18.875, What: is Multi-Tree?

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LINGUIST List: Vol-18-875. Thu Mar 22 2007. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 18.875, What: is Multi-Tree?

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1)
Date: 22-Mar-2007
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: Multi-Tree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships 

2)
Date: 22-Mar-2007
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: Susan Smith on Graphic Design & Historical Linguistics 

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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:52:43
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: Multi-Tree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships 

Dear Subscribers,

Multi-Tree is an innovative project being developed by The LINGUIST List to 
create a digital library of scholarly hypotheses about language relationships and 
subgroupings. This information will be organized in a searchable database with 
a web interface. Each hypothesis will be presented graphically as an interactive 
diagram of a family tree, accompanied by information on all of the languages 
involved and attribution to the authors and bibliographical sources of the 
hypothesis.  It will interact with the LL-MAP Project, a georeferenced linguistic 
database that will provide users with a fully functional Geographical Information 
System through which linguistic data - including subgrouping information- can be 
viewed in its geographical context. Both these databases will be integrated with 
the existing LINGUIST List databases, providing access to a wealth of information 
on related books, articles, dissertations, and conferences. 

The Multi-Tree web site will be a valuable resource for students as well as for 
scholars.  By making detailed information about a particular classification so 
accessible, we hope to provide an easy way to propose and test new hypotheses.  
Scholars other than linguists- for instance, historians, archaeologists, 
ethnographers and geneticists- will be able to use Multi-Tree as well as they 
explore the relationship between prehistoric movements of peoples and cultures, 
and the spread of languages across the Earth. 

The Multi-Tree project is funded by a three-year grant from the National Science 
Foundation.  Its Principal Investigators are Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry 
of Eastern Michigan University, co-founders of The LINGUIST List.  Martha Ratliff 
of Wayne State University is the co-PI.  Students from Wayne State University and 
Eastern Michigan University are gathering hypotheses for the project and developing 
the database and the web interface.  Our panel of advisors includes language 
technology experts and distinguished linguists from comparative and historical 
linguistics, language typology, and specific language areas; they are actively 
engaged as consultants throughout the duration of the project.

Here is the link for this site: http://linguistlist.org/multitree/

If you find this site of interest to your own research and wish to lend your 
support for its development, please consider making a contribution during our 
Fund Drive 2007. Thank you!

Sincerely,
The LINGUIST Crew 

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:52:50
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: Susan Smith on Graphic Design & Historical Linguistics 

Dear Subscribers, 

My name is Susan Smith, and I have been working at LINGUIST for over a year.  
I'm a Master's student at Wayne State University in Detroit, and I'm particularly 
interested in historical linguistics.  Given this interest, I've been very 
fortunate to be involved in the Multi-Tree project, which is compiling an online 
searchable database of language classification hypotheses.   

In addition to working on Multi-Tree, I am the Listserv administrator, so I handle 
subscription issues and matters having to do with the many mailing lists our web 
site hosts.  I've also been able to work on some graphic design projects, which 
is great because my undergraduate degree was in art.

I love working at LINGUIST because I have a wide range of tasks to do, all of 
which use different abilities and teach me new skills.  It's a great working 
environment, and I learn new things about linguistics every day.

I'd like to thank everyone who uses LINGUIST List and who donates to support our 
work.  This is a great learning opportunity for me as well as for everyone I work 
with, and of course a valuable resource for the linguistics community worldwide.

Best, 
Susan Smith 
LINGUIST Editor 

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