Word prediction in computational historical linguistics

Word Formation in Computational Linguistics

Where does word formation information play a role in computational linguistics? Think of information retrieval where the parts of a word might contain the important information. If we want to find information in German on relaxation techniques, we need to look for the verb entspannen 'to relax' as well as for the derived noun Entspannung 'relaxation' and compounds containing Entspannung, such a...

Word frequency and key word statistics in historical corpus linguistics

Linguistics isn't always the answer: Word comparison in computational linguistics

S trin g s im ilarity m e tric s are im p o rtan t to o ls in co m p u ta tio n a l lin g u is tic s , ex ten siv e ly u sed e.g . fo r co m p arin g w o rd s in a v a rie ty o f p ro b lem dom ains. T h is p ap e r ex am in es th e som etim es m ad e a ssu m p tio n th a t th e p e rfo rm an ce o f such w ord co m p ariso n m e th o d s w ou ld b en efit from th e use o f lin g u is tic , viz....

A Pipeline for Computational Historical Linguistics

Lydia Steiner Bioinformatics Group, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, University of Leipzig ∗ Peter F. Stadler Bioinformatics Group, University of Leipzig, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, University of Leipzig; Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in the Science; Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology; Center for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health, Uni...

The Potential of Automatic Word Comparison for Historical Linguistics

The amount of data from languages spoken all over the world is rapidly increasing. Traditional manual methods in historical linguistics need to face the challenges brought by this influx of data. Automatic approaches to word comparison could provide invaluable help to pre-analyze data which can be later enhanced by experts. In this way, computational approaches can take care of the repetitive a...