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Polygenesis, convergence, and entropy : an alternative model of linguistic evolution applied to Semitic linguistics

Title
Polygenesis, convergence, and entropy : an alternative model of linguistic evolution applied to Semitic linguistics / Lutz Edzard.
Author
Edzard, Lutz.
Publication
Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 1998.

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Description
207 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Reconstruction (Linguistics)
  • Semitic languages > History
  • Afroasiatic languages > History
  • Language and languages > Classification
  • Convergence
  • Entropy (Information theory)
  • 18.70 Semitic languages and/or literature
  • Afroasiatic languages
  • Language and languages
  • Semitic languages
  • Modell
  • Semitische Sprachen
  • Sprachursprung
  • Semitische talen
  • Historische taalwetenschap
  • Taalverandering
  • Langues sémitiques > Grammaire comparée
  • Linguistique comparée
  • Semitische Sprachen
Genre/Form
  • Classification.
  • History.
Note
  • Rev. and enl. version of the author's thesis (University of California, Berkeley, 1992) originally presented under the title: Polygenesis and entropy.
  • Errata slip inserted.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-196) and indexes.
ISBN
  • 3447041021
  • 9783447041027
LCCN
99185103
OCLC
  • ocm40551709
  • 40551709
  • SCSB-538969
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library