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Language Classification by Numbers (Hardcover, New)
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Language Classification by Numbers (Hardcover, New)
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This book considers how languages have traditionally been divided
into families, and asks how they should classified in the future.
It describes and applies computer programs from biology and
evolutionary genetics to data about languages and shows how the
power of the computer can be harnessed to throw light on
long-standing problems in historical linguistics. 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 that are sometimes
startlingly at odds with accepted wisdom. April and Robert McMahon
combine the expertise and perspectives of an historical linguist
and a geneticist. They analyse the links between linguistic and
population genetics, and consider how far language can be used to
discover and understand the histories and interrelations of human
populations. They explore the origins and formation of the
Indo-European languages and examine less well studied languages in
South America. Their book will be of great practical importance to
students and researchers in historical and comparative linguistics
and will interest all those concerned with the classification and
diffusion of languages in fields such as archaeology, genetics, and
anthropology. Its approachable style will appeal to general readers
seeking to know more about the relationship between linguistic and
human history.
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