藏缅语族语言的数理分类及其分析  

A Numerical Analysis and Classification of Tibeto-Burman Languages in China

作　　者：邓晓华[1] 王士元[2] 

机构地区：[1]厦门大学人类学博物馆,厦门361005 [2]香港城市大学电子工程学系

出　　处：《民族语文》2003年第4期8-18,共11页Minority Languages of China

摘　　要：本文运用词源统计分析法,对中国境内的藏缅语族语言作出数理分类以及亲缘关系程度的描述,并通过树枝长短来表示距离关系。显示藏缅语族语言的类簇和分级层次,分析其形成过程。Traditional studies of the grouping of Tibetan-Burman languages have focused only on analysis of the differences among languages. Few works have investigated the genetic distances between languages quantitatively. The research reported in this paper adopts the Lexicostatistics approach to give a numerical analysis of the genetic relationships among the Tibeto-Burman languages within China. The genetic distances between languages are indicated by the branch lengths of the constructed trees, which show the clustering of the languages and their separation. Also, the time depths of the languages in the family are estimated and a hypothesized process of the formation of the language family given.

关 键 词：藏缅语族 亲缘关系 语音 语法范畴 词汇 同源词 

分 类 号：H4[语言文字]