A phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of austronesian sibling terminologies

Human Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-321

  Jordan, Fiona M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Austronesian; Cultural evolution; Kin terms; Language; Phylogenetic comparative method

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051493405     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.083.0209     Document Type: Article

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