What Diagrams as a Formal Model Can and Cannot Represent; Examples from Language Family Trees

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" What Diagrams as a Formal Model Can and Cannot Represent; Examples from Language Family Trees "
Kronenfeld, David B.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	937195
Doc. No	:	LA6rx39383
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Kronenfeld, David B.
Title & Author	:	What Diagrams as a Formal Model Can and Cannot Represent; Examples from Language Family Trees [Article]\ Kronenfeld, David B.
Title of Periodical	:	Structure and Dynamics
Volume/ Issue Number	:	3/2
Date	:	2008
Abstract	:	Models of theoretically generated relations among analytic entities have formal properties which enable them to accurately represent some desired relationships, but not necessarily all imaginable relationships. One important part of the modeling task is matching the properties of the model type with the relevant formal properties that one ascribes to the relationships being modeled. Some kinds of mismatches render the model type inappropriate for the given use while others may make it inadequate.