Work

Aslian linguistic prehistory

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: This paper analyzes newly collected lexical data from 26 languages of the Aslian subgroup of the Austroasiatic language family using computational phylogenetic methods. We show the most likely topology of the Aslian family tree, discuss rooting and external relationships to other Austroasiatic languages, and investigate differences in the rates of diversification of different branches. Evidence is given supporting the classification of Jah Hut as a fourth top level subgroup of the family. The phylogenetic positions of known geographic and linguistic outlier languages are clarified, and the relationships of the little studied Aslian languages of Southern Thailand to the rest of the family are explored.

Source: Diachronica

DOI: 10.1075/dia.28.3.01dun

Authors: Michael Dunn, Niclas Burenhult, Nicole Kruspe, Sylvia Tufvesson, Neele Becker

Institutions: Radboud University Nijmegen, Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Lund University, The University of Melbourne, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Language: English

Topic: Linguistics and language evolution

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: La Trobe University, Volkswagen Foundation, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Vetenskapsrådet, Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Max Planck Instituut voor Psycholinguïstiek

OpenAlex ID: W2008895818

FWCI: 23.68

Cites: 25

Cited by: 22

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