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How are relationships established between the world's languages? This is one of the most topical and most controversial questions in contemporary linguistics. The central aims of this book are to answer this question, to cut through the controversies, and to contribute to research in distant genetic relationships. In doing this the authors aim to: (1) show how the methods have been employed; (2) reveal which methods, techniques, and strategies have proven successful and which ones have proven ineffective; (3) determine how particular language families were established; (4) evaluate several of the most prominent and more controversial proposals of distant genetic relationship (such as Amerind, Nostratic, Eurasiatic, Proto-World, and others); and (5) make recommendations for practice in future research. This book will contribute significantly to understanding language classification in general.
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About the Authors
Lyle Campbell is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Utah.
William J. Poser is Adjunct Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of British Columbia.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 052188005X
- ISBN 13 9780521880053
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages548
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