The new arboretum of Indo-European ";trees". Can new algorithms reveal the phylogeny and even prehistory of Indo-European?

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 167-214

  Holm, Hans J ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

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EID: 51249142181     PISSN: 09296174     EISSN: 17445035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09296170701378916     Document Type: Article

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