Language polygenesis: A probabilistic model

Anthropological Science

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-138

  Freedman, David A ^a   Wang, William S Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Historical linguistics; Language emergence; Monogenesis; Polygenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030506981     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.104.131     Document Type: Article

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