Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/297774 
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Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Serie Documentos de Trabajo No. 845
Publisher: 
Universidad del Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina (UCEMA), Buenos Aires
Abstract (Translated): 
In this paper we revisit the results that appeared originally in Coloma (2017) about the possible existence of negative correlation between linguistic measures, using a new database of 80 languages for which we have the same text (which is the fable known as "The North Wind and the Sun"). Most conclusions of the original paper become reinforced, especially the ones related to the existence of language complexity trade-offs. This is particularly clear when we look at partial correlation coefficients between three linguistic ratios (phonemes per syllable, syllables per word, and words per clause), especially when we use simultaneous-equation regression methods and instrumental variables.
Subjects: 
efectos de compensación
correlación parcial
cocientes lingüísticos
ecuacionessimultáneas
variables instrumentales
complexity trade-off
partial correlation
linguistic ratios
simultaneous-equationregression
instrumental variables
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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