Dated language phylogenies shed light on the ancestry of Sino-Tibetan
The Sino-Tibetan language family is one of the world's largest and most prominent families,
spoken by nearly 1.4 billion people. Despite the importance of the Sino-Tibetan languages …
spoken by nearly 1.4 billion people. Despite the importance of the Sino-Tibetan languages …
The Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications, reproducible analysis of cross-linguistic polysemies
Advances in computer-assisted linguistic research have been greatly influential in reshaping
linguistic research. With the increasing availability of interconnected datasets created and …
linguistic research. With the increasing availability of interconnected datasets created and …
The potential of automatic word comparison for historical linguistics
The amount of data from languages spoken all over the world is rapidly increasing.
Traditional manual methods in historical linguistics need to face the challenges brought by …
Traditional manual methods in historical linguistics need to face the challenges brought by …
Unity and disunity in evolutionary sciences: process-based analogies open common research avenues for biology and linguistics
Background For a long time biologists and linguists have been noticing surprising
similarities between the evolution of life forms and languages. Most of the proposed …
similarities between the evolution of life forms and languages. Most of the proposed …
A cross-linguistic database of phonetic transcription systems
Contrary to what non-practitioners might expect, the systems of phonetic notation used by
linguists are highly idiosyncratic. Not only do various linguistic subfields disagree on the …
linguists are highly idiosyncratic. Not only do various linguistic subfields disagree on the …
CLICS2: An improved database of cross-linguistic colexifications assembling lexical data with the help of cross-linguistic data formats
JM List, SJ Greenhill, C Anderson, T Mayer… - Linguistic …, 2018 - degruyter.com
Abstract The Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications (CLICS), has established a
computer-assisted framework for the interactive representation of cross-linguistic …
computer-assisted framework for the interactive representation of cross-linguistic …
Sequence comparison in computational historical linguistics
With increasing amounts of digitally available data from all over the world, manual
annotation of cognates in multi-lingual word lists becomes more and more time-consuming …
annotation of cognates in multi-lingual word lists becomes more and more time-consuming …
The Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI): A research overview
E Anonby, M Taheri-Ardali, A Hayes - Iranian studies, 2019 - cambridge.org
There have been a number of important efforts to map out the languages of Iran, but until
now no language atlas, or even a comprehensive and detailed country-level language map …
now no language atlas, or even a comprehensive and detailed country-level language map …
Are automatic methods for cognate detection good enough for phylogenetic reconstruction in historical linguistics?
We evaluate the performance of state-of-the-art algorithms for automatic cognate detection
by comparing how useful automatically inferred cognates are for the task of phylogenetic …
by comparing how useful automatically inferred cognates are for the task of phylogenetic …
Trimming phonetic alignments improves the inference of sound correspondence patterns from multilingual wordlists
Sound correspondence patterns form the basis of cognate detection and phonological
reconstruction in historical language comparison. Methods for the automatic inference of …
reconstruction in historical language comparison. Methods for the automatic inference of …