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linguistic niche hypothesis: a standalone construct

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the proposal that languages spoken by larger populations with more adult learners develop simpler morphology.

In linguistics, linguistic niche hypothesis refers to the proposal that languages spoken by larger populations with more adult learners develop simpler morphology. This meaning comes from Lupyan (2010) in PLoS ONE.[1]

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Lupyan, G., & Dale, R. (2010). Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure. PLoS ONE, 5(1), e8559. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008559

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