New theories and practices in the genealogical classification of languages Cover Image

Noi teorii şi practici în clasificarea genealogică a limbilor lumii
New theories and practices in the genealogical classification of languages

Author(s): Dorel FÎNARU
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: languages of the world; genetic linguistics; mitochondrial DNA; the origins of language; Nostratic macrofamily;

Summary/Abstract: Our study attempts to summarize the last fifty years of theories and trends regarding the genealogical classification of world languages in a few language macro-families. These new classifications have in view the correlation of linguistics data analysis with the new findings pertaining to areas such as archeology, paleoanthropology and to genetics in particular (the mitochondrial DNA).

  • Issue Year: XXV/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 133-142
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian