Phylogenetic signal and rate of evolutionary change in language structures

Within linguistics, there is an ongoing debate about whether some language structures remain stable over time, which structures these are and whether they can be used to uncover the relationships between languages. However, there is no consensus on the definition of the term ‘stability’. I define ‘s...

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Main Author: Nataliia Hübler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2022-03-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.211252