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Language classification by numbers / April McMahon and Robert McMahon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McMahon, April M. S., author.
- McMahon, Robert, 1964- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Classification.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 265 p. : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- This book considers how languages have traditionally been divided into families, and asks how they should be classified in the future. It tests current theories and hypotheses, shows how new ideas can be formulated, and offers a series of demonstrations that the new techniques applied to old data can produce convincing results.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-253) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-04238-1
- 1-4294-7088-7
- 9786610758494
- 1-280-75849-X
- 0-19-153536-2
- OCLC:
- 437108591
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