Swadesh, Morris
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22368779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Stanlaw (0000-0002-1185-4197, Illinois State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118786093.iela0376 |
| OpenAlex | W4237781430 |
| ISBN | 9781118786093 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Morris Swadesh (1909–1967) was an influential mid‐twentieth‐century Americanist and linguist, who specialized in language origins and comparative relationships. He is noted for proposing the tool of glottochronology, using lexical statistics to attempt to determine how closely two languages might be related by examining lists of supposedly cross‐culturally universal terms
Linguistics · Natural language processing · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Computer Science · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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