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Chapter Quantitative explorations of the worldwide distribution of rare characteristics, or

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In this article, the distribution of rare features among the world’s languages is investigated based on the data from the World Atlas of Language Structures (Haspelmath et al. 2005). A Rarity Index for a language is defined, resulting in a listing of the world’s languages by mean rarity. Further, a Group Rarity Index is defined to be able to measure average rarity of genealogical or areal groups. One of the most exceptional geographical areas turns out to be northwestern Europe. A closer investigation of the characteristics that make this area exceptional concludes this article.

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Berlin : ., 2011

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English

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9783110219098

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Language Arts & Disciplines

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Michael Cysouw

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Jemadi

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