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  Representing and computing uncertainty in phonological reconstruction

List, J.-M., Hill, N., Forkel, R., & Blum, F. (2023). Representing and computing uncertainty in phonological reconstruction. In N. Tahmasebi, S. Montariol, H. Dubossarsky, A. Kutuzov, S. Hengchen, D. Alfter, et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change (pp. 22-32). Association for Computational Linguistics.

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List, Johann-Mattis1, Author                 
Hill , Nathan, Author
Forkel, Robert1, Author                 
Blum, Frederic1, Author                 
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1Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, ou_3237541              

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 Abstract: Despite the inherently fuzzy nature of reconstructions in historical linguistics, most scholars do not represent their uncertainty when proposing proto-forms. With the increasing success of recently proposed approaches to automating certain aspects of the traditional comparative method, the formal representation of proto-forms has also improved. This formalization makes it possible to address both the representation and the computation of uncertainty. Building on recent advances in supervised phonological reconstruction, during which an algorithm learns how to reconstruct words in a given proto-language relying on previously annotated data, and inspired by improved methods for automated word prediction from cognate sets, we present a new framework that allows for the representation of uncertainty in linguistic reconstruction and also includes a workflow for the computation of fuzzy reconstructions from linguistic data.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2023-12
 Publication Status: Published online
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Title: 4th Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change
Place of Event: Singapur
Start-/End Date: 2023-12-06 - 2023-12-06
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Title: Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change
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Tahmasebi, Nina, Editor
Montariol, Syrielle, Editor
Dubossarsky , Haim, Editor
Kutuzov, Andrey, Editor
Hengchen, Simon, Editor
Alfter, David, Editor
Periti, Francesco, Editor
Cassotti, Pierluigi, Editor
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Publ. Info: Association for Computational Linguistics
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 22 - 32 Identifier: ISBN: 979-8-89176-043-1