2006, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Phylogenetic methods and the prehistory of languages / edited by Peter Forster & Colin Renfrew.

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Physical Description
  • x, 198, [1] folded p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Published
  • Cambridge, UK : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge ; Oxford, UK ; Oakville, CT, USA : Distributed by Orbow Books, c2006.
Language
  • English

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Title
  • Phylogenetic methods and the prehistory of languages /​ edited by Peter Forster &​ Colin Renfrew.
Other Authors
  • Forster, Peter, 1967-
  • Renfrew, Colin, 1937-
  • McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Published
  • Cambridge, UK : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge ; Oxford, UK ; Oakville, CT, USA : Distributed by Orbow Books, c2006.
Physical Description
  • x, 198, [1] folded p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
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Contents
  • Machine derived contents note: Contributors vii
  • Figures ix
  • Tables x
  • Introduction 1
  • COLIN RENFREW &​ PETER FORSTER
  • Part I Classification
  • Chapter 1 Malagasy Language as a Guide to Understanding Malagasy History 11
  • ROBERT E. DEWAR
  • Chapter 2 Rapid Radiation, Borrowing and Dialect Continua in the Bantu Languages 19
  • CLARE J. HOLDEN &​ RUSSELL D. GRAY
  • Chapter 3 Multilateral Comparison and Significance Testing of the Indo-Uralic Question 33
  • BRETT KESSLER &​ ANNUKKA LEHTONEN
  • Chapter 4 Bantu Classification, Bantu Trees and Phylogenetic Methods 43
  • LUTZ MARTEN
  • Chapter 5 Quasi-cognates and Lexical Type Shifts: Rigorous Distance Measures for
  • Long-range Comparison 57
  • JOHANNA NICHOLS
  • Chapter 6 Phylogenetic Analysis of Written Traditions 67
  • MATTHEW SPENCER, HEATHER F. WINDRAM, ADRIAN C. BARBROOK,
  • ELIZABETH A. DAVIDSON &​ CHRISTOPHER J. HOWE
  • Chapter 7 A Stochastic Model of Language Evolution that Incorporates Homoplasy and Borrowing 75
  • TANDY WARNOW, STEVEN N. EVANS, DONALD RINGE &​ LUAY NAKHLEH
  • Part II Chronology
  • Chapter 8 How Old is the Indo-European Language Family? Illumination or More Moths to the Flame? 91
  • QUENTIN D. ATKINSON &​ RUSSELL D. GRAY
  • Chapter 9 Radiation and Network Breaking in Polynesian Linguistics 111
  • DAVID BRYANT
  • Chapter 10 Inference of Divergence Times as a Statistical Inverse Problem 119
  • STEVEN N. EVANS, DONALD RINGE &​ TANDY WARNOW
  • Chapter 11 Evolution of English Basic Vocabulary within the Network of Germanic Languages 131
  • PETER FORSTER, TOBIAS POLZIN &​ ARNE R6HL
  • Chapter 12 Convergence in the Formation of Indo-European Subgroups: Phylogeny and Chronology 139
  • ANDREW GARRETT
  • Chapter 13 Why Linguists Don't Do Dates: Evidence from Indo-European and Australian Languages 153
  • APRIL MCMAHON &​ ROBERT MCMAHON
  • Chapter 14 Quantifying Uncertainty in a Stochastic Model of Vocabulary Evolution 161
  • GEOFF K. NICHOLLS &​ RUSSELL D. GRAY
  • Chapter 15 Estimating Rates of Lexical Replacement on Phylogenetic Trees of Languages 173
  • MARK PAGEL &​ ANDREW MEADE
  • Chapter 16 Interdisciplinary Indiscipline? Can Phylogenetic Methods Meaningfully be
  • Applied to Language Data - and to Dating Language? 183
  • PAUL HEGGARTY.
Notes
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language
  • English
ISBN
  • 9781902937335
  • 1902937333
Dewey Number
  • 401
Standard Number
  • 9781902937335
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