Basic vocabulary and Bayesian phylolinguistics
Issues of understanding and representation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon J Greenhill (0000-0001-7832-6156, Australian National University), Russell D Gray (0000-0002-9858-0191, University of Auckland) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 523-537 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diachronica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0176-4225 • E-ISSN: 1569-9714 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/dia.29.4.05gre |
| OpenAlex | W2063450607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 9 |
Donohue et al.’s critique of our work on the origins and spread of the Austronesian language family is marred by misunderstandings. We respond to these by noting that our Bayesian phylogenetic approach: (1) distinguishes between retentions and innovations probabilistically, (2) focuses on basic vocabulary not ‘the lexicon’, (3) eliminates known loanwords, (4) produces results that are congruent with the results of the comparative method and conflict with the scenarios requiring unprecedented amounts of language shift postulated by Donohue et al
Bayesian probability · Lexicon · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Vocabulary · Computer Science · Genetic diversity and population structure · Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · Language and cultural evolution · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1920 - 2025 (106) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |