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Age-area hypothesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Age-area hypothesis is a concept in cultural anthropology that cultural traits tend to expand outward from their origin with time. Thus, the larger an area that a trait is found in, the older it...
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Qs: One-verb objects, Book, IRC pragmatics, Age-area hypothesis ... Could anyone provide me with references on the 'age-area hypothesis' which uses patterns of language distribution in determining language relationships? Explanations in the standard manuals of historical linguistics are confused and confusing.
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). The hypothesis suggests that cultural traits can be dated in relation to their spatial diffusion from a center point or origin. It implies that diffusion occurs at a known speed. ... agency - agency-structure debate [next] [back] age - age grades, age sets, ageism...
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A recognition of the fact that there are many effective influences other than age which decide what a plant's range shall be is not the only difficulty which the 'age and area' hypothesis must meet, for a strict application of it leads to conclusions which are not easy to defend.
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the age-area hypothesis is now dis- credited, but cite only two minor discus- ... The age-area hypothesis can only validly be applied if it is known from ...
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sure that the age and area hypothesis is a valuable tool of the social scientist which can be trusted. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. INDIANA UNIVERSITY ...
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SAO/NASA ADS General Science Abstract Service ... As I have shown in the Introduction to my recent book upon ``Age and Area, '' both Lyell and Hooker had conceived the ideas which I have elaborated. ... Title:; The Age and Area Hypothesis...
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A Biography of the Anthropologist Clark David Wissler ... Wissler also came up with the age-area hypothesis that is a theory that the age of cultural traits may be determined by examining the distribution of these traits throughout the larger area where these traits are present.
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Secondly, and more importantly, Ruhlen appeals to Sapir's Age-Area hypothesis to the effect that the area of greatest diversity in a family is likely to point to the original homeland of the family.
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abduction ablaut accusative languages acronym actuation adaption adoption affixation; Afro-Asiatic family; Age-area Hypothesis agglutinating languages; Altaic family amelioration;
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