Phylogenetic Methods and the Prehistory of Languages

양장본 Hardcover

Forster, Peter , Renfrew, Colin 저자(글)

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Researc · 2006년 02월 01일

책 소개

Evolutionary ('phylogenetic') trees were first used to infer lost histories nearly two centuries ago by manuscript scholars reconstructing original texts. Today, computer methods are enabling phylogenetic trees to transform genetics, historical linguistics and even the archaeological study of artefact shapes and styles.

작가정보

저자(글) Forster, Peter

저자(글) Renfrew, Colin

Colin Renfrew (Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn) was formerly Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in the University of Cambridge, and Master of Jesus College Cambridge from 1986 to 1997. He has excavated at a number of sites in prehistoric Greece and in the Orkney Islands, and is the author of many publications, including Prehistory: the making of the human mind (2008). He is Fellow of the British Academy, Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, and was the recipient of the Balzan Prize in 2004.

목차

• Contributors	p. v
  Figures	p. ix
  Tables	p. x
  Introduction	p. 1
  Classification
  Malagasy Language as a Guide to Understanding Malagasy History	p. 11
  Rapid Radiation, Borrowing and Dialect Continua in the Bantu Languages	p. 19
  Multilateral Comparison and Significance Testing of the Indo-Uralic Question	p. 33
  Bantu Classification, Bantu Trees and Phylogenetic Methods	p. 43
  Quasi-cognates and Lexical Type Shifts: Rigorous Distance Measures for Long-range Comparison	p. 57
  Phylogenetic Analysis of Written Traditions	p. 67
  A Stochastic Model of Language Evolution that Incorporates Homoplasy and Borrowing	p. 75
  Chronology
  How Old is the Indo-European Language Family? Illumination or More Moths to the Flame?	p. 91
  Radiation and Network Breaking in Polynesian Linguistics	p. 111
  Inference of Divergence Times as a Statistical Inverse Problem	p. 119
  Evolution of English Basic Vocabulary within the Network of Germanic Languages	p. 131
  Convergence in the Formation of Indo-European Subgroups: Phylogeny and Chronology	p. 139
  Why Linguists Don't Do Dates: Evidence from Indo-European and Australian Languages	p. 153
  Quantifying Uncertainty in a Stochastic Model of Vocabulary Evolution	p. 161
  Estimating Rates of Lexical Replacement on Phylogenetic Trees of Languages	p. 173
  Interdisciplinary Indiscipline? Can Phylogenetic Methods Meaningfully be Applied to Language Data - and to Dating Language?	p. 183
  Glossary	p. 195
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기본정보

ISBN	9781902937335 ( 1902937333 )
발행(출시)일자	2006년 02월 01일
쪽수	198쪽
크기	219 * 281 * 18 mm / 1029 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어