21.1627, MultiTree: A Useful Tool for Linguists

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LINGUIST List: Vol-21-1627. Sun Apr 04 2010. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 21.1627, MultiTree: A Useful Tool for Linguists

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Date: 04-Apr-2010
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: Wouldn't You Support Developments Like This?

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Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:45:39
From:  linguist [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Wouldn't You Support Developments Like This?

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Dear Subscribers,

MultiTree, http://multitree.linguistlist.org/, is a 
digital 
library of scholarly hypotheses about language 
relationships 
and subgroupings.  These hypotheses are 
presented using a 
hyperbolic viewer which allows even 
very large trees to fit 
on the screen.  Each tree is 
accompanied by information on 
all of the languages it 
contains, as well as the bibliographical 
information 
for the hypothesis.  MultiTree is linked to the LL-Map 

project (http://llmap.org/), a geolinguistic database 
through 
which linguistic data - including subgrouping 
information - can 
be viewed in its geographical context. 
Both these databases are 
integrated with the existing 
LINGUIST List databases, providing 
access to a wealth 
of information on related books, articles, 
dissertations, 
and conferences. 

During the past year, we have 
continued adding hypotheses 
to the database.  A large goal has 
been to develop Composite 
trees.  These trees would consist of 
the most recent and 
accepted hypotheses on a given family, and 
can include 
the work of multiple scholars.  

In addition to being an 
interesting and useful resource for the 
community, these 
trees provide the students who work on them with 
a great 
learning opportunity.  At present, most families still do 

not have fleshed-out Composite trees, but the entire team 
is 
working on getting more of them up.

A cool new feature of the 
interface side is the Comparative 
view.  You can now select two 
trees to compare and see them 
side by side in the hyperbolic viewer.  
They are linked 
together so that if you center one tree on a certain 
language, 
the other also centers on that language.  This makes 
comparing 
hypotheses much easier.  The search inside the viewer has 

also been improved considerably, and it now can find strings 
inside 
of language or subgroup names, regardless of if the 
name contains 
accented characters in that particular hypothesis. 

Please take a 
look at MultiTree and let us know what you 
think of it by writing 
to multitree at linguistlist.org.  

If 
you agree that it is a useful tool for linguists, as well 
as 
for non-linguists who want to learn about language 
relationships, 
please donate to LINGUIST so that we can 
continue to work on this 
project.

Donate: https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm

Yours gratefully,

Susan Smith 

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