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Morris Swadesh (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's biographical article on Morris Swadesh, the American linguist who developed the Swadesh list and pioneered lexicostatistics and glottochronology. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Swadesh
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reference
Reliability Tier
3
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Morris Swadesh (Wikipedia)
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Claims Backed By This Source (26 claims)

This source backs 26 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 9 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Scientists, 21 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 holds, 9 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

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15

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2

Scientists

General References

9

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