Computer-Assisted Language Comparison: State of the ArtW
MS Wu, NE Schweikhard, T Bodt… - Journal of Open …, 2020 - eprints.soas.ac.uk
Historical language comparison opens windows onto a human past, long before the
availability of written records. Since traditional language comparison within the framework of …
availability of written records. Since traditional language comparison within the framework of …
Cross-Linguistic Data Formats, advancing data sharing and re-use in comparative linguistics
The amount of available digital data for the languages of the world is constantly increasing.
Unfortunately, most of the digital data are provided in a large variety of formats and therefore …
Unfortunately, most of the digital data are provided in a large variety of formats and therefore …
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 …
[图书][B] The historical phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese
NW Hill - 2019 - books.google.com
The discovery of sound laws by comparing attested languages is the method which has
unlocked the history of European languages stretching back thousands of years before the …
unlocked the history of European languages stretching back thousands of years before the …
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 …
Automatic inference of sound correspondence patterns across multiple languages
JM List - Computational Linguistics, 2019 - direct.mit.edu
Sound correspondence patterns play a crucial role for linguistic reconstruction. Linguists use
them to prove language relationship, to reconstruct proto-forms, and for classical …
them to prove language relationship, to reconstruct proto-forms, and for classical …
Handling word formation in comparative linguistics
NE Schweikhard, JM List - SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, 2020 - pure.mpg.de
Word formation plays a central role in human language. Yet computational approaches to
historical linguistics often pay little attention to it. This means that the detailed findings of …
historical linguistics often pay little attention to it. This means that the detailed findings of …
A comparative wordlist for investigating distant relations among languages in Lowland South America
The history of the language families in Lowland South America remains an understudied
area of historical linguistics. Panoan and Tacanan, two language families from this area …
area of historical linguistics. Panoan and Tacanan, two language families from this area …
[HTML][HTML] Automated identification of borrowings in multilingual wordlists
Although lexical borrowing is an important aspect of language evolution, there have been
few attempts to automate the identification of borrowings in lexical datasets. Moreover, none …
few attempts to automate the identification of borrowings in lexical datasets. Moreover, none …
Testing the predictive strength of the comparative method: an ongoing experiment on unattested words in Western Kho‐Bwa languages
TA Bodt, JM List - Papers in Historical Phonology, 2019 - journals.ed.ac.uk
Although it is well‐known to most historical linguists that the comparative method could in
principle be used to predict hitherto unobserved words in genetically related languages, the …
principle be used to predict hitherto unobserved words in genetically related languages, the …