Positing Language Relationships Using ALINE

Language Dynamics and Change

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 128-162

  Huff, Paul ^a   Lonsdale, Deryle ^b  

^a Ning Inc   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ALINE; ASJP; automatic language classification; language phylogenies

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955215641     PISSN: 22105824     EISSN: 22105832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/221058211X577964     Document Type: Article

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