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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... observed words . Figure 6.1a shows how the number of words observed at a location increases as we resample more manuscripts from our artificial text tradition ( Spencer et al . 2004a ) . For some locations , the same word oc- curred in ...
... observed words . Figure 6.1a shows how the number of words observed at a location increases as we resample more manuscripts from our artificial text tradition ( Spencer et al . 2004a ) . For some locations , the same word oc- curred in ...
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... observed ( so that if all of our taxa are contemporary , then all leaves will have the same time ) . For an interior node , the time is the date at which the corresponding divergence of lineages occurred . There is a significant amount ...
... observed ( so that if all of our taxa are contemporary , then all leaves will have the same time ) . For an interior node , the time is the date at which the corresponding divergence of lineages occurred . There is a significant amount ...
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... observed languages . The word in cognate class 1 in the leftmost language is lost . Cognate class 3 would not be represented in the data as it is present in just one observed language . subtree of the language - set tree . A simple ...
... observed languages . The word in cognate class 1 in the leftmost language is lost . Cognate class 3 would not be represented in the data as it is present in just one observed language . subtree of the language - set tree . A simple ...
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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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