Typological distributions are the combined result of universal structural principles, areal diffusion,
and shared descent. The core concern of quantitative typology is to disentangle and to identify these
various factors.While areal and structural factors can be tested against each other in standard multivariate
designs based on sample stratification, genealogical factors cannot be handled by sample stratification
since about one third of all proven families (the strata needed) are isolates, i.e. count only one
member. In response, typologists have since long sought to control for genealogical relations during
sampling rather than during statistical testing. But available methods suffer from a number of drawbacks.
Most importantly, they are not sensitive to the fact that different typological variable have
different degrees of stability (genealogical dependence) within families, and that this again varies from
family to family.This article proposes a refined method for genealogical control during sampling, which
is based on DRYER’s (1989) proposals but is sensitive to actual distributions within genealogical units at
each taxonomic level.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:91161 |
| Date | 02 May 2024 |
| Creators | Bickel, Balthasar |
| Publisher | De Gruyter Mouton |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 1867-8319, 2196-7148, 10.1524/stuf.2008.0022 |
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