Linguistic Subgrouping and Lexicostatistics

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1.REVIEW OF OTTO CH. DAHL, MALGACHE ET MAANJAN: UNE COMPARAISON LINGUISTIQUE -- 2.LANGUAGE DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATION THEORY -- 3.LEXICOSTATISTICS SO FAR -- 4.THE LEXICOSTATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE MALAYOPOLYNESIAN LANGUAGES -- 5.HIGH-SPEED COMPUTATION OF LEXICOSTATISTICAL INDICES -- 6.THE LEXICOSTATISTICALLY DETERMINED RELATIONSHIP OF A LANGUAGE GROUP -- 7.LEXICOSTATISTICALLY DETERMINED BORROWING AND TABOO -- 8.ON THE VALIDITY OF COMPARATIVE LEXICOSTATISTICS -- 9.LEXICOSTATISTICS IN COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS -- 10.AUSTRONESIAN LEXICOSTATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION -- 11.LANGUAGE DIVERGENCE AND ESTIMATED WORD RETENTION RATE -- 12.MARANAO AND TAGALIC: QUALITATIVE CONFIRMATION OF A SUBGROUPING HYPOTHESIS -- 13.THE RATE OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE -- APPENDIX - THE SWADESH 200-WQRD BASIC VOCABULARY LIST -- INDEX -- Backmatter