Lexicostatistics And Glottochronology

April Mary McMahon; Robert McMahon

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Lexicostatistics And Glottochronology

April Mary McMahon, Robert McMahon

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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 language	English
Title of host publication	The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics
Publisher	Wiley
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-140519843-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0701
Publication status	Published - 05 Nov 2012

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

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