Computational phylogenetics and the internal structure of Pama-Nyungan

Language

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 817-845

  Bowern, Claire ^a   Atkinson, Quentin ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australian languages; Comparative method; Family tree; Historical linguistics; Language contact; Pama nyungan; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871597391     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: 15350665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2012.0081     Document Type: Article

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