Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Chapter 1. Introducing the Basic Notions 1
5. Chapter 2. Parsimonious Discrimination I: KINSHIP and the Problem of Componential Analysis 50
6. Chapter 3. Parsimonious Discrimination II: MPD and Other Applications 94
7. Chapter 4. Inferring Plausible Laws/Patterns I: UNIVAUTO and the Problem of Language Universals 139
8. Chapter 5. Inferring Plausible Laws/Patterns II: UNIVAUTO and Implicational Phonological Universals 187
9. Chapter 6. Inferring Simplest Laws/Patterns: MINTYP and the Problem of Describing a Typology 231
10. Chapter 7. Detecting Significant Similarities: RECLASS and the Problem of Genetic Language Classification 252
11. Chapter 8. Concluding Remarks 293
12. Bibliography 303
13. Index of subjects and authors 317
14. Index of languages 326