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Language(s):
eng - English
Dates:
2021-06-18
Publication Status:
Published online
Pages:
259
Publishing info:
Jena : Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Philosophische Fakultät
Table of Contents:
1 Introduction
2 Of Trees and Webs: Phylogenies and Networks in Historical Linguistics
2.1 Phylogenetic Networks
2.1.1 Networks of Lexical Borrowing and Lateral Gene Transfer in Language and Genome Evolution
2.1.2 Using Phylogenetic Networks to Model Chinese Dialect History
2.2 Ancestral State Reconstruction
2.2.1 Beyond cognacy: historical relations between words and their implication for phylogenetic reconstruction
2.2.2 Using ancestral state reconstruction methods for onomasiological reconstruction in multilingual word lists
3 Data Formats and Annotation Frameworks
3.1 Cross-Linguistic Data Formats
3.1.1 Cross-Linguistic Data Formats, advancing data sharing and re-use in comparative linguistics
3.1.2 A cross-linguistic database of phonetic transcription systems
3.2 Annotation in Historical Linguistics
3.2.1 A Web-Based Interactive Tool for Creating, Inspecting, Editing, and Publishing Etymological Datasets
3.2.2 Challenges of annotation and analysis in computer-assisted language comparison: A case study on Burmish languages
4 Advances in Automatic Sequence Comparison
4.1 Advanced Cognate Detection
4.1.1 Using Sequence Similarity Networks to Identify Partial Cognates in Multilingual Wordlists
4.1.2 The Potential of Automatic Word Comparison for Historical Linguistics
4.2 Phonetic Alignments and Sound Correspondences
4.2.1 Sequence Comparison in Computational Historical Linguistics
4.2.2 Automatic Inference of Sound Correspondence Patterns Across Multiple Languages
5 Conclusion and Outlook 253
Rev. Type:
-
Degree:
Habilitation
