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Lexical evolution rates by automated stability measure

open access: yes, 2009
Phylogenetic trees can be reconstructed from the matrix which contains the distances between all pairs of languages in a family. Recently, we proposed a new method which uses normalized Levenshtein distances among words with same meaning and averages on ...
Bakker D   +13 more
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The genetic history of the Southern Arc: A bridge between West Asia and Europe. [PDF]

open access: yesScience, 2022
Lazaridis I   +205 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Genomic perspectives on human dispersals during the Holocene. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023
Stoneking M   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ancient Anatolian languages and cultures in contact

open access: yes, 2018
This paper contains a review of the methodological and theoretical frameworks that have been developed to deal with the study of language contact and linguistic areas. In the second part, examples of the combined linguistic and cultural-historical approach to ancient contact areas for phenomena in reciprocal direction is proposed, with particular ...
COTTICELLI, PAOLA, GIUSFREDI, FEDERICO
openaire   +1 more source

Temporal Phylogenetic Networks and Logic Programming

open access: yes, 2005
The concept of a temporal phylogenetic network is a mathematical model of evolution of a family of natural languages. It takes into account the fact that languages can trade their characteristics with each other when linguistic communities are in contact,
Erdem, Esra   +2 more
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Arabic dialects in Turkey — towards a comparative typology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In a workshop devoted to Turkish dialects it is my pleasure to present a short survey of the dialectology of a language which is also spoken on the territory of Turkey and offers considerable dialect variation, namely ...
Jastrow, Otto
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An Etruscan solution to a Celtic problem

open access: yes, 2009
It is argued that what used to be called "P-Celtic" arose because Etruscans could not pronounce properly the Indo-European languages which they encountered in and around Italy. Etruscan influence can neatly explain not only the phenomenon of P-Celtic but
Counihan, Martin
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