Prefixation Ability Index (PAI) as a powerful typological tool of historical linguistics
At present there are many odd hypotheses about the genetic affiliation of certain languages. Most such hypotheses are invented without any serious examination of the structural differences between the languages being compared. The PAI method was inspired by ideas of A. P. Volodin, who noticed that t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2015-06-01
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Series: | Lingua Posnaniensis |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/linpo-2015-0001 |