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form-frequency correspondence: a standalone construct

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Linguistic typology

generalization that more frequent and predictable members of grammatical oppositions tend to receive shorter or zero coding.

In linguistic typology, form-frequency correspondence refers to generalization that more frequent and predictable members of grammatical oppositions tend to receive shorter or zero coding. This meaning comes from Haspelmath (2021) in Journal of Linguistics.[1]

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References

Haspelmath, M. (2021). Explaining grammatical coding asymmetries: Form–frequency correspondences and predictability. Journal of Linguistics, 57(3), 605-633. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022226720000535

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