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Computational phylogenetics and the classification of South American languages

Michael, Lev; Chousou‐Polydouri, Natalia (2019). Computational phylogenetics and the classification of South American languages. Language and Linguistics Compass, 13(12):e12358.

Abstract

In recent years, South Americanist linguists have embraced computational phylogenetic methods to resolve the numerous outstanding questions about the genealogical relationships among the languages of the continent. We provide a critical review of the methods and language classification results that have accumulated thus far, emphasizing the superiority of character‐based methods over distance‐based ones and the importance of developing adequate comparative datasets for producing well‐resolved classifications.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, further contribution
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Department of Comparative Language Science
Dewey Decimal Classification:490 Other languages
890 Other literatures
410 Linguistics
Scopus Subject Areas:Social Sciences & Humanities > Linguistics and Language
Language:English
Date:2019
Deposited On:12 Jan 2021 13:58
Last Modified:24 Oct 2024 01:39
Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ISSN:1749-818X
OA Status:Green
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.12358
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