Language Polygenesis: A Probabilistic Model.

• FREEDMAN DAVID A.

  Department of Statistics, University of California

• WANG WILLIAM S-Y.

  Project on Linguistic Analysis, 2222 Piedmont Avenue, University of California Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Language Polygenesis A Probabilistic Mo

Abstract

Monogenesis of language is widely accepted, but the conventional argument seems to be mistaken; a simple probabilistic model shows that polygenesis is likely. Other prehistoric inventions are discussed, as are problems in tracing linguistic lineages.

Journal

• Anthropological Science

  Anthropological Science 104 (2), 131-137, 1996

  The Anthropological Society of Nippon

Keywords

• monogenesis
• polygenesis
• language emergence
• historical linguistics

Details

• CRID: 1390001204310343808
• NII Article ID: 10002617503
• NII Book ID: AA10915022
• DOI: 10.1537/ase.104.131
• ISSN: 13488570
• ISSN: 09187960
• NDL BIB ID: 4005733
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I4005733
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ase1993/104/2/104_2_131/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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