Chapter Black box approaches to genealogical classification and their shortcomings

• Kaituhi matua: Prokić, Jelena (auth)
• Ētahi atu kaituhi: Moran, Steven (auth), Saxena, Anju (Editor), Borin, Lars (Editor)
• Hōputu: Tāhiko Wāhanga pukapuka
• Reo: Ingarihi
• I whakaputaina: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2013
• Ngā marau: linguistics; linguistic differences
• Urunga tuihono: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

In the past 20 years, the application of quantitative methods in historical linguistics has received a lot of attention. Traditional historical linguistics relies on the comparative method in order to determine the genealogical related-ness of languages. More recent quantitative approaches attempt t...