The SIGTYP 2022 shared task on the prediction of cognate reflexes
This study describes the structure and the results of the SIGTYP 2022 shared task on the
prediction of cognate reflexes from multilingual wordlists. We asked participants to submit …
prediction of cognate reflexes from multilingual wordlists. We asked participants to submit …
Automatic normalisation of early Modern French
R Bawden, J Poinhos, E Kogkitsidou… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - aclanthology.org
Spelling normalisation is a useful step in the study and analysis of historical language texts,
whether it is manual analysis by experts or automatic analysis using downstream natural …
whether it is manual analysis by experts or automatic analysis using downstream natural …
A new framework for fast automated phonological reconstruction using trimmed alignments and sound correspondence patterns
Computational approaches in historical linguistics have been increasingly applied during
the past decade and many new methods that implement parts of the traditional comparative …
the past decade and many new methods that implement parts of the traditional comparative …
Jambu: A historical linguistic database for South Asian languages
We introduce Jambu, a cognate database of South Asian languages which unifies dozens of
previous sources in a structured and accessible format. The database includes 287k …
previous sources in a structured and accessible format. The database includes 287k …
Neural Approaches to Historical Words Reconstruction
C Fourrier - 2022 - theses.hal.science
In historical linguistics, cognates are words that descend in direct line from a common
ancestor, called their proto-form, and therefore are representative of their respective …
ancestor, called their proto-form, and therefore are representative of their respective …
Probing multilingual cognate prediction models
C Fourrier, B Sagot - Findings of the Association for …, 2022 - aclanthology.org
Character-based neural machine translation models have become the reference models for
cognate prediction, a historical linguistics task. So far, all linguistic interpretations about …
cognate prediction, a historical linguistics task. So far, all linguistic interpretations about …
Combining Noisy Semantic Signals with Orthographic Cues: Cognate Induction for the Indic Dialect Continuum
N Bafna, J van Genabith, C España-Bonet… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - aclanthology.org
We present a novel method for unsupervised cognate/borrowing identification from
monolingual corpora designed for low and extremely low resource scenarios, based on …
monolingual corpora designed for low and extremely low resource scenarios, based on …
Computational approaches to historical language comparison
JM List - 2022 - hcommons.org
The chapter discusses recently developed computational techniques providing concrete
help in addressing various tasks in historical language comparison, focusing specifically on …
help in addressing various tasks in historical language comparison, focusing specifically on …
Representing and computing uncertainty in phonological reconstruction
Despite the inherently fuzzy nature of reconstructions in historical linguistics, most scholars
do not represent their uncertainty when proposing proto-forms. With the increasing success …
do not represent their uncertainty when proposing proto-forms. With the increasing success …
Le projet FREEM: ressources, outils et enjeux pour l'étude du français d'Ancien Régime
En dépit de leur qualité certaine, les ressources et outils disponibles pour l'analyse du
français d'Ancien Régime ne sont plus à même de répondre aux enjeux de la recherche en …
français d'Ancien Régime ne sont plus à même de répondre aux enjeux de la recherche en …