Descriptor
Data Interpretation | 1 |
Genetics | 1 |
Language Patterns | 1 |
Language Research | 1 |
Linguistic Borrowing | 1 |
Linguistics | 1 |
Morphology (Languages) | 1 |
Pronouns | 1 |
Research Methodology | 1 |
Source
Language | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 1 |
Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Nichols, Johanna; Peterson, David A. – Language, 1998
Responds to a commentary on a 1996 paper that surveyed pronominal systems with first person n and second person m and showed that the n:m system is insufficient to prove genetic relatedness among languages exhibiting it, suggesting that the commentary was based on misunderstandings. The response addresses the commentary's discussion of study…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Genetics, Language Patterns, Language Research