Paul Heggarty

List of John Benjamins publications in which Paul Heggarty is involved.

Articles

Heggarty, Paul 2012 Beyond lexicostatistics: How to get more out of ‘word list’ comparisons Quantitative Approaches to Linguistic Diversity: Commemorating the centenary of the birth of Morris Swadesh, Wichmann, Søren and Anthony P. Grant (eds.), pp. 113–137 | Article

This article surveys various long-standing ambiguities and confusions that continue to dog lexicostatistics and glottochronology. I aim to offer some novel perspectives and clarifications, which also help map out how we might devise new, alternative methods to build upon the good in Swadesh’s… read more

Heggarty, Paul 2010 Beyond lexicostatistics: How to get more out of ‘word list’ comparisons Quantitative Approaches to Linguistic Diversity: Commemorating the centenary of the birth of Morris Swadesh, Wichmann, Søren and Anthony P. Grant (eds.), pp. 301–324 | Article

This article surveys various long-standing ambiguities and confusions that continue to dog lexicostatistics and glottochronology. I aim to offer some novel perspectives and clarifications, which also help map out how we might devise new, alternative methods to build upon the good in Swadesh’s… read more