Lexicostatistics And Glottochronology

April Mary McMahon, Robert McMahon

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Abstract

This article provides a definition and history of Lexicostatistics and glottochronology in Linguistic research. These are connected methods which use vocabulary to make historical inferences about relationships between languages.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics
PublisherWiley
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)978-140519843-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 05 Nov 2012

Keywords

  • language variation and change
  • linguistic anthropology
  • methods
  • computational methods and data processing
  • vocabulary

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