Automated word stability and language phylogeny

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-62

  Petroni, Filippo ^a   Serva, Maurizio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

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EID: 79952257964     PISSN: 09296174     EISSN: 17445035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09296174.2011.533589     Document Type: Article

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