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Using WALS and Jazyki mira

  • Vladimir N. Polyakov , Valery D. Solovyev , Søren Wichmann and Oleg Belyaev
Published/Copyright: May 20, 2009
Linguistic Typology
From the journal Volume 13 Issue 1

Abstract

The article's primary concern is to address the usage of The world atlas of language structures through comparing it with another typological database of similar scope, Jazyki mira. Such a comparison is carried out based on a set of criteria. First, the scope of the databases is compared, as well as their differences and similarities in structure, in the number of errors, and in the existing user interfaces. Then calculations of typological similarity and temporal stability of language features based on the data provided by both databases are compared. Finally, conclusions are drawn as to the relative efficiency and usefulness of these databases for different aims of research or educational goals.

Keywords:: database structure; family trees; linguistic areas; linguistic atlas; time-stability
Correspondence address: Kafedra teoretičeskoj i prikladnoj lingvistiki, Filologičeskij fakul'tet, Moskovskij gosudarstvennyj universitet im. M. V. Lomonosova; GSP-2, Leninskie gory, 119992 GSP-2 Moskva, Russian Federation; e-mail:
Correspondence address: Institut jazykoznanija RAN, Bol'šoj Kislovskij pereulok, 1/12, 125009 Moskva, Russian Federation; e-mail:
Correspondence address: Kafedra teoretičeskoj kibernetiki, Fakul'tet vyčislitel'noj matematiki i kibernetiki, Kazanskij gosudarstvennyj universitet, ul. Kremlèvskaja, 18, 420008 Kazan', Russian Federation; e-mail:
Correspondence address: Department of Linguistics, Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; e-mail:
Received: 2008-07-30
Revised: 2009-01-09
Published Online: 2009-05-20
Published in Print: 2009-May

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https://doi.org/10.1515/LITY.2009.008
Keywords for this article
database structure; family trees; linguistic areas; linguistic atlas; time-stability

Articles in the same Issue

  1. More on the indefinite-interrogative affinity: The view from embedded non-finite interrogatives
  2. The world atlas of language structures
  3. WALS values evaluated
  4. Data reduction typology and the bimodal distribution bias
  5. On the (un)suitability of semantic categories
  6. Sampling and genealogical coverage in WALS
  7. Problems testing typological correlations with the online WALS
  8. Using WALS and Jazyki mira
  9. Adding typology to lexicostatistics: A combined approach to language classification
  10. WALS in the university classroom: A review
  11. A note on Gilbert Lazard's review of Geoffrey Haig, Alignment change in Iranian languages (2008)
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