On detecting borrowing: Distance-based and character-based approaches

Diachronica

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-288

  Minett, James W ^a   Wang, William S Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Cladistics; Comparative linguistics and reconstruction; Lexicostatistics; Loanwords

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989375635     PISSN: 01764225     EISSN: 15699714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/dia.20.2.04min     Document Type: Article

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