{"title":"The dialect chain tree","authors":"Erik Elgh, Harald Hammarström","doi":"10.1075/dia.23014.elg","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A perennial conflict in historical linguistics centers around the theoretical and practical virtues of tree-like\n divergence and wave-like diffusion. This paper presents the Dialect Chain Tree, an extension of the tree model that incorporates\n both tree-like descent and disintegration of dialect chains in a systematic fashion. As such, it provides a formalization and\n sharpening of Ross’ (1997: 212–228) linkage concept that allows integration into\n quantitative approaches.","PeriodicalId":0,"journal":{"name":"","volume":"5 1‐2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.23014.elg","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A perennial conflict in historical linguistics centers around the theoretical and practical virtues of tree-like
divergence and wave-like diffusion. This paper presents the Dialect Chain Tree, an extension of the tree model that incorporates
both tree-like descent and disintegration of dialect chains in a systematic fashion. As such, it provides a formalization and
sharpening of Ross’ (1997: 212–228) linkage concept that allows integration into
quantitative approaches.