Determinação da Taxa de Relaxação de Vocábulos em um Processo de Relaxação Exponencial nas Línguas Indígenas da Família Pano

Lincoln Almir Amarante Ribeiro

doi:10.5433/2237-4876.2004v7n2p205

Determination of the relaxation index of words in an exponential relaxation process in Indian languages of the Pano family

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Lincoln Almir Amarante Ribeiro Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-4876.2004v7n2p205

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Historical Linguistics, Lexicostatistics, Indian languages, Pano languages.

Abstract

In the present paper we study the evolution of the Pano language family vocabulary, using an exponential relaxation model with different ralaxation indexes for each word meaning compared with any random pair of languages, that is, we calculate the individual contribution of each meaning in the estimate of the separation time of the languages. We also discuss the connection of this procedure with Swadesh's glottochronological method (1950).

Author Biography

Lincoln Almir Amarante Ribeiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Graduou-se em Engenharia Civil pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1969), Concluiu o Mestrado em Física pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1973) e o Doutorado em Física pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1979).

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2004-12-15

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RIBEIRO, Lincoln Almir Amarante. Determination of the relaxation index of words in an exponential relaxation process in Indian languages of the Pano family. Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, [S. l.], v. 7, n. 2, p. 205–224, 2004. DOI: 10.5433/2237-4876.2004v7n2p205. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/3990. Acesso em: 5 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2004): Volume Atemático

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