A phylogenetic analysis of stable structural features in West African languages

Lexical comparison has long dominated the study of West African language history. Ap-proaching the subject from a different perspective, this paper compares a sample of West African languages based on a selection of typological features proposed to be temporally stable and hence possible markers of...

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Autores principales:	Kristoffer Friis Bøegh, Aymeric Daval-Markussen, Peter Bakker
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2016
Materias:	typology historical linguistics West African languages Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:05eebcf25ba342ee8da7e891b54d51d02021-11-19T03:52:14ZA phylogenetic analysis of stable structural features in West African languages10.32473/sal.v45i1.1072550039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/05eebcf25ba342ee8da7e891b54d51d02016-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107255https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XLexical comparison has long dominated the study of West African language history. Ap-proaching the subject from a different perspective, this paper compares a sample of West African languages based on a selection of typological features proposed to be temporally stable and hence possible markers of historical connections between languages. We utilize phylogenetic networks to visualize and compare typological distances in the language sample, in order to assess the extent to which the distributional properties of the selected features reflect genealogy, areality, or no plausible historical signal. Languages tend to cluster in accordance with genealogical relationships identified in the literature, albeit with a number of inconsistencies argued to reflect contact influences and chance resemblances. Results support the contention that typology can provide information about historical links between West African languages.Kristoffer Friis BøeghAymeric Daval-MarkussenPeter BakkerLibraryPress@UFarticletypologyhistorical linguisticsWest African languagesPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 45, Iss 1 (2016)
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spellingShingle	typology historical linguistics West African languages Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Kristoffer Friis Bøegh Aymeric Daval-Markussen Peter Bakker A phylogenetic analysis of stable structural features in West African languages
description	Lexical comparison has long dominated the study of West African language history. Ap-proaching the subject from a different perspective, this paper compares a sample of West African languages based on a selection of typological features proposed to be temporally stable and hence possible markers of historical connections between languages. We utilize phylogenetic networks to visualize and compare typological distances in the language sample, in order to assess the extent to which the distributional properties of the selected features reflect genealogy, areality, or no plausible historical signal. Languages tend to cluster in accordance with genealogical relationships identified in the literature, albeit with a number of inconsistencies argued to reflect contact influences and chance resemblances. Results support the contention that typology can provide information about historical links between West African languages.
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author	Kristoffer Friis Bøegh Aymeric Daval-Markussen Peter Bakker
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title	A phylogenetic analysis of stable structural features in West African languages
title_short	A phylogenetic analysis of stable structural features in West African languages
title_full	A phylogenetic analysis of stable structural features in West African languages
title_fullStr	A phylogenetic analysis of stable structural features in West African languages
title_full_unstemmed	A phylogenetic analysis of stable structural features in West African languages
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A phylogenetic analysis of stable structural features in West African languages

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