Quantifying language dynamics : : on the cutting edge of areal and phylogenetic linguistics / / edited by Søren Wichmann, Jeff Good.

• TeilnehmendeR: Wichmann, Soren,; Good, Jeff,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Front Matter /; Introduction /; Exploring Phonological Areality in the Circum-Andean Region Using a Naive Bayes Classifier /; Quantifying Geographical Determinants of Large-Scale Distributions of Linguistic Features /; Languages with More Second Language Learners Tend to Lose Nominal Case /; Using Phylogenetic Networks to Model Chinese Dialect History /; Phylogenetic Inference from Word Lists Using Weighted Alignment with Empirically Determined Weights /; Does Structural-Typological Similarity Affect Borrowability? /; Indexes /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004281525
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Søren Wichmann, Jeff Good.

Quantifying Language Dynamics: On the Cutting Edge of Areal and Phylogenetic Linguistics contains specially-selected papers introducing new, quantitative methodologies for understanding language interaction and evolution. It draws upon data from the phonologies, morphologies, numeral systems, constituent orders, case systems, and lexicons of the world’s languages, bringing large datasets and sophisticated statistical techniques to bear on fundamental questions such as: how to identify and account for areal distributions, when language contact leads to grammatical simplification, whether patterns of morphological borrowing can be predicted, how to deal with contact within phylogenetic models, and what new techniques are most effective for classification of the world’s languages. The book is relevant for students and scholars in general linguistics, typology, and historical and comparative linguistics.