Language classification by numbers
Auteur :
McMahon, April / McMahon, Robert
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199279029
Date de publication :
24 nov. 2005
Dimensions :
24,6 x 17,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
468 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Considers how languages have traditionally been divided into families, and asks how they should be classified. This book tests theories and hypotheses, shows how new ideas can be formulated, and offers a series of demonstrations that the new techniques applied to old data can produce convincing results.