2 papers
cs.CL2024
Patterns of Persistence and Diffusibility across the World's Languages
Yiyi Chen, Johannes Bjerva
Language similarities can be caused by genetic relatedness, areal contact, universality, or chance. Colexification, i.e. a type of similarity where a single lexical form is used to…
cs.CL2023
Colexifications for Bootstrapping Cross-lingual Datasets: The Case of Phonology, Concreteness, and Affectiveness
Yiyi Chen, Johannes Bjerva
Colexification refers to the linguistic phenomenon where a single lexical form is used to convey multiple meanings. By studying cross-lingual colexifications, researchers have gain…