Biological Metaphor and Cladistic Classification: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Author:   Henry M. Hoenigswald ,  Linda F. Wiener ,  Linda F. Wiener ,  Linda Wiener
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition:   Reprint 2016 ed.
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9780812280142


Pages:   294
Publication Date:   29 April 1987
Format:   Hardback
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The dynamic aspect of biological systems—the birth, growth, and death of individual organisms, the evolution of one form into another over time—has formed the basis for metaphors used in many fields for both artistic and heuristic purposes. Cladistic classification uses a tree whose branch points are based on the possession of derived or relatively recent characteristics, rather than primitive ones.

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Author:   Henry M. Hoenigswald ,  Linda F. Wiener ,  Linda F. Wiener ,  Linda Wiener
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition:   Reprint 2016 ed.
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780812280142


ISBN 10:   0812280148
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   29 April 1987
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Preface PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES 1. Biological Analogy in the Study of Languages Before the Advent of Comparative Grammar —W. Keith Percival 2. The Life and Growth of Language: Metaphors in Biology and Linguistics —Rulon S. Wells 3. ""Organic"" and ""Organism"" in Franz Bopp —Anna Morpurgo Davies 4. On Schleicher and Trees —Konrad Koerner 5. A Legal Point —Boyd H. Davis 6. Haeckel's Variations on Darwin —Jane M. Oppenheimer PART TWO: METHODOLOGY 7. Cladistic and Paleobotanical Approaches to Plant Phylogeny —Peter R. Crane and Christopher R. Hill 8. Pattern and Process: Phylogenetic Reconstruction in Botany —Peter F. Stevens"

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Should help focus attention on the possibilities for cross-fertilization among [disciplines].--Scientist


Should help focus attention on the possibilities for cross-fertilization among [disciplines]. --Scientist


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Henry M. Hoenigswald was Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. Linda F. Weiner is on the faculty of St. Johns College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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