Historical Linguistics and Phylogenetic Reconstruction
FAIN: RO-21180-86
University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI 53715-1218)
Elliott Sober (Project Director: March 1985 to October 1990)
To support a study of methods used in modern biology to reconstruct historical relationships among species, for the purpose of seeing how these methods are applicable to reconstructing historical relationships among languages (historical linguistics).