Valence-dependent mutation in lexical evolution

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Words for negative concepts (e.g. "bad") are replaced faster and mutate more than those for positive concepts (e.g. "good") across Indo-European languages. As a consequence, different languages have highly dissimilar words for negative concepts but not for positive concepts.

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Words for negative concepts (e.g. "bad") are replaced faster and mutate more than those for positive concepts (e.g. "good") across Indo-European languages. As a consequence, different languages have highly dissimilar words for negative concepts but not for positive concepts.

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