Internal Classification of the Alor-Pantar Language Family Using Computational Methods Applied to the Lexicon
Internal Classification of the Alor-Pantar Language Family Using Computational Methods Applied to the Lexicon
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DOI：
10.1163/22105832-20120201
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
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0.7
通讯作者：
Holton, Gary
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作者：
Robinson, Laura C.;Holton, Gary
使用比较方法，印度尼西亚东部的阿洛尔语和潘塔尔语等非南岛语系语言已被证明在遗传上相关，但所确定的语音创新在类型上是常见的，并且没有划分出整齐的亚组。我们将计算方法应用于最近收集的词汇数据，并能够根据词典识别子组。至关重要的是，词汇数据是根据已识别的语音创新进行同义编码的。即使语音创新本身无法识别子组，这种方法也可以成功，这表明使用词汇数据的计算方法可以成为补充比较方法的强大工具。
The non-Austronesian languages of Alor and Pantar in eastern Indonesia have been shown to be genetically related using the comparative method, but the identified phonological innovations are typologically common and do not delineate neat subgroups. We apply computational methods to recently collected lexical data and are able to identify subgroups based on the lexicon. Crucially, the lexical data are coded for cognacy based on identified phonological innovations. This methodology can succeed even where phonological innovations themselves fail to identify subgroups, showing that computational methods using lexical data can be a powerful tool supplementing the comparative method.