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OSSETIAN-BALOCH ISOGLOSSES [PDF]
Иранские языки и диалекты распространены на огромной территории. Наиболее южным из иранских языков является белуджский. На крайнем северо-западе ираноязычного массива распространен осетинский, который доходит до 44° северной широты. Диалектная классификация современных иранских языков основана на их истории.
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Creation of regions for dialect features using a cellular automaton [PDF]
An issue in dialect research has been how to make generalizations from survey data about where some dialect feature might be found. Pre-computational methods included drawing isoglosses or using shadings to indicate areas where an analyst expected a ...
Juuso, Ilkka +1 more
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In search of isoglosses: continuous and discrete language embeddings in Slavic historical phonology [PDF]
This paper investigates the ability of neural network architectures to effectively learn diachronic phonological generalizations in a multilingual setting.
Cathcart, Chundra A., Wandl, Florian
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Abstract Biologists often seek to geographically provenance organisms using their traits. This is typically achieved by defining spatial groups using distinct patterns of trait variation. Here, we present a new spatial provenancing and trait boundary identification methodology, based on correlations between geographic and trait distances that require ...
Ardern Hulme‐Beaman +6 more
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Spatial evolution of human dialects [PDF]
The geographical pattern of human dialects is a result of history. Here, we formulate a simple spatial model of language change which shows that the final result of this historical evolution may, to some extent, be predictable.
Burridge, James
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We consider the general phonetic features of the northern patois (patois of the north-western group) of the Azerbaijani language. We analyze long and short vowel variants, offence of the harmony rule, sound transitions, phonetic differences created by ...
K. I. Samedova
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Measuring languageness: Fact-checking and debunking a few common myths
The article critically discusses a few common objections to an intrinsic, language-internal definition of what constitutes a ‘language’ (and, conversely, a ‘dialect’). It argues that, contra postmodernism (1.), languages do exist, they can be counted and
Mauro Tosco
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The article deals with the problems of comparative analysis of the vocabulary of the Andean languages with dialects and dialects of the Avar language. The work is based on a critical analysis of the material of TE Gudava's fundamental research "Comparative analysis of verbal stems in the Avar and Andean languages".
M. A. Magomedov, D.-A. A. Khazamov
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Linguists and archaeologists offer complementary viewpoints on human behaviour and culture in past African communities. While historical-comparative linguistics commonly deals with the immaterial traces of the past in Africa’s present-day languages ...
Bostoen, Koen
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Бесермянско-коми изоглоссы как свидетельство былых контактов между народами [Besermyan-Komi Isoglosses as Evidence for Past Contacts between Peoples] [PDF]
This research is devoted to the study of linguistic elements present in Besermyan and Komi, but absent from Udmurt or most of its dialects. The Besermyan language has not been object of areal research to the present day.
Sergey Maksimov
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