The present article discusses how the combination of structural (qualitative) and algorithmic (quantitative) perspectives provides valuable insights into geolinguistic patterning and variability, and hence testifies to the importance of the integrating approach in addressing geolinguistic complexity. In doing so, it shows how language is constantly modulated in the form of innovations that emerge in structurally layered and causal formations, dictated by a subtle interplay between system-based and system-external properties. A case that accounts for this kind of geolinguistic complexity is provided by this data-driven study on Berber (Afro-asiatic), which shows how certain phonological and morphological innovation processes triggered by the vocalisation of the liquids /r/, /ṛ/, /rr/ and /ṛṛ/ in Rif Berber (North, Northeast, and Northwest Morocco) create language variation and change. Furthermore, the Berber data examined demonstrate the significant role of certain system-internal factors, such as economy and code conformity, in the diffusion of new phonetic, phonological, and morphological items. In order to better understand the intricacy of the various vocalisation phenomena addressed in the study, the results of the qualitative analysis (synchrony and diachrony) are also contrasted with the algorithmic results ensuing from computing geolinguistic distances by means of the Levenshtein distance calculating method with phone strings tokenised in pair-wise alignments (pondered variables).

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柏柏尔的语言复杂性。结构和算法观点

本文讨论了结构（定性）和算法（定量）角度的结合如何提供对地理语言模式和可变性的宝贵见解，从而证明了整合方法在解决地理语言复杂性方面的重要性。通过这样做，它显示了语言是如何不断地以创新的形式进行调制的，这些创新以结构化的分层和因果形式出现，这是由基于系统的属性与系统外部的属性之间的微妙相互作用决定的。这项由数据驱动的关于柏柏尔（非洲-非洲）的研究提供了解决这种地理语言复杂性的案例，该案例显示了液体/ r /，/ṛ/，发声引起的某些语音和形态创新过程/ rr /和/ṛṛ/在Rif Berber（北，东北，和摩洛哥西北部）造成语言变化和变化。此外，所检查的柏柏尔数据证明了某些系统内部因素（例如经济性和代码一致性）在新的语音，语音和形态项目的传播中的重要作用。为了更好地理解研究中解决的各种发声现象的复杂性，定性分析的结果（共时性和历时性）也与通过电话的莱文施泰因距离计算方法计算地理语言距离产生的算法结果进行了对比。以成对对齐方式标记的字符串（响应变量）。传播新的语音，语音和形态项目。为了更好地理解研究中解决的各种发声现象的复杂性，定性分析的结果（共时性和历时性）也与通过电话的莱文施泰因距离计算方法计算地理语言距离产生的算法结果进行了对比。以成对对齐方式标记的字符串（响应变量）。传播新的语音，语音和形态项目。为了更好地理解研究中解决的各种发声现象的复杂性，定性分析的结果（共时性和历时性）也与通过电话的莱文施泰因距离计算方法计算地理语言距离产生的算法结果进行了对比。以成对对齐方式标记的字符串（响应变量）。