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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 ca...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Oxford linguistics.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429470889 1429470887 9780191535369 0191535362 128075849X 9781280758492 9786610758494 6610758492 |