The lexicostatistical base of Bennett & Sterks reclassification of Niger-Congo with particular reference to the cohesion of Bantu

In 1977, Bennett and Sterk published a reclassification of the Niger-Congo languages which has been highly influential. In this paper I try to discover their lexicostatistic method (section 1), then use their published data to do a conventional lexicostatistic subgrouping (section 2), and finally lo...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:18611d725f374aad8059332943856ac82021-11-19T03:55:15ZThe lexicostatistical base of Bennett & Sterks reclassification of Niger-Congo with particular reference to the cohesion of Bantu10.32473/sal.v17i1.1074970039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/18611d725f374aad8059332943856ac81986-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107497https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XIn 1977, Bennett and Sterk published a reclassification of the Niger-Congo languages which has been highly influential. In this paper I try to discover their lexicostatistic method (section 1), then use their published data to do a conventional lexicostatistic subgrouping (section 2), and finally look at their evidence for denying the genetic unity of Narrow Bantu (section 3).Thilo C. SchadebergLibraryPress@UFarticleNiger-CongoclassificationlexicostatisticsPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 17, Iss 1 (1986)
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language EN
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topic Niger-Congo
classification
lexicostatistics
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
spellingShingle Niger-Congo
classification
lexicostatistics
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Thilo C. Schadeberg
The lexicostatistical base of Bennett & Sterks reclassification of Niger-Congo with particular reference to the cohesion of Bantu
description In 1977, Bennett and Sterk published a reclassification of the Niger-Congo languages which has been highly influential. In this paper I try to discover their lexicostatistic method (section 1), then use their published data to do a conventional lexicostatistic subgrouping (section 2), and finally look at their evidence for denying the genetic unity of Narrow Bantu (section 3).
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title The lexicostatistical base of Bennett & Sterks reclassification of Niger-Congo with particular reference to the cohesion of Bantu
title_short The lexicostatistical base of Bennett & Sterks reclassification of Niger-Congo with particular reference to the cohesion of Bantu
title_full The lexicostatistical base of Bennett & Sterks reclassification of Niger-Congo with particular reference to the cohesion of Bantu
title_fullStr The lexicostatistical base of Bennett & Sterks reclassification of Niger-Congo with particular reference to the cohesion of Bantu
title_full_unstemmed The lexicostatistical base of Bennett & Sterks reclassification of Niger-Congo with particular reference to the cohesion of Bantu
title_sort lexicostatistical base of bennett & sterks reclassification of niger-congo with particular reference to the cohesion of bantu
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