Modelling linguistic taxonomic dynamics

Transactions of the Philological Society

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-147

  Wichmann, Søren ^a,b   Stauer, Dietrich ^c   Lima, F Wellington S ^d   Schulze, Christian ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

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EID: 51249151768     PISSN: 00791636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-968X.2007.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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