Language Classification by Numbers - April Mcmahon,Robert Mcmahon
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This book considers how languages have traditionally been divided into families, and asks how they should be classified in the future. It tests current theories and hypotheses, shows how new ideas can be formulated, and offers a series of demonstrations that the new techniques applied to old data can produce convincing results. It will be of great practical interest to all those concerned with the classific ... Full description
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This book considers how languages have traditionally been divided into families, and asks how they should be classified in the future. It tests current theories and hypotheses, shows how new ideas can be formulated, and offers a series of demonstrations that the new techniques applied to old data can produce convincing results. It will be of great practical interest to all those concerned with the classification and diffusion of languages in fields such ascomparative linguistics, archaeology, genetics, and anthropology.
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| Author | April Mcmahon, Robert Mcmahon |
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| Publisher | OUP Oxford |
| Release year | 2006 |
| Cover type | Softcover |
| EAN | 9780199279029 |