3 papers
cs.CL2025
The Cognate Data Bottleneck in Language Phylogenetics
Luise Häuser, Alexandros Stamatakis
To fully exploit the potential of computational phylogenetic methods for cognate data one needs to leverage specific (complex) models an machine learning-based techniques. However,…
cs.CL2024
Computational Approaches for Integrating out Subjectivity in Cognate Synonym Selection
Luise Häuser, Gerhard Jäger, Alexandros Stamatakis
Working with cognate data involves handling synonyms, that is, multiple words that describe the same concept in a language. In the early days of language phylogenetics it was recom…
cs.CL2024
Are Sounds Sound for Phylogenetic Reconstruction?
Luise Häuser, Gerhard Jäger, Taraka Rama +2
In traditional studies on language evolution, scholars often emphasize the importance of sound laws and sound correspondences for phylogenetic inference of language family trees. H…