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The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From bioinformatics to lexomics

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Greenhill, Simon; Blust, Robert; Gray, Russell

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Phylogenetic methods have revolutionised evolutionary biology and have recently been applied to studies of linguistic and cultural evolution. However, the basic comparative data on the languages of the world required for these analyses is often widely dispersed in hard to obtain sources. Here we outline how our Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database (ABVD) helps remedy this situation by collating wordlists from over 500 languages into one web-accessible database. We describe the technology...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorGreenhill, Simon
dc.contributor.authorBlust, Robert
dc.contributor.authorGray, Russell
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:55:15Z
dc.identifier.issn1176-9343
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/82450
dc.description.abstractPhylogenetic methods have revolutionised evolutionary biology and have recently been applied to studies of linguistic and cultural evolution. However, the basic comparative data on the languages of the world required for these analyses is often widely dispersed in hard to obtain sources. Here we outline how our Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database (ABVD) helps remedy this situation by collating wordlists from over 500 languages into one web-accessible database. We describe the technology underlying the ABVD and discuss the benefits that an evolutionary bioinformatic approach can provide. These include facilitating computational comparative linguistic research, answering questions about human prehistory, enabling syntheses with genetic data, and safe-guarding fragile linguistic information.
dc.publisherLibertas Academica
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.sourceEvolutionary Bioinformatics
dc.source.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2614200/
dc.subjectKeywords: article; Australia; bibliographic database; bioinformatics; controlled study; data analysis; data extraction; data synthesis; genetic database; information retrieval; information storage; language; linguistics; phylogeny; web browser ABVD; Austronesian; Database; Lexicon; Linguistics
dc.titleThe Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From bioinformatics to lexomics
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume2008
dc.date.issued2008
local.identifier.absfor200402 - Computational Linguistics
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB10701
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationGreenhill, Simon, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationBlust, Robert, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
local.contributor.affiliationGray, Russell, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage271
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage283
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T08:36:48Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-56849124020
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