02801nam 2200613 a 450 991045138070332120200520144314.01-280-75849-X97866107584940-19-153536-21-4294-7088-7(CKB)1000000000473560(EBL)422456(OCoLC)437108591(SSID)ssj0000188931(PQKBManifestationID)11178366(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000188931(PQKBWorkID)10156169(PQKB)11202122(MiAaPQ)EBC422456(Au-PeEL)EBL422456(CaPaEBR)ebr10271702(CaONFJC)MIL75849(EXLCZ)99100000000047356020050627d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLanguage classification by numbers[electronic resource] /April McMahon and Robert McMahonOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (284 p.)Oxford linguisticsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-927902-0 0-19-927901-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-253) and index.Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 How do Linguists Classify Languages?; 2 Lexicostatistics; 3 Tree-based Quantitative Approaches: Computational Cladistics; 4 Tree-based Quantitative Approaches: Sublists; 5 Correlations Between Genetic and Linguistic Data; 6 Climbing Down from the Trees: Network Models; 7 Dating; 8 Quantitative Methods Beyond the Lexicon; References; IndexThis 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 as comparative linguistics,. archaeology, genetics, and anthropology. - ;This book considers how languages have traditionally been divided intOxford linguistics.Language and languagesClassificationElectronic books.Language and languages401/.2McMahon April M. S930323McMahon Robert1964-978395MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451380703321Language classification by numbers2229676UNINA