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Language Divergence

Language Divergence is a historical linguistic process whereby a single ancestral language gradually splits into distinct daughter languages due to accumulated phonological, lexical, and grammatical changes occurring in geographically or socially separated speech communities.

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978

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414

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2017–2026

99

Variants

Linguistic Divergence

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516

Language-tree divergence times support the Anatolian theory of Indo-European origin

Russell D. Gray, Quentin D. Atkinson · Nature · 2003 · 1.1K citations

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Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language

Dunbar, Michael Fisher · 1998 · 800 citations

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From hand to mouth: the origins of language

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 781 citations

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<b>Dimensions of register variation:</b> A cross-linguistic comparison. By Douglas Biber. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xvi, 428.

Thomas E. Nunnally · Language · 1999 · 721 citations

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Neocortex Size, Group Size, and the Evolution of Language

Leslie C. Aiello, Robin Dunbar · Current Anthropology · 1993 · 603 citations

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Authors

978

  1. RD
    Russell D. Gray

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    18 publications · 3.6K citations

    17

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  2. SJ
    Simon J. Greenhill

    Australian National University, Australia

    16 publications · 2.2K citations

    15

    h-index

  3. SW
    Søren Wichmann

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    10 publications · 469 citations

    10

    h-index

  4. DD
    Dan Dediu

    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

    9 publications · 1K citations

    9

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  5. QD
    Quentin D. Atkinson

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    9 publications · 3.2K citations

    9

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Institutions

414

  1. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    21 h-index

    50 publications

    8.2K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    20 h-index

    86 publications

    7.2K citations

  3. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    20 h-index

    62 publications

    6.1K citations

  4. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    18 h-index

    34 publications

    8.7K citations

  5. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    18 h-index

    32 publications

    5K citations

  6. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    18 h-index

    25 publications

    2.6K citations

  7. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    30 publications

    2K citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

    Jena, Germany

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    2.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    24 publications · 2.1K citations

    18

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 10 publications · 1.6K citations

    10

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  3. Lingua

    10 publications · 705 citations

    10

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  4. Language Sciences

    10 publications · 273 citations

    10

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  5. PLoS ONE

    9 publications · 909 citations

    9

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