Phylogenetic Models of Language Diversification

Language diversi cation is a stochastic process which presents similarities with phylogenetic evolution. Recently, there has been interest in modelling this process to help solve problems which traditional linguistic methods cannot resolve. The problem of estimating and quantifying the uncertainty i...

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Main Author: Ryder, Robin
Language:FRE
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00661866
http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/66/18/66/PDF/DPhil.pdf