<div>Dear Padmini,<br></div><div>Greg Kondrak has done a lot of work on the problem of cognate identification, you can see his papers here, which contain further references to other people's work:</div><div><a href="http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~kondrak/">http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~kondrak/</a></div>
<div>all the best,</div><div>H</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">2010/9/28 Padmini priyadharsini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:padminipriyadharsini@gmail.com">padminipriyadharsini@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi Eric,<br>
<br>
I mean to say the cognates have similar root words in different languages.<br>
<br>
I heard from one of my friend that cognates are historical origin<br>
words. Like let say "greek origin", "Latin origin" of words. Those are<br>
cognates.<br>
<br>
I do consider all the named entities are cognates and also the words<br>
which has the similar root across languages.<br>
<br>
The above things are my understanding of cognates. If there is any<br>
misconception in my understanding, kindly clarify it.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<font color="#888888">Padmini<br>
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On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Eric Atwell <<a href="mailto:csc6ea@leeds.ac.uk">csc6ea@leeds.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> Padmini,<br>
><br>
> could you clarify what you mean by "cognates" ??<br>
><br>
> Google "define: cognates" gives several alternatives:<br>
><br>
> "words that have a common etymological origin"<br>
> "having the same ancestral language; 'cognate languages'"<br>
> "similarly spelled and/or pronounced words of different languages that<br>
> have similar meanings"<br>
> "words related in language"<br>
><br>
><br>
> Eric Atwell,<br>
> Senior Lecturer, Language research group, School of Computing,<br>
> Faculty of Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, Leeds LS2 9JT, England<br>
> TEL: 0113-3435430 FAX: 0113-3435468 WWW/email: google Eric Atwell<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010, Padmini priyadharsini wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hi All,<br>
>><br>
>> Kindly let me know the availeble tools and used techniques for<br>
>> cognates identification.<br>
>><br>
>> I will be summarizing all the reply to the list.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>> Padmini<br>
>><br>
>><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Eric Atwell,<br>
> Senior Lecturer, Language research group, School of Computing,<br>
> Faculty of Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, Leeds LS2 9JT, England<br>
> TEL: 0113-3435430 FAX: 0113-3435468 WWW/email: google Eric Atwell<br>
><br>
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