Reconstruction and analysis of phylogenetic network on Tibeto-Burman languages in China
中国藏缅语演化网络重建与分析
Tianjun Gao 高天俊
Abstract 摘要
In order to test and analyze the model of phylogenetic network of Tibeto-Burman languages, this study tried to reconstruct the phylogenetic network of Tibeto-Burman languages using the NeighborNet method. The materials in use were the 100 core cognates of 51 Tibeto-Burman languages. The network graphs showed that the evolutionary model of these languages is mainly tree-like, which shows that splitting is still the dominant mechanism of evolution and the horizontal transmission plays a significant role in the history as well. Language contact can spread deeply into the core vocabulary of other languages and may even impact the phylogenetic position of related languages.
Subject Keywords 主题词
Tibeto-Burman Languages 藏缅语 Phylogenetic Network 演化网 NeighborNet
Journal of Chinese Linguistics vol.48, no.1 (January 2020): 257-293
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