Lexicostatistics, Glottochronology
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This article surveys various long-standing ambiguities and confusions that continue to dog lexicostatistics and glottochronology. I aim to offer some novel perspectives and clarifications, which also help map out how we might devise new,... more
La Lista Swadesh de voces vascas estables resistente a la donación lingüística y lo que revela su comparación con las restantes familias de lenguas del mundo. Aún hallamos en los libros de textos universitarios y en las enciclopedias más... more
Книга представляет собой первый том масштабного исследования по созданию новой рабочей модели генетической классификации языков и языковых семей африканского континента, которая могла бы представить серьезную альтернативу для т. н.... more
Through comparison of Swadesh-200 word list cognates and the employment of lexicostatistics, accompanied by detailed cognate sound changes, the branching of some Uralic languages have been statistically determined. Assuming linear... more
Swadesh list, revisited. Leipzig-Jakarta list. We offer a list of 100 words best kept across many linguistic families. We propose that the reconstruction of further linguistic families should begin with these words, who form the core of... more
The planned and currently ongoing research by the author at the Stockholm University related to modern and ancient Finnish language history as well as Uralic and comparative linguistics - focusing on lexicon, sound changes, dating,... more
The text of my paper on Siraji and Rambani dialects, read on ICOSAL-10 (10th International Conference of South Asian Languages and Literartures, Moscow, July 2012)
Genetic relations among Indo-Aryan languages are still unclear. Existing classifications are often intuitive and do not rest upon rigorous criteria. In the present article an attempt is made to create a classification of New Indo-Aryan... more
This paper investigates the genetic affiliation of the Yana language of northern California, which sadly went extinct over a century ago. Edward Sapir’s documentation and analysis of Yana allow one to research its linguistic structure,... more
Este trabajo se publicó en dos lugares distintos por un error de comunicación con los organizadores, del que no se debe hacer responsable a nadie o, en todo caso, al autor. El punto de partida del error fue una confusión de archivos, lo... more