This article describes the first release version of a new lexicostatistical database of Northern
Eurasia, which includes Europe as the most well-researched linguistic area. Unlike in other …

We present methods for calculating a measure of phonotactic complexity—bits per phoneme—
that permits a straightforward cross-linguistic comparison. When given a word, represented …

This volume seeks to infer large phylogenetic networks from phonetically encoded lexical
data and contribute in this way to the historical study of language varieties. The technical …

Abstract is paper introduces a new method for inducing a language contact model from
lexical data. Based on sets of etymologically related words which can be either automatically …

It is a well known phenomenon in historical linguistics, that the meaning of a proto form is
different to the meaning of its descendants. This phenomenon of meaning change is often …

Lexicostatistics: Phylogenetic Inference• do not assume constant rate of lexical replacement•
find a tree with optimal structure and replacement rates at each branch (or even better …

Background Background comparative method strongly focuses on two types of data:
morphological paradigms regular sound correspondences both are not very suitable for …

Abstract is paper introdffces a nefl method for indffcing a langffage contact model from
leffiical data. Based on sets of etymologically related flords flhich can be either afftomatically …