power
of oppositions
determined by the number of opposition pairs. The
last two criteria are known in language typology as «weighting of
the values»1. Besides it is possible to compare
frequency of oc
currence
of phonemes in two or more languages, which ascer
tains the functional exploitation of language units in different
languages. This type of comparison enables us to make an undis
torted classification of languages. The comparison of languages,
according to the statistical data of certain facts or units, is known
as a quantitative typology of languages.
The above given criteria may be used either in the phono
logical analysis of consonants or vowels and even in comparing
the relation of the frequency of occurrence of vowels and conso
nants.
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