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Language Divergence and Estimated Word Retention Rate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

Isidore Dyen ,
A. T. James  and
J. W. L. Cole
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Abstract

Preliminary estimates of language divergence and word retention have been obtained by means of a log log transform from data consisting of the determinations of cognations in the lexicostatistical lists of Austronesian languages. Corrections have been obtained to the preliminary estimates by a maximum likelihood estimation method which assigns appropriate scores to represent the weight of evidence contributed by each determination of cognation.

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Language , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , March 1967 , pp. 150 - 171
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Copyright © 1967 by Linguistic Society of America

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