An Extension of Greenberg's Linguistic Diversity Measures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2887434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stanley Lieberson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 526 |
| Publication date | 1964-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/411935 |
| OpenAlex | W2028683878 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
1. In 1956, Greenberg proposed eight measures of linguistic diversity designed to determine the possibilities of communication among the population of some delimited area. Taking note of the considerable variance between areas of the world in their linguistic diversity, Greenberg's measures allow us to quantify this diversity on a continuum ranging from complete diversity, such that no two people speak a mutually intelligible language or dialect, to the other extreme, where all inhabitants share a common tongue. By going beyond mere verbal descriptions of an area's linguistic diversity, these quantitative measures enable us to correlate language usage with social, economic, political, and geographic factors
Diversity (politics) · Extension (predicate logic) · Linguistic diversity · Linguistics · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology
Measuring Population Diversity
Nativity, Intermarriage, and Mother-Tongue Shift
Residence and language maintenance in a multilingual city
On the role of artifactual signification and communication in the organization of speaking∗
Religious Economies and Sacred Canopies
Notes on the emerging global language system
Using composite metrics to measure student diversity in higher education
Consensus and knowledge production in an academic field
Kibalele
Measuring the Concentration of Power in the International System
The measurement of diversity
Measuring Diversity in Multilingual Communication
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2020 (52) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |