Phylogenetic models of language change: three new questions
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Gray, Russell D; Greenhill, Simon J; Atkinson, Quentin D
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Computational methods derived from evolutionary biology are increasingly being applied to the study of cultural evolution. This is particularly the case in studies of language evolution, where phylogenetic methods have recently been used to test hypotheses about divergence dates, rates of lexical change, borrowing, and putative language universals. This chapter outlines three new and related questions that could be productively tackled with computational phylogenetic methods: What drives...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Gray, Russell D | |
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dc.contributor.author | Greenhill, Simon J | |
dc.contributor.author | Atkinson, Quentin D | |
dc.contributor.editor | Peter J. Richerson | |
dc.contributor.editor | Morten H. Christiansen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-04-07T02:21:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-04-07T02:21:18Z | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gra, R.D., Greenhill, S.J. & Atkinson, Q.D. (2013). Phylogenetic models of language change: three new questions. In P. J. Richerson & M. H. Christiansen (Eds.), Cultural Evolution: Society, Technology, Language, and Religion. Cambridge: MIT Press. | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-0-262-01975-0 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/11537 | |
dc.description.abstract | Computational methods derived from evolutionary biology are increasingly being applied to the study of cultural evolution. This is particularly the case in studies of language evolution, where phylogenetic methods have recently been used to test hypotheses about divergence dates, rates of lexical change, borrowing, and putative language universals. This chapter outlines three new and related questions that could be productively tackled with computational phylogenetic methods: What drives language diversifi cation? What drives differences in the rate of linguistic change (disparity)? Can we identify cultural and linguistic homelands? | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Copyright Information: MIT Press | |
dc.format | 16 pages | |
dc.publisher | MIT Press | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Cultural Evolution: Society, Technology, Language, and Religion | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 1st Edition | |
dc.rights | © MIT Press | |
dc.source.uri | https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cultural-evolution | |
dc.subject | phylogenetic | |
dc.subject | language | |
dc.subject | models | |
dc.title | Phylogenetic models of language change: three new questions | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 060311 - Speciation and Extinction | |
local.identifier.absfor | 200320 - Pacific Languages | |
local.identifier.absfor | 060309 - Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u5232172xPUB2 | |
local.publisher.url | https://mitpress.mit.edu/ | |
local.type.status | Published version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Greenhill, Simon J, School of Culture, History and Language, The Australian National University | |
dc.relation | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/de12010195 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 285 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 300 | |
local.identifier.doi | .7551/mitpress/9780262019750.003.0015 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 950599 - Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.absseo | 970120 - Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-12-06T07:23:18Z | |
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublication | Cambridge, MA and London | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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