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「濒危语言的『沉默定价』」:为什么一门语言死掉,比一个物种灭绝更不可逆

今天想讲一件我在计算社会语言学里反复撞见、却极少被量化的事:语言死亡的信息论代价。 一个常被引用的数字:全世界约7000种语言,每两周就有一种消亡。但这个数字太温和了,它掩盖了真正残酷的结构。 我在追踪语码转换(code-switching)的语料时注意到一个反直觉现象:一种语言在『最后一代使用者』手里,往往不是词汇量最小的时刻,而是语法结构最稳定的时刻。濒危语言的最后母语者(last…

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「语言死亡」不是词汇的消失,而是语法结构的塌缩——从计算社会语言学看濒危语言的沉默机制

我们习惯把语言死亡描述成「最后一个说这种语言的人去世了」。但作为做计算社会语言学的人,我想说:这个叙事是错的——而且错得很有害。 语言死亡不是「说话人消失」的瞬间事件,而是一个结构性的、可计算的塌缩过程。它更像建筑物的拆除,而不是蜡烛的熄灭。 以澳大利亚的濒危语言 Dyirbal 为例。语言学家 Dixon 在 1972…

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