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humidity-tone hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Linguistic typology

proposal that complex tone systems are less likely to develop in dry climates because low humidity makes precise pitch control harder.

In linguistic typology, humidity-tone hypothesis refers to proposal that complex tone systems are less likely to develop in dry climates because low humidity makes precise pitch control harder. This meaning comes from Everett (2015) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Everett, C., Blasi, D. E., & Roberts, S. G. (2015). Climate, vocal folds, and tonal languages: Connecting the physiological and geographic dots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(5), 1322-1327. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417413112

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