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Sequence Comparison in Historical Linguistics

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-3-943460-72-8
Verlag: Düsseldorf University Press
Erscheinungstermin: 21.07.2014
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The comparison of sound sequences (words, morphemes) constitutes the core of many techniques and methods in historical linguistics. With the help of these techniques, corresponding sounds can be determined, historically related words can be identified, and the history of languages can be uncovered. So far, the application of traditional techniques for sequence comparison is very tedious and time-consuming, since scholars have to apply them manually, without computational support. In this study, algorithms from bioinformatics are used to develop computational methods for sequence comparison in historical linguistics. The new methods automatize several steps of the traditional comparative method and can thus help to ease the painstaking work of language comparison.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9783943460728
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-3-943460-72-8
  • Verlag: Düsseldorf University Press
  • Erscheinungstermin: 21.07.2014
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2014
  • Serie: Dissertations in Language and Cognition
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 504 g
  • Seiten: 308
  • Format (B x H x T): 160 x 230 x 18 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Linguistics -- 3 Sequence Comparison -- 4 Sequence Comparison in Historical Linguistics -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Sources -- Dictionaries and Databases -- Supplementary Material -- List of Abbreviations -- Indices -- Appendix A. Language-Specific Resources -- Appendix B. Sequence Modelling -- Appendix C. Phonetic Alignment -- Appendix D. Cognate Detection