Beyond Hill and Valley: A Sociogeographic Investigation of Argument Coding Complexity in the Eastern Himalayas

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Joint work with Kellen Parker van Dam (I am lead author). This talk examines how well the traditional ‘hill’ versus ‘valley’ contrast in the Eastern Himalayas accounts for variation in argument coding complexity, and which sociogeographic factors might be shaping complexity in this domain. See the related Research section on linguistic geography.