Reconstruction and simulation of evolutionary processes in language (TP 3)
The project establishes a link between bioinformatics and computational linguistics. We explore the application and improvement of phylogenetic algorithms, developed in bioinformatics for analyzing DNA sequences, to human language.
Financer
Berlin/ Sonstige
Duration of project
Start date: 07/2003
End date: 12/2007
Research Areas
bioinformatics, Bioinformatik, Phylogenie, phylogeny, Sprachverwandtschaft