Geometric representations of language taxonomies

Blanchard, P.; Petroni, F.; Serva, M.; Volchenkov, D.

doi:10.1016/j.csl.2010.05.003

A Markov chain analysis of a network generated by the matrix of lexical distances allows for representing complex relationships between different languages in a language family geometrically, in terms of distances and angles. The fully automated method for construction of language taxonomy is tested on a sample of fifty languages of the Indo-European language group and applied to a sample of fifty languages of the Austronesian language group. The Anatolian and Kurgan hypotheses of the Indo-European origin and the ‘express train’ model of the Polynesian origin are thoroughly discussed.

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Titolo:	Geometric representations of language taxonomies
Autori:	BLANCHARD, P. PETRONI, FILIPPO SERVA, M. VOLCHENKOV, D. mostra contributor esterni nascondi contributor esterni
Data di pubblicazione:	2011
Rivista:	COMPUTER SPEECH AND LANGUAGE
Handle:	http://hdl.handle.net/11584/170
Tipologia:	1.1 Articolo in rivista

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