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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... shown in Figure 2.6 . Separate splits graphs for East and West Bantu are shown in Figures 2.7a and 2.7b . There is some evidence that Neighbor - Net may overfit the data , meaning that it produces some false splits ( Nakhleh et al ...
... shown in Figure 2.6 . Separate splits graphs for East and West Bantu are shown in Figures 2.7a and 2.7b . There is some evidence that Neighbor - Net may overfit the data , meaning that it produces some false splits ( Nakhleh et al ...
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... shown in the upper left . Figure 8.15 . a ) Parsimony character trace for reflexes. 60 59 CLT CLT 54 66 ITL ITL 34 GRM 100 43 45 GRM 69 82 BA - SL BA - SL 52 IN - IR IN - IR Frequency 201 40 ALB 40 100 ARM GRK TCH ANT Frequency 50 37 ALB ...
... shown in the upper left . Figure 8.15 . a ) Parsimony character trace for reflexes. 60 59 CLT CLT 54 66 ITL ITL 34 GRM 100 43 45 GRM 69 82 BA - SL BA - SL 52 IN - IR IN - IR Frequency 201 40 ALB 40 100 ARM GRK TCH ANT Frequency 50 37 ALB ...
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... shown in the inset for Celtic . In the Australian data , however , the phyloge- netic signal is much weaker . If only a subset of data is included , involving those lists with more than 70 items each , and one list only from each region ...
... shown in the inset for Celtic . In the Australian data , however , the phyloge- netic signal is much weaker . If only a subset of data is included , involving those lists with more than 70 items each , and one list only from each region ...
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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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