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The Significance of Word Lists: Statistical Tests for Investigating Historical Connections Between Languages (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes)
The Significance of Word Lists Statistical Tests for Investigating Historical Connections Between Languages - Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes
Author: Brett Kessler
Similar words for similar concepts turn up in many widely scattered languages. Some linguists insist that this is simply due to chance while others claim that many if not all of the world's languages descended from a single prehistoric language. Yet neither position in this strident controversy has been analyzed or supported with statistics. New...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781575862996
ISBN-10: 1575862999
Publication Date: 1/1/2001
Pages: 287
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Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Book Type: Hardcover
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