Isoglosses

The lines that delineate areas where one form occurs predominantly are called isoglosses and a map that uses them is called an isogloss map (see fig. 1). ❋ Unknown (1984)

Paleoglot: Prehistoric isoglosses in Proto-Steppe skip to main ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now to explain the three isoglosses I have on display above. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I would say though that the isoglosses boundaries could be clearer in it but it's an interesting graphic and exactly what I'm thinking of for Pre-Proto-Indo-European. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At one point, I even thought of using a mathematical tool and model, which biologists often use, to try to make since of a very large set of isoglosses. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)

But Rainey does have a point about some isoglosses. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)

On the other hand, he ignores important isoglosses shared between Hebrew and Phoenician; the "Canaanite shift" is but one example. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)

He cites, among other things, the use and even the existence of the verb *HWY and several other isoglosses. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)

Then also, hopefully you may have noticed that I purposely show Indo-European and Aegean with shared isoglosses. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Now, let's talk about using isoglosses in a diachronic way, that is to say, making note of features in IE and surrounding languages and how this might have changed over time from pre-IE to IE itself. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I felt in the last entry I wrote, I only scratched the surface of isoglosses and the concept of "language waves". ❋ Unknown (2007)

Perhaps these are vague ideas but you all should get the drift about how exciting isoglosses can be if you're a nerd like me. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The difficulty in classifying Carpatho-Rusyn dialects stems largely from the fact that individual dialect territories experience an overlapping of numerous isoglosses. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It will, so to speak, show us the isoglosses of the dialects of Human Language. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Koasati/Alabama and Hitchiti/Mikasuki are intermediate between them, and share several isoglosses with both. ❋ Unknown (2005)