Information-theoretic causal inference of lexical flow
This volume seeks to infer large phylogenetic networks from phonetically encoded lexical data and contribute in this way to the historical study of language varieties. The technical step that enables progress in this case is the use of causal inference algorithms. Sample sets of words from language...
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| description | This volume seeks to infer large phylogenetic networks from phonetically encoded lexical data and contribute in this way to the historical study of language varieties. The technical step that enables progress in this case is the use of causal inference algorithms. Sample sets of words from language varieties are preprocessed into automatically inferred cognate sets, and then modeled as information-theoretic variables based on an intuitive measure of cognate overlap. Causal inference is then applied to these variables in order to determine the existence and direction of influence among the varieties. The directed arcs in the resulting graph structures can be interpreted as reflecting the existence and directionality of lexical flow, a unified model which subsumes inheritance and borrowing as the two main ways of transmission that shape the basic lexicon of languages. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-379522025-07-29T21:09:28Z Information-theoretic causal inference of lexical flow Dellert, Johannes Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics This volume seeks to infer large phylogenetic networks from phonetically encoded lexical data and contribute in this way to the historical study of language varieties. The technical step that enables progress in this case is the use of causal inference algorithms. Sample sets of words from language varieties are preprocessed into automatically inferred cognate sets, and then modeled as information-theoretic variables based on an intuitive measure of cognate overlap. Causal inference is then applied to these variables in order to determine the existence and direction of influence among the varieties. The directed arcs in the resulting graph structures can be interpreted as reflecting the existence and directionality of lexical flow, a unified model which subsumes inheritance and borrowing as the two main ways of transmission that shape the basic lexicon of languages. 2021-02-10T14:50:35Z 2021-02-10T14:50:35Z 2020-03-10 03:00:38 2020-04-01T09:14:37Z 2019-09-11 book 1006731 OCN: 1147298786 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23419 9783961101436 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37952 eng Language Variation open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23419/1/1006731.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23419/1/1006731.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23419/1/1006731.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23419/1/1006731.pdf Language Science Press 10.5281/zenodo.3247415 10.5281/zenodo.3247415 ed03121b-b998-4b50-8d58-1d0745565558 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783961101436 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Language Science Press 2018-2020 Berlin 104951 Language Science Press 2018 - 2020 open access |
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