glottochronology

n.

语言年代学，词源统计分析法；

Glottochronology
On the Validity of Glottochronology
The Basis of Glottochronology
The ABC'S of Lexicostatistics (Glottochronology)
Maximum-likelihood models for glottochronology and for reconstructing linguistic phylogenies
The Glottochronology of Malagasy Speech Communities
Lexicostatistics/glottochronology: from Swadesh to Sankoff to Starostin to future horizons
Glottochronology and the Chronology of Maize in the Americas
The Mathematical Models of Glottochronology
A Note on Athapaskan Glottochronology