25.3504, Diss: Computational Linguistics, Historical Linguistics: List: 'Sequence Comparison in Historical Linguistics'

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Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 21:21:41
From: Johann-Mattis List [mattis.list at phil.hhu.de]
Subject: Sequence Comparison in Historical Linguistics

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Institution: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf 
Program: Department of General Linguistics 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2013 

Author: Johann-Mattis List

Dissertation Title: Sequence Comparison in Historical Linguistics 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics


Dissertation Director(s):
Hans Geisler
Wiebke Petersen

Dissertation Abstract:

The comparison of sound sequences (words, morphemes) constitutes the core of
many techniques and methods in historical linguistics. With the help of these
techniques, corresponding sounds can be determined, historically related words
can be identified, and the history of languages can be uncovered. So far, the
application of traditional techniques for sequence comparison is very tedious
and time-consuming, since scholars have to apply them manually, without
computational support. In this study, algorithms from bioinformatics are used
to develop computational methods for sequence comparison in historical
linguistics. The new methods automatize several steps of the traditional
comparative method and can thus help to ease the painstaking work of language
comparison







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