Finn Borchsenius

List of John Benjamins publications for which Finn Borchsenius plays a role.

Title

Creole Studies – Phylogenetic Approaches

Edited by Peter Bakker, Finn Borchsenius, Carsten Levisen and Eeva M. Sippola

[Not in series, 211] 2017. x, 414 pp.
Subjects Contact Linguistics | Creole studies | Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

Articles

Bakker, Peter, Eeva M. Sippola and Finn Borchsenius 2017 Chapter 4. Methods: On the use of networks in the study of language contactCreole Studies – Phylogenetic Approaches, Bakker, Peter, Finn Borchsenius, Carsten Levisen and Eeva M. Sippola (eds.), pp. 59–78 | Chapter
This chapter provides an overview of the phylogenetic models used in this book. In the introduction, we present the aims and limitations of the chapter and clarify some basic concepts. After presenting the steps of linguistic phylogenetic analyses, we proceed to explain the different data types… read more
Borchsenius, Finn, Aymeric Daval-Markussen and Peter Bakker 2017 Chapter 3. Phylogenetics in biology and linguisticsCreole Studies – Phylogenetic Approaches, Bakker, Peter, Finn Borchsenius, Carsten Levisen and Eeva M. Sippola (eds.), pp. 35–58 | Chapter
The main goal of this chapter is to introduce the reader to the parallels and commonalities that exist between the fields of biology and linguistics. Researchers from both fields faced similar problems when seeking to account for the descent and diversification of related entities (species,… read more