It should not have to be said, but actually thanks @johnbasil.bsky.social for including signed languages in this article!
Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri)
Social functions of language may drive faster change and faster diversification in some features.
Thanks to growing diversity in variationst sociolinguistics, I gathered studies of 63 languages from 28 families. Here I sketch some potential patterns
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Language diversification and change can be studied using phylogenetic modelling of families over thousands of years, or by close observation of changes unfolding over a few decades at the community l....
