Exploring Phonological Areality in the Circum-Andean Region Using a Naive Bayes Classifier

Language Dynamics and Change

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-86

  Michael, Lev ^a   Chang, Will ^a   Stark, Tammy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andean languages; languages; linguistic areality; naive Bayes classifier; South American

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948771679     PISSN: 22105824     EISSN: 22105832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22105832-00401004     Document Type: Article

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