UID:
edocfu_9959155661502883
Format:
1 online resource (554 p.)
ISBN:
3-11-048808-6
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3-11-030525-9
Series Statement:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 265
Content:
The present volume collects contributions addressing different aspects of the measurement of linguistic differences, a topic which probably is as old as language itself butat the same timehas acquired renewed interest over the last decade or so, reflecting a rapid development of data-intensive computing in all fields of research, including linguistics.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Preface --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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The why and how of measuring linguistic differences /
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Case studies --
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Contrasting linguistics and archaeology in the matrix model: GIS and cluster analysis of the Arawakan languages /
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Predicting language-learning difficulty /
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How aberrant are divergent Indo-European subgroups? /
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Measuring socially motivated pronunciation differences /
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Distance-based phylogenetic inference algorithms in the subgrouping of Dravidian languages /
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Carving Tibeto-Kanauri by its joints: Using basic vocabulary lists for genetic grouping of languages /
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The effect of linguistic distance across Indo-European mother tongues on learning Dutch as a second language /
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Using semantically restricted word-lists to investigate relationships among Athapaskan languages /
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Languages with longer words have more lexical change /
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Methods and tools --
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The Intercontinental Dictionary Series - a rich and principled database for language comparison /
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Towards automated language classification: A clustering approach /
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Dependency-sensitive typological distance /
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Degrees of semantic control in measuring aggregated lexical distances /
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Word similarity, cognation, and translational equivalence /
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Comparing linguistic systems of categorisation /
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Black box approaches to genealogical classification and their shortcomings /
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Semantic typologies by means of network analysis of bilingual dictionaries /
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Measuring morphosemantic language distance in parallel texts /
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Information-theoretic modeling of etymological sound change /
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-030375-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-09179-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
DOI:
10.1515/9783110305258
