BibTeX

@inProceedings{berdicevskis-eckhoff-2016-redundant-287286,
	title        = {Redundant features are less likely to survive: empirical evidence from the Slavic languages},
	abstract     = {We test whether the functionality (non-redundancy) of morphological features can serve as a predictor of the survivability of those features in the course of language change. We apply a recently proposed method of measuring functionality of a feature by estimating its importance for the performance of an automatic parser to the Slavic language group. We find that the functionality of a Common Slavic grammeme, together with the functionality of its category, is a significant predictor of its survivability in modern Slavic languages. The least functional grammemes within the most functional categories
are most likely to die out.},
	booktitle    = {The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference (EVOLANG11), 69–77},
	author       = {Berdicevskis, Aleksandrs and Eckhoff, Hanne},
	year         = {2016},
	ISBN         = {978-1-326-61450-8},
}