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2022 NAACL NAACL 2022

Bayesian Phylogenetic Cognate Prediction

Abstract

AbstractIn Jäger (2019) a computational framework was defined to start from parallel word lists of related languages and infer the corresponding vocabulary of the shared proto-language. The SIGTYP 2022 Shared Task is closely related. The main difference is that what is to be reconstructed is not the proto-form but an unknown word from an extant language. The system described here is a re-implementation of the tools used in the mentioned paper, adapted to the current task.

Authors

Gerhard Jäger

Topics

Machine Learning > Optimization & Theory > Bayesian Inference Machine Learning > Optimization & Theory > Stochastic Processes

Keywords

bayesian inference historical linguistics phylogenetic reconstruction language evolution cognate prediction
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