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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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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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PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Publication date1987
ISBN 10 0812280148
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Number of pages294
EditorHoenigswald Henry M., Wiener Linda F.

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Hard Cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 286 pages. 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. FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Still wrapped in original shrinkwrap. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Seller Inventory # 033178

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