Phylogenetic Methods and the Prehistory of LanguagesPeter Forster, Colin Renfrew McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2006 - 198 Seiten Evolutionary ('phylogenetic') trees were first used to infer lost histories nearly two centuries ago by manuscript scholars reconstructing original texts. Today, computer methods are enabling phylogenetic trees to transform genetics, historical linguistics and even the archaeological study of artefact shapes and styles. But which phylogenetic methods are best suited to retracing the evolution of languages? And which types of language data are most informative about deep prehistory? In this book, leading specialists engage with these key questions. Essential reading for linguists, geneticists and archaeologists, these studies demonstrate how phylogenetic tools are illuminating previously intractable questions about language prehistory. This innovative volume arose from a conference of linguists, geneticists and archaeologists held at Cambridge in 2004. |
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... Polynesia a convenient laboratory for studying cultural , genetic , and linguistic evolution ( Goodenough 1957 ) . Polynesian societies were assumed to be more or less isolated from ex- ternal influences and from each other ...
... Polynesia a convenient laboratory for studying cultural , genetic , and linguistic evolution ( Goodenough 1957 ) . Polynesian societies were assumed to be more or less isolated from ex- ternal influences and from each other ...
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... Polynesian languages . Instead we look at a more general question : do the patterns of language similarity support a radiation model or a network - breaking model ? We develop a model for language evolution in Polynesia that ...
... Polynesian languages . Instead we look at a more general question : do the patterns of language similarity support a radiation model or a network - breaking model ? We develop a model for language evolution in Polynesia that ...
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... Polynesian islands . We stress that these results come with the ob- ligatory warning that our statistical tests are only as good as our model . We have made a great number of simplifying assumptions when setting up our model , and these ...
... Polynesian islands . We stress that these results come with the ob- ligatory warning that our statistical tests are only as good as our model . We have made a great number of simplifying assumptions when setting up our model , and these ...
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CLARE J HOLDEN RUSSELL D GRAY | 19 |
Bantu Classification Bantu Trees and Phylogenetic Methods | 43 |
Chapter 6 | 67 |
Urheberrecht | |
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