow
 ska 2020: 87–88). This study examines the frequency of subordination and
  markers thereof in three phylogenetically and areally diverse languages
  without a written tradition. These are Goemai (Chadic\, Nigeria)\, Hooc
 ąk (Siouan\, USA)\, and Komnzo (Yam\, Papua New Guinea). For this\, spok
 en language data is used. As a secondary objective\, the study investiga
 tes adverbial subordination in spoken English\, a language with a long w
 ritten tradition and compares it to the numbers in Goemai\, Hoocąk\, and
  Komnzo. The results of the study show that these latter three languages
  differ heavily in the frequency of subordination. Here\, a written trad
 ition could not be confirmed to have a major impact. This is also the ca
 se when comparing the three languages to English. Other factors such as 
 morphological complexity might play a larger role. The picture is more c
 omplex when it comes to the number of subordination markers. Goemai\, Ho
 ocąk\, and Komnzo employ a similar number of markers. Yet the internal d
 istribution of the markers differs. The image remains largely the same w
 hen only looking at adverbial subordination. There however\, English doe
 s employ the largest number of markers. Yet\, the number is less than ha
 lf of what was reported in the literature and the majority of markers ar
 e only very marginally used. Here\, there seems to be an impact. However
 \, other factors as well as the asymmetry in research conducted on the i
 ndividual languages may play a role.
URL:https://talks.stuts.de/de/stuts80/public/events/1600
SUMMARY:Does writing influence spoken language?
ORGANIZER:stuts80
LOCATION:stuts80 - HS VIIb
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