Branching Out into Language

Author: Clavin, Whitney

Published in: Caltech Magazine, Volume 81, Number 1, 2018, pp. 16-19

Part of: Caltech Magazine, Volume 81:1, Spring 2018

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:20180501-141542300

Abstract

Matilde Marcolli is using the tools of mathematics to dig up the roots and examine the branches of linguistic family trees.