Merritt Ruhlen
2008
New perspectives on the origin of languages
Origin and Evolution of Languages Approaches, Models, Paradigms, 2008
2005
Taxonomy, typology, and historical linguistics
Language Acquisition, Change and Emergence: Essays in Evolutionary Linguistics, 2005
The past decade has witnessed a renewed interest in historical linguistics, as the various controversies surrounding Amerind, Nostratic, and even broader proposed taxa well attest. Yet this renewed interest seems to have revealed as much the current state of confusion ...
1998
PNAS 95(23):13994-13996, 1998
Linguistic evidence indicates that the Yeniseian family of languages, spoken in central Siberia, is most closely related to the Na-Dene family of languages spoken, for the most part, in northwestern North America. This hypothesis locates the source of one of the three migrations ...MORE ⇓
Linguistic evidence indicates that the Yeniseian family of languages, spoken in central Siberia, is most closely related to the Na-Dene family of languages spoken, for the most part, in northwestern North America. This hypothesis locates the source of one of the three migrations responsible for the peopling of the Americas.
1994
The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue
Wiley, 1994
Language and History: Voices from the Past.
Language Families: What Is Known.
Controversy: What Is Debated.
Native Americans: Language in the New World.
The Origin of Language: Are There Global Cognates?.
A Window on the World: What Has Been Resolved.
...MORE ⇓
Language and History: Voices from the Past.
Language Families: What Is Known.
Controversy: What Is Debated.
Native Americans: Language in the New World.
The Origin of Language: Are There Global Cognates?.
A Window on the World: What Has Been Resolved.
Genes: Biology and Language.
The Emerging Synthesis: On the Origin of Modern Humans.
Epilogue.
1992