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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... word lists make it possible to study features of word or language evolution , just as phylogenetic trees of species are used to study aspects of biological trait evo- lution and adaptation . Words or vocabulary , grammar and syntax are ...
... word lists make it possible to study features of word or language evolution , just as phylogenetic trees of species are used to study aspects of biological trait evo- lution and adaptation . Words or vocabulary , grammar and syntax are ...
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... lexical half - lives derived from the data in Figure 15.2 . The quantity t50 records the amount of time for a word ... evolution implied from Figure 15.2 can be obtained from calculating a lexical half - life for each meaning . This ...
... lexical half - lives derived from the data in Figure 15.2 . The quantity t50 records the amount of time for a word ... evolution implied from Figure 15.2 can be obtained from calculating a lexical half - life for each meaning . This ...
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... lexical replacement . In both language families , meanings with higher ... evolution shows that the two phenomena are not interchange- able . These ... evolution , q , for the IE meanings versus the q obtained for the same Bantu meaning ...
... lexical replacement . In both language families , meanings with higher ... evolution shows that the two phenomena are not interchange- able . These ... evolution , q , for the IE meanings versus the q obtained for the same Bantu meaning ...
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Malagasy Language as a Guide to Understanding Malagasy History | 11 |
Rapid Radiation Borrowing and Dialect Continua in the Bantu Languages | 19 |
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