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Markov models for multi-state language change

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Historical linguistics has witnessed an upsurge in quantitative corpus studies. The bulk of these studies involve the use of regression modelling. We point out a number of potential problems with this approach, and offer an alternative. For a multi-state language change, we propose a Markov model in continuous time. The major advantage of this technique, which has been used in medical contexts, is that it is especially geared towards dealing with time as a variable of interest, while it still allows one to look at the effect of several covariates. In this proof-of-concept article we look at morphological shifts in preterites in Dutch, from 800AD to 2000AD (n = 14314). This is a well-researched field, allowing us to investigate the performance of the multi-state Markov model.
Tijdschrift: Journal Of Quantitative Linguistics
ISSN: 0929-6174
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Pagina's: 314 - 338
Jaar van publicatie:2022
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BOF-publication weight:1
CSS-citation score:1
Authors from:Government, Higher Education
Toegankelijkheid:Open