Language classification by numbers [[electronic resource] /] / April McMahon and Robert McMahon

• Autore: McMahon April M. S
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 401/.2
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: McMahonRobert <1964->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-253) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 as comparative linguistics,. archaeology, genetics, and anthropology. - ;This book considers how languages have traditionally been divided int
• Titolo autorizzato: Language classification by numbers
• ISBN: 1-280-75849-X; 9786610758494; 0-19-153536-2; 1-4294-7088-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451380703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford linguistics.